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Talking Africa Bike Week 2015 with Paul de Jongh
[Evan-Lee Courie] With just days before SA's largest motorcycle event, Africa Bike Week 2015, we chatted to Paul de Jongh, country manager for Harley-Davidson Africa... read more>>



Automotive
Voting opens for TruckX Awards 2015
The commercial vehicle, fleet and logistics sectors are invited to vote for the TruckX Awards, which form part of the TruckX Expo Conference and Awards being held at Sandton Convention Centre on 9 July 2015... read more>>
Manufacturing & Parts
Quest for efficiency in trucking continues
The Mercedes-Benz Actros is one of the stalwarts of the trucking industry and, recently, two current generation Actros 6x4 trucktractors, fitted with the latest Mercedes-Benz RT440 hypoid rear axles as standard, achieved significant fuel savings of more than 5% in test runs in the Eastern Cape... read more>>
Retail & Rental
FAW Eastern Cape wins national sales award
FAW Eastern Cape received a national sales award at the FAW Commercial Vehicle Manufacturers SA annual conference in Johannesburg... read more>>
Motor trade sales increased by 0.6% y/y in February
Motor trade sales (measured in nominal terms and current prices) increased by 0.6% year on year (y/y) in February 2015, Statistics SA reported on Thursday, 16 April... read more>>
CNH and WesBank continue partnership fund of Iveco vehicles
Iveco customers in South Africa now have access to flexible financing solutions for a broad range of trucks, commercial vehicles and buses, as part of a partnership extension between CNH Industrial Capital and WesBank... read more>>
Jetta, tried and trusted

Luke Preston

The South African saying goes, "Beer, braais and bakkies." And while the one and half ton bakkies have revolutionised how small and informal businesses operate, the humble sedan has for a long time been the staple of the working class. None more so than the Volkswagen Jetta. "Jols, Jägermeister and Jettas"? read more>>
New SV adds versatility to Golf range

Henrie Geyser: motoring editor

With 15 different models to choose from it is fair to presume there are already more than enough VW Golf variants on the local market to satisfy everybody's needs - but just to make doubly sure the German carmaker has added a new "stretched" version which offers more space and practicality than any other Golf. read more>>
International
Volkswagen extends CEO's contract, ending leadership battle
German auto giant Volkswagen attempted to draw a line on Friday, 17 April, under a bitter power struggle on its management board, saying it would extend the contract of chief executive Martin Winterkorn... read more>>
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Business
[TrendTalk] How to be a sustainable brand

Louise Marsland

Brands that invest in sustainability programmes ensure their own sustainability. It is as simple as that... read more>>
SME survival guide for loadshedding

Daryl Blundell

Loadshedding is here to stay, so every small business needs to take steps to protect its systems and data when the lights go out as well as from power surges when electricity is restored after an outage... read more>>
Government news
Brown updates SA on electricity shortages
Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown has called on Eskom's residential and business customers to use energy sparingly as the winter season approaches... read more>>
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