President Jacob Zuma and his bunch of erstwhile followers – read benefactors – have their heads far up their backsides and the problem is that to them, the view looks good from there. In that narrow channel, they are warm,
After being bombarded on a daily basis over the past months by an avalanche of bad, bad news centred around the numerous shenanigans of President Jacob Zuma and his awful Gupta mates, along came a monumental storm in the Western
Talk about a scary roller-coaster ride and you won’t get a scarier one than the ride called South Africa. What makes it really terrifying is that the designer of this ride didn’t make any provision for the fitment of safety
Road safety. It’s become such a boring topic hasn’t it? Who really cares? In January every year we attend the Minister of Transport’s conference to hear how road users fared in keeping themselves alive or killing themselves over the Festive
Hooray. Its election time again. Isn’t this wonderful? Every South African – except anyone with even a vague liking for Jan van Riebeeck who, according to our esteemed President Jacob Zuma is the cause of all our woes – is
I’m sitting at a bar counter in America having a drink. It’s one of those long wooden bars that curves around at both ends. The place is pretty empty. Just two guys at the end of the bar chatting and
Without Trucks South Africa Stops! This is the slogan of the Road Freight Association (RFA) which recently held its annual convention at the Legends Golf & Safari Resort. While all involved in the trucking industry know this to be true,
It gives me great pleasure to direct our readers to three different stories in this magazine relating to the recognition of our truck drivers in various ways. The first, on page 28, tells of the launch of the 2016 Highway
My y last Editor’s Comment for 2015 was headed: “Make me once again Proudly South African!” YOU CAN READ IT HERE . Well, on March 31st I was once again able to stand tall and proud as a South African. It was
Why does FleetWatch place such a high accent on road safety? Well, I can write endlessly about this – the dead, the injured, the costs, the tragedy, the tears, the horror! But I am not going to do that. I
Many readers will know of the FleetWatch Brake & Tyre Watch project which has been conducted with our much valued partners over the past five years. The project had been lauded as a world-leading exercise receiving much praise for the
I am sure by now most of our readers would have heard of the tragic incident where one of the two giraffes being transported in a trailer on the N1 hit its head on an overhead bridge near Centurion and
There are a lot of ills running through the trucking industry, many of which need urgent medical attention. The problem is that no-one seems to be calling in the doctors. As a result, the illnesses remain, with some getting worse
For how many years have we been talking about South Africa experiencing a truck driver shortage? For how many years have operators bemoaned the fact that they can’t get well qualified, professional drivers? The answer is: “For far too many
On page 22 of this edition you will find an article headed ‘Rising of the Phoenix’. It is an article which expounds the virtues of G.U.D. Filters while at the same time chastises the company for hiding its light under
I recently saw a cartoon in The Star which caught my eye as being so apt and relevant in linking the trucking industry to the current political leadership crisis in South Africa. Yes, I know I’ll be knocked for saying
South Africa is frustrating the heck out of me. The reason for this is because in my opinion, South Africa is so wrapped up in murky politics that it is not seeing its true potential as a growth engine for
