Juanita Maree

Chief Executive Officer, SAAFF

Juanita Maree is Chief Executive Officer of SAAFF.

SAAFF is the Southern African Association of Freight Forwarders, a member-driven body for freight forwarders and customs brokers. Maree has called the domestic logistics crisis a 'perfect storm' and welcomed the 2025 block exemption for ports, rail and feeder road corridors.

In the job

  1. Described South Africa's logistics crisis as a 'perfect storm' and called for the national logistics crisis committee's work to intensify. Source

  2. Welcomed the Gazetted block exemption for ports, rail and key feeder road corridors as 'excellent news'. Source

Career before

  1. from 2008Executive director, Savino Del Bene South Africa
  2. 2018-2019Head of the Customs Fraud and Illegal Imports Task Team, Business Unity South Africa

Education

PhD, North-West University, on customs risk management processes in South Africa

Sources

  1. saaff.org.za
  2. wcoesarocb.org
  3. freightnews.co.za
  4. freightnews.co.za
  5. engineeringnews.co.za

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