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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
FAW builds solid foundation with the DSD Group
Die Sement Depot (DSD), part of several companies in the Andre Mostert Vervoer (AMV) Group, is an enthusaistic operator of FAW Trucks. Its ready-mix...
Gaining in the grain game
Van Tonder Transport is a family owned and operated company that started with one truck in Kuruman, Northern Cape in 1988. Since finding the...
Telematics innovation
Soon after the commercialisation of vehicle tracking devices, South Africa became a leader in the field, given its success in tracking and recovering stolen...
FOCUS director honoured by Gumtree Auto
Charleen Clarke, editorial director of FOCUS, has been honoured by Gumtree Auto. She received a special award for “her extraordinary contribution to the automotive...
Free-to-attend seminars at Electra Mining Africa
Electra Mining Africa is taking place next week, from September 10 to 14, at the Expo Centre Johannesburg, Nasrec. In addition to the exhibition,...
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