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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.

August 23, 2018

Give your truck more miles

When times are tough and margins are slim, it’s not uncommon to hear of operators stretching out the service intervals of their vehicles and...

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August 23, 2018

Ctrack gets solar

In addition to its brand-new SMB product, Ctrack Drive, the Ctrack stand, at this year’s Festival of Motoring, will also be home to a...

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August 23, 2018

2018: one of the toughest years

While transport companies are fighting to move forward against a headwind of rising costs and overheads, the average motorist is having to shell out...

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August 16, 2018

How smart windscreens will revolutionise safety

In this blog piece by PG Glass, it’s clear that today’s simple piece of glass shielding the occupants of a vehicle will soon be...

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August 16, 2018

Made in SA: half a million Rangers!

A Ford Ranger Wildtrak 3.2 Double Cab, fittingly painted in the range-topping model’s distinctive and exclusive Pride Orange, is the 500 000th current-generation Ford...

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August 16, 2018

Augmenting traditional tracking with new technology

Netstar, a subsidiary of JSE-listed Altron, has concluded a partnership with SqwidNet, the Sigfox operator and network provider in South Africa. The agreement will...

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August 16, 2018

Electra Mining Africa: five days, five themes

In less than a month, Electra Mining Africa 2018 will descend on the Expo Centre in Nasrec, Johannesburg. Between September 10 and 14, leading...

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August 15, 2018

Check out this blinged-up bakkie!

If you don’t do bling, you will hate this new bakkie. CHARLEEN CLARKE, on the other hand, absolutely adores it. A couple of decades...

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August 15, 2018

Proactive cost management from Ctrack

Now, more than ever, it is important for businesses to know where their costs lie. β€œLuckily, in the road-transport and vehicle-fleet sectors, there are...

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August 15, 2018

Better drivers thanks to DriveCam

Last year, income generated by road transportation in South Africa was estimated to be more than R110 million, according to Statistics South Africa. This...

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August 15, 2018

MAN flaunts its first, stylish BRT bus

MAN Automotive South Africa launched two new product offerings for the bus sector at the 2018 Southern African Bus Operators Association (Saboa) Conference and...

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August 15, 2018

Volvo breaks into the semi-lux sector

Volvo Bus Southern Africa has partnered with MCV to manufacture luxury and semi-luxury coaches, which were showcased at the 2018 Southern African Bus Operators...

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