Category:Steering Column

Above: A lesson in thinking outside the box … Scania’s Shein September and Nepo Seboko have used waste and packaging to build a house.
October 1, 2014

The house that scania built!

Regular FOCUS readers will know that I am spending a lot of time with the Scania team, because these wonderfully patient people are helping...

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Dr Wolfgang Bernhard, member of the board of management at Daimler.
September 1, 2014

South Africa: some concern, some confidence

Daimler and MAN have mixed feelings about the South African commercial vehicle market. Be warned: some drastic moves could be in the pipeline …

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Making history!
August 1, 2014

Making history!

FOCUS was recently invited to the German town of Magdeburg to witness a world first: a Mercedes-Benz Actros that drives itself. I decided that...

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Pleased as Punch! FOCUS editor Charleen Clarke took to the road with a 170 t heavyweight … and didn’t break anything.
July 1, 2014

Going BIG!

I recently jumped at the chance to attend the world launch of the Mercedes-Benz SLT, the heavyweight star of that particular trucking family. Little...

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Back to school
June 1, 2014

Back to school

Regular readers of FOCUS know, by now, that I have committed to getting my truck driver’s licence. Getting an appointment to write my learner’s...

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KDG Logistics launches a “gamechanger”
May 1, 2014

KDG Logistics launches a “gamechanger”

Last month I jetted off to Durban to meet a new contender in the commercial vehicle sector. As we know, the South African roads...

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Scania CEO, Martin Lundstedt, allegedly purchased a “substantial” number of Scania shares just three weeks prior to a Volkswagen share offer.
April 1, 2014

Revealed: Skeletons in the VW/ Scania/MAN closet!

Things are extremely interesting at Volkswagen right now. The rumour-mongers are having a field day, with accusations of insider trading and poaching of senior...

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Key players in the FOCUS editor’s quest to go trucking! From left: Janke van Jaarsveld (IDes Driving Academy), Alexander Taftman (Scania), Charleen Clarke (FOCUS), John Nelson (Scania) and Shane September (Scania).
March 1, 2014

Trucking on …

I have discovered that it takes time, patience, comfortable shoes and tenacity to get a truck driver’s licence. Oh, a sense of humour is...

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FOCUS makes history!
February 1, 2014

FOCUS makes history!

I am delighted to announce THE most significant event in the history of this magazine. The event to which I allude is also momentous...

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Bring it on
January 1, 2014

Bring it on

I am a firm believer in the tenacity of South Africans as a whole and our industry in particular. As such, I believe that...

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