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In partnership with Boots for Africa, Bolloré Logistics South Africa recently handed over 700 pairs of second-hand boots to 34 schools and soccer academies in Greenfields, Ekurhuleni. Bolloré Logistics sponsored the transport and logistics requirements of the Boots for Africa initiative and the event was facilitated by soccer star Teboho Mokoena and his foundation, the Teboho Mokoena Sports and Development Foundation, along with Gavin Hendry and his organisation, Ready to Send. Boots for Africa is the brainchild of Richard Tims, […]
March is Intellectual Disability Awareness Month and to highlight this, Little Eden, a local non-profit organisation, challenged CEOs to spend a day in a wheelchair to help highlight the challenges that many disabled people face within the workplace, and to celebrate them for rising above these daily challenges. Fleet and mobile asset-management solutions provider MiX Telematics took up the challenge; with divisional director of operations, Jeandre Koen, spending a day in a wheelchair at the company’s office in Midrand. “So […]
A “mega customer-connect initiative” recently took place at the new Tata Vaal facility in Meyerton, Midvaal. The Tata dealership specialises in sales of new and used trucks, buses and spare parts and provides servicing support. Prashant Shukla, head of sales, marketing and network development at Daewoo, says: “The dealership will be selling products from Tata Motors in India and from Daewoo Trucks in South Korea.” At the event, key models and brands were on display including the Daewoo trucks: Maximus […]
The City of Cape Town will be adding 11 electric buses into the MyCiTi bus rapid transit (BRT) service. WILLIAM GEORGE looks at the progress and how these buses will help improve public transport in the Mother City. As the world transitions to electric and autonomous vehicles, the City of Cape Town is keeping up with the times by investing in battery-powered electric buses. It will be the first public transport service provider in Africa to make use of electric […]
Note: For the time being, Great Wall Motors SA (GWM) and Mercedes-Benz SA (MBSA) will only report aggregated sales data. The GWM and MBSA commercial vehicle market split volumes are estimates based on historical trends and forecasting techniques. Light Commercial Vehicles < 3 501 kg Total: 11 689 Fiat Group 48 Ford Motor Company 2 372 GWM 184 Hyundai Automotive SA 207 Isuzu Motors South Africa 1 200 JMC 33 Kia South Africa 100 Mahindra 304 Mazda South Africa 46 […]
MAN Automotive South Africa has recently demonstrated the value that can be derived through the establishment of cross-market partnerships, specifically in the telematics industry. A partnership with Cartrack – a fleet-management, insurance telematics and vehicle-recovery solutions provider – has seen advanced telematics technology become part of the MAN Automotive chassis production process and extended business solution model. Today, MAN Automotive offers fleet-management systems – including telematics business support services such as MAN ServiceCare SA and MAN TeleMatics SA – as […]
Hyundai Automotive South Africa is rewriting the heavy commercial vehicle (HCV) rulebook with the launch of its new Mighty EX8 – the successor to the popular HD range. Aimed particularly at small, micro and medium enterprises, the EX8 has been designed to offer versatility, low total cost of ownership and value for money. “Hyundai’s mission is to partner with customers to help them build their businesses by offering them a good-quality commercial vehicle that is suited to its specific purpose. […]
Despite the boom in the American economy and its transport industry, and healthy growth expected in 2018, progress may be held back, due to the lack of truck drivers. Automated vehicles could be the solution, but will leave 1,7 million truck drivers without jobs. FOCUS investigates. The United States (US) economy is slowly climbing back to a healthy growth in gross domestic product (GDP). Patricia Cohenjan, journalist for the New York Times, reports that the US economy grew by 2,6 […]
It’s an interesting and busy time in the pickup segment of the automotive industry, as a number of new players enter the market, writes JARLATH SWEENY from Fleet Transport. He attended the launch of Renault’s contender: the Alaskan. It could be said that the one-tonne pickup truck segment is entering a golden era worldwide, and Renault wants a piece of the action. Global sales of pickups in general have reached 4,66-million units annually and are continuing to grow. The North […]
Africa is facing an energy crisis, as millions of people have no access to electricity, leading to expensive losses in productivity. Energy leaders gathered at the 2018 Africa Energy Indaba to discuss challenges and possible solutions Leaders in the African energy industry from both the private and public sector recently gathered at the Sandton Convention Centre, in Johannesburg, for the tenth Africa Energy Indaba (AEI). With 500-million Africans living without access to power, African energy leaders are getting serious about […]
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