Transnet Strike

We have had two and a half weeks of strike by Transnet workers in South Africa. The strike has crippled rail, harbour and bulk oil transport during this period. We began to have thoughts about the consequences of the strike continuing for another week or so. One of the problems would be a shortage of fuel countrywide. The consequence for us would be difficulty in getting fuel to get as far as Mozambique. That would be disastrous for our plans.

Today the strike was called off. We all sigh with relief. There is already a huge backlog in rail, truck and container movements but so far we have not heard of any fuel shortage so we anticipate being able to take off on schedule on 10 June. Two weeks tonight we'll be visiting with Linda, Gareth and Nicholas. Hopefully we'll see Jan and Matt during our two days there. Wow, now the time is really flying.....