Daimler Truck Southern Africa achieves a hat-trick of success with the achievement of the Top Employer Automotive Industry Leader, for the third consecutive year.

• Daimler Truck Southern Africa (DTSA) claims Top Employer Automotive Industry Leader for the third consecutive year.
• DTSA improves their Top Employer ranking to third place within the Top 20 companies.

PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA – On the 16th of January 2025, the Top Employer Institute announced the certification of companies in South Africa, their respective rankings as well as leading companies per industry. DTSA is ecstatic to claim victory as the automotive industry leader for the third consecutive year, while further improving to third place in the Top 20 rank of companies in South Africa.

Nathier Jappie, Head of Africa Top Employer Institute, had the following to say: We are delighted to once again welcome Daimler Truck Southern Africa as the Automotive Industry leader for 2025. Having not only achieved certification, but a ranking in the Top Employer’s elite suite of “Top 20 Employers of choice” is an accolade worth bold recognition and celebration. At Top Employer’s Institute we are delighted to see employers certify, but even more proud to see them thrive – DTSA has achieved this esteemed accolade once again! Congratulations to DTSA and their phenomenal team!

“It is such an honour to add another feather to our cap. The Top Employer certification is really important to DTSA for numerous reasons: it offers global recognition, builds credibility and trust to enhance employee experience, attraction of top talent in the industry and serves as the global people practices benchmark for continuous improvement. We are incredibly proud to receive our 2025 certification, as well as to advance our position on Top 20 companies in South Africa from fifth to third place, and to put the cherry on top, being recognised as the automotive industry leader. This achievement is a true reflection of the DTSA HR team’s passion as well as unflagging devotedness and serves as a powerful motivation to continuously improve our people practices in order to offer an exceptional, sustainable work environment for our employees because our employees make us” said Tebogo Shumba, Group Chief Human Resources at DTSA.

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Daimler Truck Southern Africa Group of Companies at a glance:
Since the invention of the truck over 125 years ago, Daimler Truck AG has been a pioneer in the commercial vehicle sector and is today one of the world’s largest commercial vehicle manufacturers. Established in South Africa over 60 years ago, Daimler Truck Southern Africa Ltd together with its subsidiaries Daimler Truck Financial Services South Africa (Pty) Ltd and Sandown Motor Holdings (Pty) Ltd provides an optimal experience for our esteemed customers based on a comprehensive products and services portfolio. The Group’s success is based on its leading brands inclusive of Mercedes-Benz Trucks, Mercedes-Benz Buses, FUSO Trucks in addition to offering parts and services for Freightliner and Western Star Trucks. Its product range is backed by its market leading value-added services in Fleetboard, TruckStore, TruckTraining, and Financial Services. With a Southern African footprint that includes South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho, Botswana, Eswatini, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Zambia, the company is headquartered in Pretoria, the capital city of South Africa, and all its products are assembled locally in its East London production plant.