Latest news
Marketplace
Latest News
The articles, features, profiles and launches that deal exclusively with the local transport market place can be
found here.
Update on e-tolls
Yesterday, FOCUS was at the Electronic Toll Collection’s (ETC’s) central operations centre for a presentation by CEO Connie Vermaak. The ETC was established in...
Iveco’s new bus is a gas
Iveco Bus has unveiled the next step in its alternative-drive programme for buses, having launched its Crossway Natural Power at Autocar Expo, in Lyon,...
Moja Cruise cruises into Durban
In issue 9 of FOCUS we detailed the eThekwini Municipality’s Moja Cruise minibus-taxi incentive programme – which, on Monday October 29, went live with...
KB is dead, long live D-Max
Having garnered legions of loyal fans over 40 years and six generations, the Isuzu bakkie has undergone some revisions and updates – the most...
Renting a container? Here’s what you need to know…
According to Container Intermodal Trading (CIT), public awareness about the benefits of renting a container for various uses, for both businesses and individuals, has...
Netstar to raise connectivity in India
Although dominated by commercial vehicles such as fleets and taxis, the Indian market for vehicle telematics is set to gain greater momentum. It is...
Automatics becoming the transmission of choice
Hino South Africa has released some interesting statistics regarding sales of vehicles fitted with automatic transmissions. So far this year, more than 60 percent...
Hilux on the prowl for rhino poachers
Last month, the South African Department of Environmental Affairs issued an update on its progress with the Implementation of the Integrated Strategic Management of...
Training 2 000 drivers and counting
Innovative Staffing Solutions (ISS) has invested in two trucks dedicated to truck-driver training and has used them to train more than 2 000 drivers...
Isuzu is for the birds
Earlier this year, a juvenile Cape Gannet was found by an employee at Isuzu Motors South Africa’s Struandale manufacturing plant in Port Elizabeth. The...
Taking transport month to the youth
The Volvo Trucks “Stop, Look, Wave” initiative is now in its third year of activity in South Africa and, since regaining momentum this June,...
Hino is a hit with customers
Hino South Africa has achieved new heights in the quarterly Scott Byers Comparative Customer Satisfaction Monitor (CCSM), achieving a 99,25-percent overall score with scores...
focusmagsa
