Shippers get matched carriers with insurance, licence and references on file. Carriers get loads that pay and pay on time. Domestic lanes and SADC cross-border — the same standard on both.
The freight desk
Southern African freight runs on WhatsApp — fast, familiar, and completely forgetful. We keep the speed and add the discipline: vetting, rate confirmations, tracked execution, POD on file, and a record that follows both parties.
Send the load once — lane, equipment, dates, commodity. You get back a matched carrier with the documents already checked: CIPC registration, goods-in-transit insurance, operating licence disc, references. Rate confirmation in writing before the truck rolls.
The rate and the payment date are on the confirmation before you load, and we pay on that date whether or not the shipper has paid us — our exposure, not yours. Thirty days from proof of delivery as standard, or POD plus 48 hours less 4% if you would rather have the cash; you choose at booking. Loads matched to the corridors and equipment you actually run.
| Corridor | Covers | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| CPT ⇄ JHB | Cape Town – Johannesburg (via N1) | Highest-volume domestic lane; dry van, tautliner, reefer |
| JHB ⇄ DBN | Johannesburg – Durban | Port runs, fast transit, high reefer demand |
| CPT ⇄ PE ⇄ EL | Coastal Eastern Cape | Regional distribution runs |
| JHB → Maputo | Cross-border via Lebombo/Ressano Garcia | Port import/export, customs stack handled |
| JHB → Beira | Cross-border via Beitbridge/Forbes | Zimbabwe/Beira corridor — permits + border timing |
| CPT/NMB → Walvis Bay | West coast cross-border | Namibia corridor — fuel and general freight |
These apply to every load we broker, domestic or cross-border. They are published because a condition you can read before you commit is worth more than one you discover afterwards.
Before a carrier is engaged we confirm CIPC registration, goods-in-transit cover verified with the insurer directly rather than from a certificate, operating licence disc, and a cross-border permit where the lane requires one.
At collection the driver's identification, licence and the vehicle and trailer registrations are photographed and matched against the booking. A registration that does not match stops the load. A substituted driver does not — that is usually a shift change — but it is confirmed with the carrier on the number we hold for them before the load is released, and who confirmed it is recorded.
The carrier we confirm is the carrier that hauls. Passing a load on without our written agreement is a breach of the rate confirmation, and it is the single most common route by which freight is lost.
One rate confirmation, held by both sides, stating the rate, the lane, the equipment, the dates and the payment term. Nothing is settled by telephone and confirmed later.
Position confirmed at collection, in transit and ahead of delivery. A load running behind is reported by us, not discovered by you.
Captured at delivery and held against the load. Detention beyond the agreed appointment is claimed at the time, while it is still provable, rather than raised a month later when it is not.
Terms
Stated here rather than negotiated per load. A broker who cannot explain their terms plainly is a broker whose terms will move.
| Who | Term | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Shippers, new account | 50% on rate confirmation, balance on proof of delivery | A first load between two parties who have not worked together carries risk on both sides. The deposit is released to the carrier, not held by us. |
| Shippers, established account | 30 days from proof of delivery | Available once the company is CIPC-verified and has run loads with us. Normal commercial terms for a normal commercial relationship. |
| Carriers, standard | 30 days from proof of delivery | Paid on the date stated in the rate confirmation. Not on the date the shipper pays us — that is our exposure to carry, not yours. |
| Carriers, early settlement | Proof of delivery plus 48 hours, less 4% | Optional, chosen by the carrier at booking and stated on the rate confirmation. Diesel and wages do not wait thirty days, and a carrier who would rather have the cash should be able to have it. |
Straight talk
The commission pays for the check: that the operator is registered, insured and licensed, that the vehicle arriving is the one we engaged, and that somebody carries the consequence if it is not. Matching, paperwork and reporting are automated so that the check is where the time actually goes.
Typical brokerage on domestic lanes runs 5–10% of the freight rate; cross-border 10–15% — the range covers what can go wrong and the vetting that keeps it from going wrong.
Lane, equipment, dates, commodity. Three steps, about two minutes, no account — the desk comes back with a rate from a vetted truck.
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