BERLIN: Swedish automaker Volvo, owned by China's Zhejiang Geely, will hire 10,000 new staff in the coming years, most of them in China, its chief executive said in an interview published on Monday (28 November 2011).
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The newly launched Junction.co.za is specifically focused on the topics of jobs, vehicles and property. It is a new way for seekers and advertisers to come together and openly discuss and share ideas or knowledge around these topics.
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Building a house is back-breaking work, but doing it yourself fosters a sense of pride and accomplishment - even more so when you're building for someone who has great need of it. That was the outcome of a week's work by employees of the Mercedes-Benz group of companies, who got together to build two houses in Orange Farm, south of Johannesburg.
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Ford seems to have caught the industry a little by surprise with its announcement that it has ceased production of the popular Ford Bantam half-ton bakkie. This will be good news for Chevrolet, which is launching its revamped Utility next week, and for Nissan with its NP200.
Read more >>Truck maker Hino South Africa intends to increase its involvement in the growing waste management market through a joint venture with compactor manufacturer TFM and local Allison automatic transmission distributor D & A Power Products of Kempton Park.
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For what is claimed to be the first time ever, a fleet of mass-produced, zero-emission vehicles will take to the streets of Africa - at COP17.
Read more >>More than 670 vehicles were removed from the national roads as part of the festive season holiday traffic law enforcement operations.
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Allafrica.com news service, almost 100 000 buses, taxis and trucks have been checked across the country over the past week, as part of the December holiday traffic law enforcement operations. Between 14 and 20 November, 98563 public transport and freight vehicles and drivers were stopped and screened and 20613 fines for various offences were issued, 9815 of these were issued in Gauteng.
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The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu), one of the Tripartite Alliance partners, said yesterday, Thursday 24 November, that it will proceed with mass action at the end of February next year against the implementation of the Gauteng roads e-toll system.
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The Eastern Cape MEC for Transport, Roads and Public Works, Thandiswa Marawu will officially open the eNaTiS Computerised Learners Licence Testing (CLLT) Centre, which is the first pilot site in the country, at Peddie Traffic Station on 25 November 2011.
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The holidays tend to be a time of spending not saving, but there are ways to save money at the fuel pump this festive season.
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