Q: Please describe the services offered by KNG transport and logistics…
Our services include local and intercity transport, logistics and warehousing solutions for our clients in the construction, FMCG as well as agricultural industries. We help clients move both normal and abnormal loads. We are a solutions-based company and pride ourselves in offering customised services that suit our clients’ needs.
We aim to deliver the most cost-effective solutions at the highest levels of quality. More recently, we have ventured into building material supply solely focusing within the inland region. Our vision is to operate on a national scale and offer transport, building materials supplies and construction services under the Khula Nathi stable.
Q: What are your flagship projects?
We have partnered with the Housing Development Agency on a sector-wide programme, called the Sector Economic Empowerment and Enterprise Development initiative, spear-headed by the Kholosego Group. The strategic programme focuses on economic empowerment and transformation and aims to create long-term sustainable development of black industrialists to achieve broader economic goals by allowing them to participate in the human settlement supply chain, giving them access to finance, increased Inclusivity, capacity, capability and credibility.
The programme aims to drive business growth for women, youth, military veterans and persons with disabilities and allows black industrialists to develop pathways into sustainable earning opportunities. KNG’s role in the partnership is material management; which includes purchasing and supplier partnering, demand and lead timemanagement, assistance with materials and inventory control management, storage, transportation and order fulfilment. The programme benefits include delivering goods and services on time, bulk buying of construction materials and elevating local businesses through partnerships.
Q: How do you ensure that diversity and inclusion are built into KNG’s policies?
We firmly support the development of black women by employing top-quality, dedicated, skilled and experienced black women. Believing that a company grows through its employees, KNG Transport and Logistics encourages its employees to undergo professional development related to its line of business.
Q: What excites you about what you do – and what has been your greatest AHA moment as MD of KNG?
The idea of inspiring young, black women to pursue careers within male-dominated industries motivates and drives me to continue breaking down doors and barriers. My biggest AHA moment has been realising that one needs to be agile and must be able to adapt in order to survive as an entrepreneur.
My passion for the road freight industry and working with various parties has opened my eyes to greater opportunities which have allowed KNG to grow. We have been able to expand by diversifying our service offering to include building material supply.
Q: Do you have a message for our readership?
Diversity, inclusivity and transformation are key drivers to change in South Africa. As the founder and managing director of KNG, I feel a big responsibility to operate in a manner that promotes inclusivity, encourages transformation and creates a space that aims to address and change the socio-economic dynamics in a way that will promote positive change in our society.
There is a need for an aggressive approach, now more than ever, to drive and effect change in our country. We need to rise and create platforms that will equip young South Africans with the necessary skills and knowledge required to kickstart their entrepreneurial journey to alleviate unemployment.
