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Daimler Truck Southern Africa to aid KwaZulu-Natal affected communities

30 May 2022

* Daimler Truck Southern Africa joins companies across the country in pledging donations to assist relief efforts in KwaZulu-Natal
* Daimler Truck Southern Africa hands over a cheque valued at R500 000 to Gift of the Givers Foundation to ramp up support for most impacted communities by the recent floods
* The donation will go toward immediate humanitarian relief in the form of food, blankets, and bed mattresses

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We are Daimler Truck Southern Africa

05 May 2022

* With effect from 03 May 2022, Daimler Trucks & Buses Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd (DTBSA) renamed the company to Daimler Truck Southern Africa Ltd (DTSA)
* The renaming completely aligns the local corporate structure to its parent company, Daimler Truck AG
* Business scope, company objectives, product and service offerings remain unchanged for the Southern African entity under the new name – Daimler Truck Southern Africa Ltd (DTSA)

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Daimler Trucks & Buses Southern Africa retains Top Employer title for 2022!

26 November 2021

*The Top Employer Institute officially announced Daimler Trucks & Buses Southern Africa as one of the leading employers in the country for its best-in-class people practices
*Daimler Trucks & Buses Southern Africa retains the title for the 6th consecutive year
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Daimler Trucks & Buses Southern Africa celebrates 60 years of Assembly in South Africa!

24 November 2021

*Daimler Trucks & Buses Southern Africa Assembly Plant in East London kick-starts its 60th
Anniversary celebrations.

*The company announces the launch of the Mercedes-Benz Actros 60th edition range as
part of this significant celebration.

*The company further unveils the 60th Anniversary badge to be applied on all DTBSA
products produced in its renowned Plant in the year 2022.

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Daimler Trucks & Buses Southern Africa ushers in a new dawn for all who keep Africa moving!

10 November 2021

*Daimler Trucks & Buses Southern Africa announces a new business structure following the separation of the global entity.

*With effect from 1 December 2021, Daimler Trucks & Buses Southern Africa will transition into a100% dedicated commercial vehicle business with customers at the core.

*Daimler Trucks & Buses Southern Africa invests up to R1 billion into the new set-up

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FUSO Value Parts set benchmark for quality and affordable parts!

15 September 2021

FUSO Southern Africa is an integral brand of Daimler Trucks & Buses Southern Africa (DTBSA) and renowned for delivering “Simply Better Trucks”.

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Daimler Trucks & Buses Southern Africa dealers receive accolades for outstanding performance!

27 August 2021

* Daimler Trucks & Buses Southern Africa announces its best of the best dealers across the region

* Through a state-of-the-art virtual event, themed “Rising Stronger Together” the 2020 Dealer of the Year Award winners were honored and celebrated

* NMI Durban South Motors - Mercedes-Benz Commercial Vehicles Durban received the coveted Daimler Trucks & Buses Southern Africa overall Dealer of the Year award 2020, for the second consecutive year

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FUSO Trucks expands City Logistics’ fleet with a major handover of 43 trucks

17 August 2021

City Logistics is a proudly South African company, renowned for its excellent service and ability to cater directly to the unique needs of customers in the transport and logistics industry. The FUSO brand has built a strong name for itself over the years with this Durban-based company, offering robust and purpose fit vehicles as well as best-in-class service to match their business needs. In July 2021, FUSO Trucks cemented this long-standing partnership with a substantial handover of 43 FUSO Canter FE7-136 units through their dealerships; NMI-DSM Durban and McCarthy Kunene.

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The FUSO FJ26-280C HYP receives a 6-cubic metre capacity stamp of approval!

28 June 2021

Métier Mixed Concrete is the first company in South Africa to put the FUSO FJ26-280C HYP under rigorous testing for a month. Both management and drivers give this enhanced product a thumbs up and declare it fit to accommodate a 6-cubic metre capacity. This is one of the key buying factors for the company that has now purchased six models of this game-changer, expanding its current fleet which is approximately 100% Daimler products.

