the fink
Letters
to the Editor
We at aBr just love to find fans of our magazine, and it is amazing where we find them. After six years of publication, it is clear
from both anecdotal and objective evidence that aBr has assumed a life of its own and has garnered an enormous fan base
across South Africa. And they pop up in the most unlikely of places. For example at the N1 4X4 Land Cruiser World Record
attempt at Tarlton on Saturday, 30 August 2014.
Naturally, aBr was there to cover
when she attended technical
the action, and assisting with
training in Cape Town, when
the marshalling of the vehicles
she worked for Hyundai
were Ryno and Susan Venter.
Oudtshoorn. He says that
When Susan saw my media
Susan was a top student in the
accreditation, she let out a scream
two courses he conducted,
of delight, and told me that she
excelling in the service adviser
just loved aBr. Susan is a warranty
and warranty modules, and
clerk at Hyundai Wonderboom,
“her clear intelligence and
and she says that by diligently
ability to put her knowledge to
reading aBr all these years she
good use made me sit up and
has managed to hone both her
take notice”. Not only did Ryno
technical and general knowledge
take notice, he married Susan!
➲ Ryno and Susan Venter with their September 2014
of the automotive industry, and
Ryno has recently moved to
issue of aBr
she has frequently recommended
N1 4X4 as workshop manager,
aBr as required reading to all her female colleagues.
and he assures us that his copy of aBr is well read before his
She describes aBr as “reader friendly and woman friendly,
colleagues see it.
and as a valuable source of information for
anyone in the industry”.
➲ Ryno Venter with his son Gert. Gert survived
an horrific motorbike accident on 16 March 2012,
But the serendipity did not stop there. It turns
breaking both his legs and one arm, as well as
out that aBr interviewed Ryno some years
suffering from a collapsed lung. His recovery
back when he was the training manager at
has been miraculous and today he is following in
his father’s footsteps and doing his automotive
McCarthy Ltd, and that he still keeps his copy
technician apprenticeship.
of the article. Ryno moved onto Hyundai as a
training manager, where he met his wife to be
| words in action
114
october 2014