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FOcus on transport and Logistics

The articles, features, profiles and launches that deal exclusively with the local transport market place can be
found here.

April 4, 2019

Here’s your chance to help the victims of Cyclone Idai!

GOAL, an Irish Aid Organisation, has reached out to FOCUS to help it try to find a Jeep (or, we’re sure, a vehicle with...

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April 4, 2019

Ford gets strategic over logistics

Local production of the new Ford Ranger began in February, and this week the first batch of 1 000 vehicles boarded a roll-on/roll-off (RoRo)...

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April 4, 2019

MiX Telematics and Continental get rolling

Continental and MiX Telematics have joined forces to provide fleet customers with optimised tyre monitoring and the transmission of real-time tyre information to fleet...

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April 4, 2019

Triton gets more than a new face

Mitsubishi Motors South Africa has launched the significantly revised Triton, sporting a bold new look and substantial revisions under the skin. The foremost detail...

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March 28, 2019

Fleet policies by the numbers

Eqstra Fleet Management (EFM) recently conducted a Benchmark Survey of the company-car fleet industry with 162 participants among the basic material, mining and farming;...

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March 28, 2019

Cummins launches its Power Hub

As it celebrates its centenary, Cummins Inc. has opened The Power Hub at Waterfall Logistics Precinct in Waterfall City, Midrand. The Power Hub houses...

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March 28, 2019

JMC Carrying now with plus-sized capability

The JMC Carrying range has been expanded with a four-tonne variant, called the Plus. It’s larger and safer than the standard Carrying – and...

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March 28, 2019

Third-gen Sprinter to set the standard

The third-generation Mercedes-Benz Sprinter was launched to South Africa this week, and by all accounts it looks set to redefine the large-van segment. The...

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March 22, 2019

Bidvest Mobility on the block

The Bidvest Group has merged two of its entities – MakeMeMobile and Bartrans – to form Bidvest Mobility. The new company will retain the...

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March 22, 2019

Celebrating local manufacturing

Heading to the Nasrec Expo Centre, between May 21 and 23, is the first-ever local Southern African Manufacturing Expo – a brand-new expo that...

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March 22, 2019

How to transport a Boeing 747

A Boeing 747 is not something you’d expect to see parked in a hotel garden… However, after a five-day mega transport project, that’s just...

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March 22, 2019

Kamaz goes mining

The discovery of diamonds in South Africa in 1866 resulted in a flood of treasure hunters, especially from England, streaming to the interior of...

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