Transport and logistics compliance in South Africa
Road, rail, freight, courier and warehousing businesses and fleet operators.
Laws that usually apply
The transport sector has its own B-BBEE code, which large customers and tenders often ask about.
Depots, warehouses, loading and vehicle work carry significant safety duties.
Employers register for injury-on-duty cover, and customers often ask for good standing.
Driver hours, overtime, rest and night work are regulated.
Discipline, retrenchment and strikes are common in the sector.
Vehicles need current licences and roadworthy status, and drivers need the right licence or permit.
Road-based public transport needs an operating licence or permit for each vehicle.
Moving hazardous goods by road has extra vehicle, driver and documentation requirements.
Cross-border freight brings customs registration and trade records.
Handling fuel, waste or hazardous goods can bring environmental duties. Check the activities you carry out.
Tracking, driver and customer data are personal information.
Templates you will probably need
What customers, tenders and funders often ask to see
- COIDA letter of good standing
- B-BBEE certificate
- Health and safety policy and file
- Driver and vehicle tracking privacy notice
Operator licences, road-traffic and dangerous-goods rules, and cross-border permits are outside our self-assessments.
How ComplianceDesk helps
- Take the self-assessments above and see your gaps, free and without an account.
- Save a result to your organisation and each gap becomes a task with an owner and a due date.
- Fill in a template, save it to your Policy Library and track who has acknowledged it.
- Choose the filing dates that apply on the compliance calendar and get an email before each one.
Questions
Does using ComplianceDesk make us compliant?
No. The self-assessments show where you have gaps against each law and give you tasks, templates and reminders to close them. Compliance depends on what you actually do, and the content is a guide that an attorney should review before you rely on it.
Can I try the self-assessments without an account?
Yes. Every self-assessment is free to take, and your answers stay in your browser until you choose to save a result to an organisation.
Track it all in one place
ComplianceDesk turns each law into controls with owners, due dates and evidence.