29 May 2012

Automotive

 



Someone's not getting the point

According to the Government Communication and Information System (GCIS), the SA government was "appalled and disappointed" that e.tv censored visuals showing Advocate Gcina Malindi breaking down in tears during the South Gauteng High Court proceedings relating to "The Spear" portrait. In its turn, eNews expressed its "grave concern" that GCIS would accuse the channel of bias and selective reporting.

Many people might agree that as filming court proceedings is not a given, and that as access is granted subject to certain restrictions, it makes perfect sense to not broadcast such potentially problematical clips until there is clarity from the judges. To go ahead when there is doubt as to whether permission will be granted or not is to jeopardise the filming of court proceedings in the future.

This should get the tongues wagging... Bobby Godsell says SA needs a UK-style high pay panel to check into executive pay - which he reckons is excessive and lacks transparency.

Blade to cut a swath through EC colleges? As we all know, education in the Eastern Cape, well... say no more. Hence, it's no surprise that Minister of Higher Education and Training Blade Nzimande has appointed a team to investigate maladministration and corruption at further education and training (FET) colleges in the Eastern Cape in an effort to clean them up.

Share and share alike... Despite a few murmurs some time back that sharing the Square Kilometre Array was not an option, it is. Sense prevailed - so it's a case of rather some of SKA, than nothing of SKA.

Finally, our resident motor head, Henrie Geyser gets passionate over the new red-blooded Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCT.

Rod Baker, content director

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Volkswagen, NUMSA launch bursary fund
Volkswagen Group South Africa has partnered with Volkswagen's National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) to launch the John Gomomo Bursary Fund. The funding for this bursary scheme comes from the Work Security Fund which provides training to retrenched employees and unemployed persons. The fund also provides scholarships and bursaries as well as adult based education (ABE) training. Read more >>

African adventure for electric car
[Cadine Pillay] An electric vehicle has begun an unassisted 5 000 kilometre-journey from Nairobi, Kenya to Johannesburg, South Africa - an expedition designed to showcase the endurance of battery-powered vehicles and promote green energy use. Read more >>

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Tiger Wheel & Tyre opens new branch in CT
Commuters and residents in and around the Blouberg area of Cape Town will be pleased to know that Tiger Wheel & Tyre has extended its foot print to Parklands, with a new fitment store. The branch opened its doors to the Blouberg public on 21 May 2012. Read more >>

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Toyota denies plan for USD6k cars in India
TOKYO: Toyota on Thursday (24 May 2012) denied a press report that it was to begin selling cars in India priced at around US$6,000 as the Japanese auto giant looks to boost its share of the country's growing affordable car market. Read more >>

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Nissan announces electric van production from 2013
BARCELONA: Nissan Motor Co. announced on Wednesday (23 May 2012) it will launch global production of an all-electric van, the e-NV200, as early as next year in the Spanish city of Barcelona, creating 700 jobs. Read more >>

Last SA Beetle restored after accident
The last Beetle built in VW's Uitenhage manufacturing plant has been restored after it was practically destroyed in a vehicle carrier accident in 2006. Read more >>

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Toyota Corollas to be auctioned by Burchmore's
Burchmore's has acquired a consignment of Toyota Corollas - which are like gold amongst used car buyers. "No car is more sought-after amongst second-hand car buyers," explains Les Cox, dealer principal at Burchmore's in Sandton. Read more >>

Vehicle dealer confidence hits 18-month low
Confidence in vehicle sales among SA's automotive dealers fell in the second quarter of 2012 to its lowest level in 18 months, according to vehicle financier WesBank. Read more >>


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State was warned against e-tolls: report
The government was warned in 2010 that collection costs for the controversial e-toll system would be considerably higher than a petrol levy or tax, Beeld newspaper reported on Monday. Read more >>

Gloom over water and electricity
This is according to the Manufacturing Circle, which recently released its 2012 first quarter Manufacturing Survey results. The survey featured 50 chief executive officers from a variety of manufacturing companies. Read more >>

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Alfa hauls out automatic weapon
[Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] To true Alfisti just the thought of sticking an automatic transmission into the much-revered Giulietta would be as incomprehensible as adding coke to grappa or garam masala to polenta - but that's exactly what the white coats in Italy have done to its latest model, which has just landed on local shores. Read more >>

Subaru's soft city slicker
[Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] House husbands have become a common phenomena ever since international belt-tightening sparked off job losses and unemployment with more and more men forced to work from home and take on school run duties, household chores and don aprons while their wives stuffed their iPads and fancy phones into their Gucci bags and headed off to their executive jobs to earn the household's main income. Read more >>

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