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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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September 20, 2018

Ford Trucks lifts the 2019 International Truck of the Year Award

The new F-Max, produced by Ford Trucks, has been elected International Truck of the Year (IToY) for 2019 by a jury of 23 commercial-vehicle...

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September 20, 2018

Marijuana regulations a high priority

While the announcement earlier this week by the Constitutional Court that marijuana is now legal in South Africa for private use may be the...

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September 13, 2018

Minibus taxis in support of owl conservation

For some time now, owls have been employed in Johannesburg’s Alexandra township to curb the prevalence of rats. Owl nesting and release boxes have...

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September 13, 2018

German motorists would rather not share the road with truck drivers…

Germany has a problem – more and more trucks are flooding the country’s freeways and highways. This has pushed up the number of serious...

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September 13, 2018

Defining a future for SA’s automotive industry

Speaking at the recent National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa (Naamsa) Automotive Conference, Lionel October, the director-general of the Department of Trade...

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September 13, 2018

FAW celebrates local production milestone

Having been inaugurated in July 2014, FAW South Africa’s Coega assembly plant has now celebrated the production milestone of 4 000 units. The R600-million plant...

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September 11, 2018

The labour-outsourcing solution

In July, the Constitutional Court ruled that contract workers provided by labour brokers will be regarded as employees of the client after three or...

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