TPT needs industry help to shut down corruption – Motlohi

Durban port manager Moshe
Motlohi has called on the
trucking industry to report
corruption and fraud at the
port rather than give in to
perpetrators.
Addressing delegates at
the annual Road Freight
Association (RFA) conference
last week, Motlohi said he
was not oblivious of the fact
that there were elements of
corruption at the port.
“But corruption takes two
players. We will deal with the
corruption but we need to
know about it,” he said. “You
need to be upfront and report
every incident. At the same
time we are asking you to
assist us by addressing this. We
want to catch people who are
corrupt in our port system and
we need your help to set the
traps to catch them in the act.”
This comes after repeated
complaints that some
trucking operators
are able to jump
the queues while
others have to wait
sometimes more than
24 hours to pick up a
container.
Motlohi said unless truck
operators were willing to
disclose incidents the port
authority had very little
room to manoeuvre.
“We cannot fix what we
don’t know has happened,”
said Motlohi. “I do believe
that we can achieve a lot
by working together. Road
hauliers can assist us to deal
with these corrupt entities.”
He said
Transnet
had proved itself
willing and able to deal
with rogue elements within
the organisation.
“It is in the public
domain. We fired an entire
shift after an incident,” he
said.