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Thursday, 08 October
You're not a rep, you're not driving around, you're not dropping the spouse and then the kids and then the mother-in-law at the various places that they need to be from your driveway to your office. Whether you're coming from Atlantis to the CBD or Simonstown to Belville, just how long is your trip in the morning? And at almost 30 rand a litre, how are you recalculating your life decisions? 0214.
Relationship with the petrol. You don't just drive for fun. We drive because the geography demands it. We live in a very large city comparatively, not as large as Joba, but a large city. So if you're driving from Atlantis to the CBD or from Gordon's Bay into town, maybe you have to drive from Simonstown to Bowville, Somerset West to Century City. And then there are the people who do this every single day.
With regular business, some of them have already closed down. And in particular, I know of factories in Atlantis that were employing up to 700 to 1,000 people. They've actually had to close their export section down because of these additional tariffs. And the other thing you take into account is that the freight rates to America from Western Cape are generally high, although you can get a contract rate, but it's not as reasonable as rates on the other trade lanes. It always has been a high rate, but as
Onto the states with regular business. Some of them have already closed down. In particular, I know of factories in Atlantis that were employing up to 700 to 1,000 people. They've actually had to close their export section down because of these additional tariffs. And the other thing you take into account is that the freight rates to America from Western Cape are generally high, although you can get a contract rate, but it's not as reasonable as rates on the other trade lanes. It always has been.