Federation of East and Southern African Road Transport Associations

FESARTA, formerly known as The Federation of Regional Road Freight Associstions (FRRFA), was founded in 1993 by members of the NRTAs of Malawi, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe to address problems experienced by road Transporters in the SADC region. Operators associations from Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Swaziland, and Tanzania subsequently joined. The FRRFA became the first official association member of the Road infrastructure, Transport and Traffic committee ( Roads SCOM ) of SATCC-TU. SADC also established the post of Executive Officer, with Barney Curtis taking up the role on a voluntary basis in 1999.