It's tough out there

Steve Banner reports Generous British hauliers are redoubling their efforts to help improve the standard of truck driving in Zambia in conjunction with charity Transaid - and those efforts are bearing fruit Prominent operators such as Malcolm Group have donated time-served trucks for learners to train on to the Industrial Training Centre (ITC) in Lusaka, the capital of the developing-world country. ITC chief executive officer Lloyd Mbasela says: "We've got the trainers, but we still don't have enough vehicles. If family members are paying, then the newly qualified driver will be expected tc help support them when he - or she - gets that first job. The ITC has set up a satellite training operation four or five hours drive from Lusaka in an area known as the Copperbelt It has been allocated two of the organisations trucks and is training forklift operators as well.