ON THE COVER
South Africa’s ageing road infrastructure is under growing pressure - from material shortages and tightening budgets to rising traffic volumes and sustainability demands. Against this backdrop, cold recycling is emerging as one of the most compelling solutions for long-term, cost-effective road rehabilitation. To explore how this technology is reshaping the industry, Juanita Pienaar spoke with Waylon Kukard, Sales Manager at Wirtgen SA, about the increasing role of cold recycling, the introduction of Africa’s first W380 CR cold recycling train, and what this could mean for the future of road construction and maintenance across the region.
Purpose-built tippers designed to work harder, longer
Juanita Pienaar spoke with Gert Agenbag, Product Planning & Marketing Senior Manager at Hino South Africa; Alwyn Engelbrecht, Sales Engineer at Volvo Trucks South Africa; and representatives from Daimler Truck Southern Africa, including Olaf Petersen, Vice President: Sales & Marketing, and Ziyad Gaba, Vice President: Customer Service, Parts and Value Chain, to unpack how modern tipper solutions are engineered to deliver performance, durability and a lower total cost of ownership in South Africa’s toughest construction, mining and quarrying environments.
Rokbak built to keep earth moving
Juanita Pienaar spoke with Rokbak senior product manager Scott Pollock about how the articulated hauler specialist designs for durability, maximises uptime, and supports customers operating in some of the world’s toughest conditions. In high-production mining, quarrying, and construction environments, downtime is expensive. Every unplanned stop ripples through an operation, affecting productivity, costs, and project timelines. Rokbak, a manufacturer of articulated haulers headquartered in Motherwell, Scotland, treats uptime not as a single design metric, but as the outcome of an integrated philosophy that spans engineering, support, digital tools, and long-term customer partnerships.
Electra Mining Africa - a platform built for confident capital decisions
Electra Mining Africa has long been regarded as a benchmark for the health and direction of the mining, industrial, and capital equipment sectors in Southern Africa. As preparations accelerate for the 2026 edition, that reputation appears firmly intact. Juanita Pienaar spoke with Charlene Hefer, Portfolio Director at Montgomery Group Africa, about why the show continues to matter so deeply to mining equipment manufacturers, OEMs, and decision-makers, and what the near sell-out exhibition space signals for the industry heading into 2026.
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