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October 12, 2018

MyCiTi to offer more direct routes and 29 new bus stops

An article on the BizCommunity website explains how the City of Cape Town recently conducted a comprehensive review of the MyCiTi bus service. This...

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October 12, 2018

GWM reaches out

On September 20 a convoy of two Haval H9s, two Haval H6Cs, a Haval H2 and the GWM Steed 5E bakkie set off on...

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October 4, 2018

A victory for consumers or a death sentence?

The Competition Commission is proposing a new, voluntary Automotive Code of Conduct, which the National Automobile Dealers’ Association (NADA) believes will be catastrophic to...

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October 4, 2018

Automechanika Frankfurt shows the future is already here

The 2019 Automechanika Johannesburg will be held on September 21 at the Johannesburg Expo Centre, Nasrec and will be co-located with the Futuroad Expo....

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October 4, 2018

Commuter-bus passengers to suffer under rising costs

On Wednesday October 3, the price of diesel rose by 8,6 percent – from R14,40 to R15,64 per litre. The Southern African Bus Operators...

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October 4, 2018

Dunlop truck and bus tyres now manufactured locally

On Tuesday this week, FOCUS attended the launch of Sumitomo Rubber South Africa’s (SRSA) Truck and Bus Radial (TBR) factory in Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal. This is...

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September 27, 2018

October workshops to boost industry knowledge

The month of October will be chock-full of industry-related workshops. Successful Fleet and Transport Management Workshop The two-day workshop will be held at HB...

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September 27, 2018

A drive to fit genuine parts

With operators seemingly stuck in a cycle of cost management and sweating of assets, Cummins has embarked on a concerted campaign to educate its...

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September 27, 2018

Keeping pedestrians in sight

Earlier this week the Automobile Association (AA), in partnership with Ford Motor Company Southern Africa, launched its 2018 #ISeeYou pedestrian visibility campaign in Mamelodi,...

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September 27, 2018

Mitsubishi celebrates 40 years of pickups

As it gears up for the official world launch of the sixth-generation Triton (set for November, in Thailand), Mitsubishi Motors is also celebrating 40...

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September 20, 2018

Groupe PSA wins the 2019 International Van of the Year (IVoY) Award

The new generation of vans by Groupe PSA – including the Peugeot Partner, Citroën Berlingo van, Opel Combo and Vauxhall Combo – has been...

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September 20, 2018

MAN wins first-ever Truck Innovation Award

MAN Truck & Bus has won the inaugural Truck Innovation Award for 2019 in recognition of its aFAS Level 4 automated driverless safety truck....

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