Gavin Kelly has been involved in the resource, strategy and operations field for 25 years. Here, he speaks at the first ever Tucker’s Forum on the low level of adherence […]
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RFA: Professionalism in the road freight industry
Technical and operations manager at the Road Freight Association (RFA), Gavin Kelly, talks about professionalism in the road freight industry during the annual RFA Convention for 2015, held at the […]
Road Freight Association Convention 2015
Highlights from the 2015 Road Freight Convention, held at the Champagne Sports Resort in the Drakensberg from 24 to 26 May 2015. Transport World Africa was there to witness all […]
Proposed road freight legislation ill-advised
The recent announcement by the Minister of Transport to restrict goods trucks with a GVM over 9 000kg from public roads during peak hours (06:00 - 09:00 and 5:00 - […]
Truck restrictions won’t reduce accidents: RFA
The proposed legislation to restrict freight vehicles during peak hours will not reduce road carnage says Gavin Kelly, spokesperson of the Road Freight Association (RFA). Conversely, Kelly believes the restrictions […]

Impact and VAT of e-tolls
Transport operators are experiencing an increase in the costs of moving goods through Gauteng as a result of the implementation of e-tolls. Simon Foulds speaks to industry experts to find […]
Comment: New Cross-Border Tariffs
The Road freight Association says following on from the success of the Industry in opposing the CBRTA in their implementation of the tariffs published in December 2010, the CBRTA has […]
FESARTA – new chairman and vice appointed
Pictured from Left to right: Gavin Kelly, Fesarta chairman and Brian Shone, vice-chairman At the eighth FESARTA (Federation of East and Southern African Transport Associations) AGM held in Johannesburg, Gavin […]
The non-tariff barriers
The total number of non-tariff barriers affecting business within the Comesa, EAC and SADC regions is 566. Sixty of these are dealt with by Fesarta (Federation of East and Southern […]
The importance of driver training
“The average South African road user is 32 times more likely to die in a traffic crash than the average United Kingdom citizen,” says Rob Handfield-Jones, MD of driving.co.za. “This […]