Daimler Truck Southern Africa

About Daimler Truck Southern Africa

Daimler Truck Southern Africa, usually shortened to DTSA, is the South African arm of the Daimler Truck group. It sells and services trucks and buses for customers in South Africa and the neighbouring countries. It also runs a manufacturing operation in the Eastern Cape, and the group is a large employer in the motor industry.

Because heavy vehicles need engineers, technicians, finance staff and logistics planners, the company has a long record of training young people. Its bursary scheme is one part of that effort.

How DTSA supports students

DTSA offers a bursary programme for South African citizens who study full time for an undergraduate degree at a registered South African university. The listings we reviewed for the 2025 intake say the company funds engineering, finance, human resources, information technology, law, marketing, procurement and supply chain and logistics.

The same listings say the bursary covers registration, tuition and books, and does not cover living costs. They also describe a preference for students who study in Pretoria or East London, which fits the company's operations. You can read what we found on our Daimler Truck Southern Africa Bursary page.

DTSA also runs graduate and youth programmes, so a student who does not win a bursary can still look at those later.

What to know before applying

We could not open DTSA's own careers page when we researched this profile, so the terms we quote come from third-party copies of the 2025 advert. They were consistent with each other: applicants should be under 35, and listings gave an average of 70% for matric students and 65% for current university students.

The listings say that applications go through an online portal and that email applications are not accepted. They also say that shortlisted candidates were to be told by the end of January 2025. No 2026 or 2027 advert turned up in our search, so assume nothing about the next intake until DTSA publishes it.

Typical documents include a copy of your ID, your matric certificate or latest transcript, and cost quotations from your institution. Keep copies of all of them, and apply only through the company's own channels.

If you want funding for a study field that DTSA does not list, look at other motor and transport employers instead. Check the company's careers page every few months so that you notice a new advert quickly.

The company also trains artisans and graduates, so it is worth following its careers page even after your studies. Many people join through a bursary and stay for years, and others move on to the wider motor and transport industry with skills that suppliers and dealers value.