Willem van de Putte

Motoring Journalist

Mercedes invests in changing lives through education with Ruta Sechaba Foundation

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Mercedes has donated three Sprinter Inkanyezi vehicles to the Ruta Sechaba Foundation which is dedicated to empowering SA’s brightest young minds.

ANC and its Tintswalo fantasy leave us cold

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Mr President, I doubt you or any of your executives have recently driven unaccompanied through Motherwell, because you prefer big black SUVs and a string of blue ...

A South African road trip to remember

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Willem van de Putte takes a slow drive from East London to Joburg and finds much to explore and muse about.

A dam fine time in the Kingdom

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Willem van de Putte heads to Lesotho and finds there's more than just water.

And all good things shall come to pass…

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Lesotho’s legendary Baboon’s Pass is not for the faint-hearted, but it cannot be surpassed for thrills, terror and excitement, writes Willem van de Putte.

And all good things shall come to pass…

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Lesotho’s legendary Baboon’s Pass is not for the faint-hearted, but it cannot be surpassed for thrills, terror and excitement, writes Willem van de Putte

A true taste of Europe

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One has no choice when one is in food heaven, writes Willem van de Putte.

A car to get revved up about

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The new Alfa Giulietta is a sweet ride, writes Willem van de Putte

jeep that’s fit for a general

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Even a hard man such as World War II general Douglas MacArthur would have been pleased had his driver picked him up in the 2011 Jeep Wrangler.

São Paulo: city of action, speed

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Even the smell of high octane can’t compete with the high of being at the Brazilian GP, writes Willem van de Putte.

Seduced by a prancing horse

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Visiting the Ferrari factory and museum in Maranello, Willem van de Putte discovers that Italy is the wheel deal.