Category:Steering Column

The Superdragon X8 (that refers to the truck in the background, not the FOCUS ed).

September 1, 2015

Dragon slayer!

I have just experienced THE most exceptional vehicle ever. It weighs 52 t, does zero to 80 km/h in less than 25 seconds …...

August 1, 2015

Wanted: youngsters in our industry

The skills crisis is one of our industry’s greatest challenges. After all, without diesel mechanics, for instance, the wheels of our industry will stop...

July 1, 2015

Public transport … when?

Like good old Martin Luther King (bless him), I have a dream. It’s called public transport in South Africa. Am I completely delusional?

FOCUS editor Charleen Clarke recently met Minister of Transport Dipuo Peters, when she travelled to Cape Town to witness Golden Arrow Bus Services receiving its Road Transport Management System (RTMS) accreditation. Read more about this milestone in the South African bus industry on page 54 of this issue of FOCUS.

June 1, 2015

Open letter to the Minister of Transport

Dear Minister Peters First, I must say that it was an honour to meet you at the Golden Arrow Bus Services function in Cape...

May 1, 2015

Tumbles and smiles

I came close to ending up in hospital last night, but I ended up grinning instead. Here’s why …

Ravi Pisharody, executive director of commercial vehicles at Tata Motors, wants to treble the number of vehicles the company exports within four years.

April 1, 2015

Tata eyes top four spot in SA

Tata is far from content with its moderate market share in this country. It wants much, much more!

March 1, 2015

And so the killing continues …

This country’s claims to fame are somewhat alarming. We seem to have mastered the art of destroying our country and its people …

Nicolaas Kallie Truter and Lawrence Nkwinika won the truck and bus driver categories respectively.

February 1, 2015

Born to truck

Recently I met an incredible young man who rejuvenated my love for all things trucking (not that it’s ever waned really). Polokwane’s Dewald Coertse...