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Swift Transport started in 1921, John Watts a man who had been privileged to learn about business from his family's enterprises 14 years earlier starts two bus companies.

1929, Red & White Services is created to bring all bus operators which Watts had formed and acquired.

1937, Red & White United Transport is formed as a public limited company (plc) to hold the diverse interests of the group.

1946, Swift Transport Services (STS) a transport business is registered in Zimbabwe starting with two depots in Harare and Bulawayo

1950, Red & White United Transport sell off its UK bus and coach operations to the British Transport Commission (BTC) as part of the nationalisation efforts by the labour government. The group changed its name to United Transport Company (UTC).

UTC continued to own businesses in Africa with operations in transport through the Rhodesia United Transport (RUT) which owned STS. RUT concentrated its business efforts in Zambia, Zimbabwe & Malawi It also had interests in road freight transport in the UK

1971, UTC operations are taken over by British Electric Traction (BET) but 25 years later is bought out by Rentokil.

1994, BET pours investment into its Zimbabwe unit to purchase luxury coaches, Blue Arrow

1995, Pioneer Transport started by Rudland brothers.

2014, Pioneer Corporation Africa (PCA) is rebranded to UNIF to take advantage of its brand recognition in the market PCA had acquired UNIF 3 years earlier through a reverse listing on the ZSE. This facilitates a private company to list using the listed entity

Pioneer Transport is sold off from UNIF through a management buy out (MBO) at nil value due to losses.

2021, Zimplow issue 34,174,010 shares to UNIF to purchase 51% of Tredcor, trading as TrenTyre and 100% of Birmingham Investments a property holding entity.

Operations, Unifreight Africa is Zimbabwean owned transport enterprise offering comprehensive packages to solve logistical problems. It specialises in COURIER services both local and global, FREIGHT offers express and consolidated. FULL-LOADS