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FUSO Trucks enhances the FJ26-280C to achieve the highly sought after 6-cubic meter capacity

07 April 2021

FUSO Trucks adds a second variant to its existing FJ26-280C in response to customer needs

The FJ26-280C HYP is purposefully designed and engineered to achieve 6-cubic meter capacity specifically within the concrete mixer application

The FUSO Trucks brand is committed to constantly providing vehicles that are purpose-fit and allowing for a wide number of applications

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The cream whips of Douglasdale

23 September 2020

In its quest to find small trucks with big payloads that are durable and affordable too, Douglasdale Dairy in Bryanston buys FUSO.

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FUSO and Shoprite partner up in support of Soup Kitchen Project

03 September 2020

FUSO continues support to the Shoprite Mobile Soup Kitchens project, by donating a
truck.

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Dealer of the Year award winners announced

27 July 2020

Daimler Trucks & Buses, Mercedes-Benz Vans and Mercedes-Benz Financial Services Southern Africa recognizes best performing dealers

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Trucking Wellness

17 July 2020

PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA, it was the year 2009 when Daimler Trucks & Buses Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd (DTBSA) partnered with the Trucking Wellness Programme, an initiative of the National Bargaining Council for the Road Freight and Logistics Industry, to ensure the health and wellbeing of truck drivers on our roads.

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Daimler Trucks & Buses Southern Africa’s commitment during the lockdown period.

28 April 2020

Daimler Trucks & Buses Southern Africa (DTBSA) confirms its commitment to customers delivering essential goods and services. 

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Glimpse of the Future with FUSO eCanter

17 January 2020

Johannesburg. 16 January 2020. SAB and AB InBev Africa’s breweries across South Africa will have onsite solar facilities by the end of this month. This kicks off a multi-billion rand investment with the goal to purchase 100% of the business’s electricity requirements at manufacturing sites across Africa by 2025.

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New FUSO models extend the range

16 August 2019

PRETORIA: FUSO Trucks, a part of Daimler Trucks & Buses Southern Africa has added four new models to its successful line-up and has facelifted five of its existing models with new significant and technologically advanced features.

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Always on time with FUSO Trucks

28 January 2019

FUSO Trucks assist with timeous delivery to clients

OnTime Readymix Concrete is one of the biggest independent operators in the ready-mix concrete business and breakdowns are to be avoided at all costs.

 

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Opportunity Knocking

13 October 2017

“FUSO is on a very clear and ambitious growth path,” says Ziyad Gaba, the new head of FUSO Trucks Southern Africa. We find out how he’s planning to achieve double-digit growth.

Gaba is a man who is all about opportunity. After graduating from the University o fthe Witwatersrand with a B.Com honours degree in marketing in 2004, he was given the opportunity to join the graduate trainee programme at (then) Daimler Chrysler South Africa. That’s when diesel began pumping through his veins!“Enrolling in that programme was the best decision I could have made.

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Keeping freight in the family

04 August 2017

Jacques de Kock, Johan Liebenberg of John Williams Commercial Vehicles in Bloemfontein, and Kenne de Kock

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Dikala: Powered by women and FUSO toughness

01 August 2017

Dikala Plant Hire's aim – to be a leading South African plant and waste management company – is well within reach as the company acquired 13 FUSO trucks that will allow them to do exactly this.

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Delivering the Goods

28 July 2017

Naeem Hassim, the new head of FUSO Trucks Southern Africa, chats to Transport.

Our goal is to be the first choice in the commercial vehicle solutions business, and I want our loyal customers to know that the new-generation FUSO Canter is the most forward-thinking medium duty commercial truck in its class. It has been completely re-engineered, and each vehicle is specifically designed for the small-to-medium businessperson whose livelihood depends on dependable, reliable transport. We will also be expanding the FUSO range over the next 12 months.

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The FUSO revolution

28 July 2017

Not only is the new FUSO Canter LIFT the only commercial truck with a dual-clutch transmission, it's also safe, affordable to run and so comfortable that owners would want to drive it themselves. No wonder it's the bestselling truck in the Daimler AG stable.

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