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As South Africa marks Youth Month and continues to grapple with high youth unemployment and widening skills shortages, the demand has never been greater for suitably qualified and skilled supply chain professionals, says supply chain industry body SAPICS. In addition to employability, supply chain management offers what most young people today are seeking in their career: impact and excitement.

South Africa’s logistics sector faces mounting pressure to improve efficiency, reduce costs and lower emissions, making objective, data-driven truck performance testing more important to fleet operators than ever before. This is why SAPICS, the Professional Body for Supply Chain Management, has officially endorsed Truck Test 2026.

Marked annually on 28 April, World Day for Safety and Health at Work offers a timely moment to reflect on how safety is evolving across Africa’s transport and logistics sector. In leading operations, safety is increasingly monitored, interpreted, and acted on in near real-time, rather than being assessed only after the fact.

SAPICS 2026 Annual General Meeting

Analyst Insight: At the World Economic Forum’s 2025 meeting in Davos, a few disturbing threads emerged. First,  delegates expressed a very nervous optimism about 2025. Another thread was a lack of trust. In quiet conversations, it  emerged that trust in leadership, across countries and companies appears to be at a 50-year low. This thread is impacting  supply chain performance around the globe and ...

This year’s 48th annual SAPICS Conference, which takes place from 19 to 22 July 2026 at the Century City Conference Centre in Cape Town, marks a significant milestone: 60 years since the founding of leading supply chain industry body SAPICS.

Supply chain industry body SAPICS comments on the conflict in Iran and the cost to South African businesses and consumers

The 2026 Investing in African Mining Indaba carried a familiar public narrative: policy reform, geopolitical positioning and capital mobilisation under the banner of “Stronger Together”. Yet beyond keynote remarks and ministerial statements, a quieter conversation unfolded through technical sessions and industry exchanges.

For supply chain professionals, the key takeaways from last month’s President Cyril Ramaphosa’s 2026 State of the Nation Address (SONA) and Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana delivered the 2026 National Budget Speech are the commitments to collaboration between the public and private sectors, the scale of infrastructure investment and the continued progress of Operation Vulindlela.

Supply chain industry body urges African businesses to assess this vital supply chain link

For decades, warehouses across much of Africa have been viewed primarily as functional cost centres - simply places to store stock, often under-invested and invisible to boardroom strategy. That mindset is changing globally, and supply chain industry body SAPICS says that African businesses risk falling ...