Mbabane – Nathi Dlamini, CEO of Business Eswatini, stated that they are continuing to monitor the border issues in South Africa following the anti-migrant protests, but that the logistics industry appears to be stable for the time being.
Dlamini stated that, while the monitor, he does not anticipate that the mood among the South African population to remove unauthorised aliens will escape them too quickly but it would be sad if it impacts the import/export within the two countries.
The two countries trade, but it’s unclear whether the protests will continue. 
“There are always trucks leaving this country to South Africa to fetch goods. Unfortunately, some of them are registered as South African number plates. That’s where the danger is because once you are caught, you are a Liswati. They are thinking now because the truck is registered in South Africa and you are working for a South African company, and yet it belongs to this side. That’s the danger that we have been looking out for,” he said.
Dlamini said they are resting on the assumption that those trucks registered in Eswatini would not be attacked when they return to this side because ‘they know that they are doing business.’
“They should be safe for now. But we are monitoring the situation hour by hour. We are in touch with all our members who are trading there. No alarming reports have been received so far.
“We’ll keep our ears on the ground and see how things pan out in the next day or so. It’s really too early to tell the impact at this stage. But all I can tell you is, generally speaking, on the whole, things of this nature will always undermine business confidence. One way they even don’t see it or feel it now is sending its impact down the line. And I think that’s most regrettable indeed. We’ll see,” he said.
