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Five hundred and sixty unemployed young people have been drafted into the 2019 Youth Employment Service (YES) programme at Volkswagen Group South Africa (VWSA), and began a 12-month employment period with the company on March 1. The group will be placed in different business areas within VWSA across the country. The VWSA manufacturing plant in Uitenhage has employed 70 people, the VWSA dealership network has taken in 230 with YES Small Medium Enterprise (SME) host partners taking in 260. YES, […]

When a driver’s eyes can’t be everywhere at once, advanced technology can often be relied upon to avoid accidents and personal injury. This is true even in a warehouse environment, where forklift drivers frequently have to manoeuvre their vehicles through tight spaces – sometimes with expensive consequences. This is why Bosch has now introduced its multi-camera system to the logistics market. The system consists of a control unit, plus four compact near-range cameras. Working together, they can capture an area […]

It’s been a year of fast trips and faster tips for ten Daewoo Novus K5DEF tippers that were added to the SedBuild fleet last year – and operations director Jamil Saley has been very impressed so far. “The Novus has proved to be exceptionally well-suited to our needs. We bought the vehicles new last January – and since then they’ve proved reliable and economical, while delivering top-rate service and helping us to increase our productivity.” Based in Vereeniging and involved […]

Standard Bank’s Group Vehicle and Asset Finance division has launched a new Wholesale Finance Proposition that will offer original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), distributors and their dealer networks a single partner that will provide comprehensive vehicle and asset finance capabilities across the African continent. This provides clients with a solution to cash-flow constraints across the entire supply-demand ecosystem by enabling them to finance everything from floorplan inventory, specialised equipment, diagnostic tools, dealer management systems and parts. It also offers the ability […]

Yesterday (Thursday, February 28), Isuzu Motors South Africa (IMSAf) launched an enhanced range of its extra-heavy FX-, GX- and FY-Series models, as well as updates to its N- and F-Series models – and gave us a preview of some exciting developments to come from the brand… The big news was the launch of the Isuzu FY-Series 8×4 models into the South African market. These included a 33-t gross vehicle mass (GVM) tipper and concrete mixer, and a 35-t GVM, 23-m3 […]

Today, BP launched its FleetMove service that takes the standard fuel card several steps further, transforming it into an integrated fleet-management solution. According to Gavin Kelly, acting CEO at the Road Freight Association (RFA), who spoke at the launch, between 11 and 34 percent of total cost of ownership (TCO) may be attributed to fuel theft in the freight industry. It is awareness of this challenge that drove BP to partner with Masana Petroleum Solutions to create a “fuel card” […]

Shell has been in the news a lot lately for its forward-thinking stance on the future of mobility – and it has just gone one star-lined step further… The company has teamed up with the Airflow Truck Company to develop the Starship: an “innovative, material step towards reducing emissions and increasing overall efficiency and fuel economy in the transport sector”. The mission was to develop a hyper-aerodynamic, super fuel-efficient, heavy-duty concept truck capable of instilling the best of today’s existing […]

Transportation Components – a distributor of original equipment manufacturer (OEM) components to the aftermarket – has been appointed as the supplier of Duroline brake linings to trailer manufacturer Henred Fruehauf. “We really appreciate the trust Henred Fruehauf is placing in us again: not only by depending on us for the all-important brake linings, which will be used in the manufacture of its trailer axles; but as a well-known OEM making use of our OEM components,” says Dave Jenkins, MD of […]

It’s been a year since Isuzu Motors South Africa (IMSAf) was formed – and what a year it’s been! The company expanded its product portfolio in southern Africa through the addition of the new SUV competitor: the Isuzu mu-X; in line with global naming, it changed the old KB bakkie’s name to D-MAX; and it became the truck brand with the highest volume of sales in South Africa. Isuzu has also occupied the number one position in the medium- and […]