PayCargo executive van der Walt resigns to focus on daughter’s surgery

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Longtime airfreight industry leader Lionel van der Walt has stepped down from his role as chief commercial officer at PayCargo, a digital freight transportation payment portal, to deal with a family medical emergency.

In a LinkedIn post over the weekend, van der Walt said he resigned to devote all his attention to caring for his eldest daughter, who has been diagnosed with a brain tumor and is scheduled to undergo surgery in February.

“With this in mind I have made a decision to step down from my...

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