RFA PROGRESS UPDATE

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• What's Going On at the RFA?

• RFA CONVENTION 2007

• 28 May 2007

Champagne Sports Resort
28 May 2007

• Without Trucks South Africa Stops.

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• Introducing the RFA Board

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• Meet the RFA Team

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Sharmini Naidoo Chief Executive Officer
Magretia Brown Labour
Relations
Catherine Larkin CVL Consulting
Projects Public Relations
Ronel Lombaard Membership Events
Miriam Shomolekae Reception Admin /
Events
Mphumzeni Nyembe Finance
Michael Alistoun Technical/Legislation
Support

• Making things Happen

Johan Coetzee The Webjockeys IT /
Website / Support
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• RFA Value Proposition

We Will Utilise Our
Collective Bargaining Power
Lobbying Negotiation
RFA will have an Opinion on All
issues affecting our operators Industry Expert
Network eyes ears
Open Media Policy
Our aim To become a Force to Be Reckoned With!
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• Membership Statistics

• Owner Drivers - 95
• Micro - 207 (1 10 trucks)
• Small - 121 (11 50 trucks)
• Medium 54 (51 100 trucks)
• Large 26 (gt151 trucks)
• Total Operators 503
• Affiliates 107
• Associates 54
• Total Members 664

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Operator Profile
New Members (Jun04 to May 07) Transport Operators
141 Private Operators
1 Owner
Drivers
68 Affiliates
28 Associates
4 Total New Members
242

• 57

• Revised Membership Model

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• Products Services

Industry Updates
Access to Information
Business Linkages
Technical Support
Access to Tenders
Business Info Sessions
Legislation Support
Rfa Website
Workshops Seminars
Business Plan Templates
Business Support
RFA Schemes
Costing Models
Preferential Rates
Discounts
SMME Starter Kit
Business Portal
Vehicle Cost Schedules
Cash Flow Models
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• RFA Committees

• Expert/Specialist
• Review of SANS, SABS, TRH
• Cross Border Tax Clearance
• Customs
• IRTE Technical Issues
• RTMS Self Regulation
• Regional Committees
• Issues affecting Region

We Encourage Member Participation (operators,
suppliers affiliates) Contact Barney Curtis at
the RFA offices
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• Road Transport Management System

• Road Transport Management System (RTMS)
  extension of Lap
• Poor compliance to transport regulations
  creates unfair advantage
• Self Regulation scheme essential to create
  standard rules for industry
• RTMS is an private sector led self regulation
  scheme
• Preserves road infrastructure, improved road
  safety increased productivity
• Mission - To have standards on
• Loading (optimisation, securement assessment
  systems)
• Driver Wellness (working conditions, social
  health eg. HIV/AIDS)
• Vehicle Operations (Maintenance, training
  standards, driving, safety, fleet
• management, specialised vehicles)
• Productivity
• Performance Based Standards (PBS) for Heavy
  Vehicles included
• Supported by DoT, SANRAL, Law Enforcement
• If supported by operators could become a Code
  of Good Practice
• Law enforcement will know that operator is
  compliant (weigh less)

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• Legislation Issues

• Reduction in Weighbridge Tolerances

• Invitation by National Overload Control Technical
  Committee
• Possible Weighbridge Survey (90 weighbridges,
  previous 67)
• Scope cost of survey to be determined
• Collation of data from operators
• Test different commodities
• Vehicle to be sponsored
• Motivation for Tolerance in 2003 still relevant
• Bribery Corruption

• Impact of Petroleum Products Amendment Act (PPA)

• Removal of diesel rebates (on road fueling)
• Major impact on transport operator (SMMEs)
• PPA Survey from Chevron for DME
• Restriction of Freight Movement during 2010 3
  months (Infrastructure Inputs Study for
  Presidency)

• FIFA World Cup 2010

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• RFA Driver Strategy Programme

• Address Driver Shortage (dwindling pool)
• Industry Review of Training
• Segmented approach to Driver Training
• 8 TETA Accredited Training providers that offer
  Professional Driver Training
• Our Plans
• Develop assessment criteria for RFA Accredited
  Trainer Training Provider
• Training Providers to make presentations to
  committee / Review of Training Material
• Competency of Trainers to be assessed
• 6 month Pilot Project with an Operator
• RFA training programme for Drivers Trainers
  (audits controls, performance matrix)
• Identification of Existing Training Academies
  (Daimler Chrysler, Nissan, Scania)
• Assess Wheels in Motion DVD programme (Hans
  Theunissen)

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• SMME Mentorship

• RFA operators would offer potential SMMEs
  subcontracts (decent rates)
• SMME would then be able to purchase 1 truck
• Operators will mentor SMMEs (understand
  challenges in industry,
• How to manage a transport business,
  maintenance, operations costing)
• SMME would also participate in learnerships
  (New venture creation/ SMME skills)
• RFA will monitor process (skills transfer,
  enterprise development)
• Cargo Owners would offer direct contracts to
  SMMEs after 12 months
• SMMEs could then purchase 3-5 trucks to grow
  business
• Need buy in from vehicle manufacturers, finance
  houses, operators cargo owners
• BBBEE Points Enterprise Development , Skills
  transfer Corporate Social Responsibility

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• RFA Activities

• RFA Convention 2007

RFA Dangerous Goods Workshop
Supervisory Training
Risk Management Workshop
Member Meetings
ALL-YOU-NEED-TO KNOW BBBEE WORKSHOP
Road Freight Industry Council (RFIC) Bosberaad
Operation Road Runner  
Packer / Loader / Porter Training
Auto Africa SMME Empowerment
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• RFA Activities

Still to come in 2007

• Golf Days 2007

Points Demerit System
Impact of PPA Act
RFA BBBEE Workshop
Prospective Member Breakfasts
Road Traffic Legislation Workshop
Holcim Contractors (SMME) Workshop
Ntinga / Worldlink SMME Workshop
SMME Prospective Member Meetings
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• Image of the Industry

• Trucking Incidents Accidents
• Smoke Belching Juggernauts
• Animosity towards Trucks
• Get these trucks off our Roads!
• Cheaper, Faster Better!
• Lets Work together to
• Protect Preserve
• Our Industry!