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Company Background

A pioneer of the self-drive vehicle rental concept, East London-based businessman, Tony Cotterell, established Kempston Truck Hire in 1973. At that time, it is doubtful that he envisaged that this basic operation would evolve into the Kempston Group.

Cotterell has resisted the lure of listing and today the Kempston Group is South Africa’s largest privately owned transport and related group of companies offering a broad spectrum of specialised services. More recently, it has diversified its interests and now operates in sectors outside the transport arena.

Throughout three decades of operation, continuity of personalised and quality service has instilled confidence in the Kempston name.

We have made our mark in South Africa’s highly competitive transport industry by consistently finetuning our service spectrum to meet the changing needs of the market place.

With branches countrywide our aim is to be the best, not necessarily the biggest, provider of premium products and services within the sectors that we serve.