Category:FOCUS on Bus and Coach
MAN powers shuttle service
Every year, the tiny maize-farming town of Bothaville comes alive to welcome visitors from South Africa and abroad to the Nampo Harvest Day festival....
It’s a gas!
Despite being bombarded with information about the negative impact of the ever-increasing number of vehicles on our roads, how many of us are really...
A lighter option
Rio Tinto’s Alcan leads the way in light-weight, all-aluminium bus and coach body building.
Finding the path with Marcopolo
As one of South Africa’s biggest bus body manufacturers, Marcopolo has a hard-won reputation for excellence. STUART MOIR takes a peek inside the company’s...
A bus for all occasions
From taxis to the Gautrain, public transport in South Africa is on the move. It’s not our infamous minibus taxi industry that has benefitted...
Kick-off to better public transport
With the FIFA World Cup edging ever closer and so much still to be done, STUART MOIR takes a look at our public transport...
Busing down under
The general perception is that South Africa’s bus market is something of a disaster area. Annual sales peaked at 1 816 units in 1982,...
World class delivery
The excitement was palpable at the Mercedes-Benz bus assembly plant in East London, as the final 2010 World Cup bus chassis rolled off the...
Here, take the wheel
With the increasing number of bus accidents pointing to high levels of driver incompetence as a primary cause of road deaths, STUART MOIR investigates...