For transport companies · Diesel slips
Gaborone to Francistown, the Trans-Kalahari to Mamuno, Kazungula and Martin's Drift: every fill on the road is a slip someone in your office types and checks. Your drivers WhatsApp a photo of each slip, and by 7 the next morning your fuel sheet is checked, one tab per truck, with anything that doesn't add up in red.
Why it matters now
Diesel 50ppm rose by P2.83 a litre on 23 October 2026, after a P8.77 rise in March.
Drivers on the Trans-Kalahari Corridor have reported diesel stolen from parked trucks at rest stops.
Date, plate, station, odometer, litres and amount, typed by hand, slip after slip.
A fill checked weeks later is a question the driver can no longer answer.
Sources: BERA, March 2026; BusinessTech, 20 Oct 2026; Daily News; Farmers Platform, Oct 2026.
How it works
After every fill, one photo of the slip on WhatsApp. That is all the driver does.
Truck, date, station, litres, price and odometer, checked against the tank size, the last fill and the truck's usual km per litre. A person checks every row against its photo.
One tab per truck, in Excel, with anything that doesn't add up in red and the reason beside it.
What it looks like
| Slip | Vehicle | Litres | Km/l | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S01 | N 12345 W | 210.40 | 3.1 | ok |
| S02 | N 12346 W | 341.00 | 2.9 | 341 L into a 300 L tank |
| S03 | N 12354 W | 180.20 | - | plate not on your fleet list; N 12345 W is one character off |
Sample rows from made-up slips. Real rows also carry the date, station, odometer, price, amount and the photo.
Questions
Yes. We work by WhatsApp and email from Johannesburg, so the town your trucks are based in makes no difference.
No. A slip in Rand, N$ or Pula is read the same way and lands on the same truck's tab.
Not directly: siphoning happens after the fill. It shows up as the truck using more diesel per km than its usual, which is marked red for you to ask about.
Monthly in advance by bank transfer to our South African account. There are no exchange controls in Botswana; each side pays its own bank's charges.
No. They send a photo on WhatsApp, which they already have.
No. We take the typing away, not the person. The time goes into the red rows.
On our own computer in South Africa, under a one-page data agreement signed before your first slip. Stop, and we delete our copies within 30 days.
Start
WhatsApp Omphile on +27 63 498 9311 with how many trucks you run and how the slips reach your office today. One monthly fee for the whole fleet, month to month, no set-up fee.
Fleets elsewhere: South Africa, Namibia, Botswana. This month's fuel prices: Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
