Author:charleen-clarke
60 years on, Daimlerโs diamond shines bright in East London December 9, 2021 November 23 represented a significant milestone in the history of Daimler Trucks & Buses Southern Africa (DTBSA), as the diamond anniversary celebrations for the companyโs East London assembly plant kicked off. As one of the cornerstones of Daimlerโs completely knocked-down (CKD) production and assembly network outside Germany, the DTBSA plant on South Africaโs east coast has been assembling and producing pioneering vehicles ever since it rolled South […]
Revealed: why this MAN is the worldโs best truck November 16, 2021 MANโs new Truck Generation (TG) range has arrived in South Africa โ and it carries the worldโs most important credential: the International Truck of the Year title. CHARLEEN CLARKE explains why the TGX has been named the best truck in the world. There are dozens of reasons why MAN won the trucking industryโs most sought-after accolade โ because the new MAN does a lot of things right. For […]
Scania bucks bus and coach trend November 11, 2021 While the bus and coach market has been decimated โ not just here in South Africa but all over the world โ 2021 has been a success story for Scania South Africa, as Marco Guedes, generalย manager busย &ย coach, tells CHARLEEN CLARKE. While the pandemic has affected life in general, the impact on transport has been massive. โAs we know, the Covid-19 pandemic has had a negative impact on the global movement of […]
Terrifying fuel prices: Who is to blame? November 10, 2021 This year just hasnโt been fun. Quite frankly, weโve just had too much with which to contend. I am, of course, referring to the pandemic, the riots and violence, the shortage of semiconductors, the chaos at our border posts โฆ and more. As if that wasnโt enough, weโre also now dealing with scary fuel prices. Who is to blame? One of the reasons for our sky-high fuel cost is the […]
Truck drivers are recognised โ finally October 20, 2021 For years, CHARLEEN CLARKE has battled to get an answer to this question: why does no one appreciate truck drivers? Itโs taken a dire shortage of fuel and other goods in the United Kingdom for people to finally realise their value. โSupply chain woes may mean Christmas is cancelled,โ proclaimed UK newspaper The Times recently. โIf no solution is found to a shortage of drivers and manpower, this yearโs festive season […]
Should the Minister of Transport be fired? September 16, 2021 For as long as Iโve been writing about transport (many decades), the Department of Transport (DoT) โ and its head, the minister at the time โ has come under fire. Sometimes rightly. Sometimes wrongly. Now, itโs the turn of Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula who, of late, certainly does appear to be making some daft decisions (or doing nothing at all)โฆ One of the departmentโs and indeed the ministerโs fiercest critics […]
MJ Schoemaker appointed SAPICS president August 20, 2021 In a development appropriate to this issue of FOCUS โ which, in line with Womenโs Day and Womenโs Month, celebrates women in our industry โ MJ Schoemaker has been appointed SAPICS president. Schoemaker takes over from outgoing SAPICS president Keabetswe Mpane, another remarkable woman. Mpane presided over a well-attended recent AGM and shared with members a summary of the activities undertaken in 2020. SAPICS has been at the forefront of the drive […]
A MAN for all seasons August 19, 2021 The Diraro Group, one of the leading suppliers of mine-to-port logistics solutions for the mining industry, has thrown its hat into the MAN ring. CHARLEEN CLARKE finds out why. Marthinus Pretorius, managing director of the Diraro Group, is understandably proud of the companyโs achievements. โToday, our service offerings encompass bulk road transportation; bulk rail transportation; bulk mineral storage, packaging and shipping; electrical vehicles; bulk diesel supply and also the supply of commodities. […]
Letโs hear it for the ladies! Part 5 August 19, 2021 The transport and logistics game never used to be populated by members of the fairer sex. However, this has changed. CHARLEEN CLARKE pays tribute to some of the leading ladies in the transport and logistics industry and the trailblazers in supply chain management. Jeannรฉ Swanepoel-Edwards, executive directorย of Transvaal Heavy Transport (THT) In her role as executive director, Swanepoel-Edwards is tasked with running the day-to-day operations of the business. This […]
Letโs hear it for the ladies! Part 4 August 19, 2021 The transport and logistics game never used to be populated by members of the fairer sex. However, this has changed. CHARLEEN CLARKE pays tribute to some of the leading ladies in the transport and logistics industry and the trailblazers in supply chain management. Carla Rodriques Schoeman, managing director of Master Movers Rodriques Schoeman didnโt always work in transport. Earlier in her career, she was a receptionist as well as […]
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