The Reality l Why Transport Businesses Collapse: Fleet Management, Compliance & Cost Control.

Fleet management isn’t “keeping trucks on the road.” It’s a science — and if you don’t treat it like one, your costs, compliance risk, and customer performance will eventually bury your business. In this episode of On the Road, host Florence Msunda sits down with Jonathan Mphake (fleet management expert, Safe Pix board member) for a practical mentorship-style breakdown of what transport SMEs must do differently in 2026. What you’ll learn: Why the industry is under pressure (costs, compliance, infrastructure, supply chain disruption) The mindset shift SMEs need to stay competitive Why data beats effort (and why dashboards without insight are useless) How to use telematics properly: fuel spikes, driver behaviour, maintenance alerts, route risk, and delivery patterns How to move from “vendor” to business partner by solving customer problems with data Why fleet management is a leadership role, not a box-ticking admin job The 5 daily checks every fleet/ops manager must own to protect profitability The skills gap in fleet management — and what Jonathan is building to fix it If you’re running 5, 10, 25+ trucks — this is the episode that stops you from scaling chaos. Brought to you by FNB and WesBank. Subscribe and share this with one operator whose trucks are “busy” but the business is still struggling. On The Road Podcast is hosted by Florence Musundwa where she brings in experts in all things trucking and logistics. Join her Bi weekly for a new episode where we unpack and take a deep dive in depth into the industry Visit our website now: https://www.smeroadfreightsummit.co.za Sponsored by FNB & Wesbank https://www.fnb.co.za On The Road Podcast, Is managed and produced at Podcast Room Johannesburg https://podcast-room.co.za/