Drivers furious with Kool Transport director: ‘He takes over a good company and guts it completely’

Someone who has had business contacts with drivers who have worked for Kool Transpoort for years confirms the picture the drivers paint. “Before the acquisition, it was a really good company, with no financial problems. Kool Transpoort had already been around for 110 years – it’s huge. If you can break it down like that, then you’re a very bad entrepreneur. You can only do it on purpose.”

The image Kool Transport creates of employees falling ill en masse and actively sharing gossip would be incorrect. “Truckers are very loyal people who don’t just call in sick. Calling in sick was really a last resort.”