South Africa’s best truck and bus drivers will vie for their share of more than R1-million in cash prizes as Hollard Trucking celebrates 10 years of Hollard Highway Heroes, its flagship road safety initiative.

Entries are now open for fleet owners to enter their drivers, who will compete in a variety of categories to assess their driving skills as they carry cargo and commuters across the country.

Says Paul Dangerfield, Head of Hollard Trucking, “As a Pan-African insurer that seeks to make an impact on road safety, we believe that we have a duty to step up and incentivise responsible driving to turn unsafe roads into safer ones. Truck and bus drivers have a huge role to play in addressing driving positive change in the truck and bus transport industry.

“That’s why we are thrilled that Hollard Highway Heroes has been such an unmitigated success. From its humble beginnings in 2015, with just 220 entries, last year we attracted a record 9 629 entries from truck and bus drivers!”

Dangerfield believes this supports the idea that there are a significant number of drivers who take pride in their work and make a deliberate effort to drive safely, carefully and considerately when transporting their passengers and freight to their respective destinations. Research by Hollard and its partners shows that entrants continue to display safe driving habits long after each year’s Highway Heroes competition has concluded.

Adds Olivia Kumalo, Operations Manager at Hollard Trucking, “We have increased the combined prize pot to a whopping R1-million! The winning truck driver will walk away with R330 000 and the victorious bus driver will take home R165 000. If previous years are anything to go by, it’s likely to be a tightly contested competition! We look forward to celebrating these unsung heroes and heroines as we toast 10 years of safer roads and safer loads.”

Categories

Truck drivers

• Tankers
• Tippers
• Tautliners
• Reefers
• Flat decks

Bus drivers

• Short-haul
• Long-haul

How the Hollard Highway Heroes competition works

Entries open: 1 April 2025

Entries close: 31 May 2025

As the competition progresses, participating drivers will be monitored via telematics for driving behaviour such as speeding, harsh driving and excessive driving.  As the competition draws to an end in November, the top 10 truck and bus drivers, as well as the overall category winners, will pocket prizes ranging from R10 000 to R80 000 each.

Two grand prize winners – the 2025 Hollard Highway Heroes for trucks and buses – will be selected from the category winners and announced at the finale on 14 November 2025.

Hollard Highway Heroes in partnership with  CTU  is proudly sponsored by Optix, a global leader in driver behaviour management and fleet efficiency. Optix is committed to preventing road accidents and enhancing road safety. It is not a requirement for participants to be insured by Hollard. Fleet owners are encouraged to enter their drivers at https://www.hollard.co.za/highway-heroes.