Engen fuels construction of R24-billion highway over the sea
How cool is this? It has nothing to do with trucking in South Africa but has everything to do with road transport at its best – which we thought our readers would be interested in reading. The story...
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Hino SA comes out top in regional parts contest
Congratulations to Hino South Africa for coming out tops in the annual regional parts contest for distributors in Africa, the Middle East and Europe for the second consecutive year. Hino SA was...
View ArticleWhy we need a state-run third-party insurance provider
Chris Barry, managing director of HCV Insurance, has been punting for the introduction of a state-run third-party insurance provider for many years. In this opinion piece, Fleetwatch affords Barry the...
View ArticleAON launches new fleet risk management solution
The increasing number of vehicle accidents on South Africa’s roads, particularly those involving trucks, raises many questions about the standard of driver training, the safety of all road users and...
View ArticleUrgent action needed to address road safety says AA
Last weekend, South Africans again experienced another disastrous time on the country’s roads with one incident alone claiming the lives of 19 people in Westonaria in Gauteng. The human cost of these...
View ArticleGrowth recovery continues for SA truck market
The strong recovery in the South African commercial vehicle market continued for the fourth consecutive month, registering an 8.9% year-on-year growth for November to reach 2 976 units. This is...
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125 000th truck rolls off the MBSA assembly line in East London
Congratulations to Mercedes-Benz South Africa (MBSA) for reaching yet another milestone in its long history in South Africa when the 125 000th truck recently rolled off the assembly line at its plant...
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TRAC N4 going all out to keep road users safe
Traffic on the N4 Toll Route will increase dramatically in December and January and as concessionaires of this road, Trans African Concessions (TRAC) has been hard at work preparing to accommodate this...
View ArticleImperial Road Safety recommits to road safety this Festive season
Hats off to the Imperial Road Safety campaign which, as part of its commitment to raising awareness and supporting key initiatives that encourage road safety, has announced its recommitment to their...
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Ctrack beats the hijackers
Three cheers to Ctrack, the telematics specialist, for recently pouncing on a number of criminals who used signal jamming – an increasingly popular form of preventing a telematics unit from...
View ArticleMay 2016 make me once again Proudly South African
Editor’s Note: This editorial was written before President Zuma started playing musical chairs at the Ministry of Finance. His latest blunder – which has cost the country Billions – merely endorses my...
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125 000th truck rolls off the MBSA assembly line in East London
Congratulations to Mercedes-Benz South Africa (MBSA) for reaching yet another milestone in its long history in South Africa when the 125 000th truck recently rolled off the assembly line at its plant...
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TRAC N4 going all out to keep road users safe
Traffic on the N4 Toll Route will increase dramatically in December and January and as concessionaires of this road, Trans African Concessions (TRAC) has been hard at work preparing to accommodate this...
View ArticleImperial Road Safety recommits to road safety this Festive season
Hats off to the Imperial Road Safety campaign which, as part of its commitment to raising awareness and supporting key initiatives that encourage road safety, has announced its recommitment to their...
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Ctrack beats the hijackers
Three cheers to Ctrack, the telematics specialist, for recently pouncing on a number of criminals who used signal jamming – an increasingly popular form of preventing a telematics unit from...
View ArticleMay 2016 make me once again Proudly South African
Editor’s Note: This editorial was written before President Zuma started playing musical chairs at the Ministry of Finance. His latest blunder – which has cost the country Billions – merely endorses my...
View ArticleNo cheer on the roads over the Festive Season
The following facts and statistics were issued by the Minister of Transport, Dipuo Peters, at a press conference held earlier this month detailing the preliminary accident and fatalities for the...
View ArticleSARF calls for immediate action against lawless driving
South Africa’s staggering road crash and fatality statistics demand immediate action to curb the devastating impact on our people and the local economy. This is according to the South African Road...
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Hino notches up 26th consecutive finish in Dakar rally
Huge congratulations to Hino which built further on its reliability record in the Dakar Rally, the world’s toughest motor race, with both of its trucks completing the route of almost 9 000km in the...
View ArticleNo mention in SONA of the State of the Nation’s dismal road safety record
Road safety. It’s become such a boring topic hasn’t it? Who really cares? In January every year we attend the Minister of Transport’s conference to hear how road users fared in keeping themselves alive...
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