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#AfricaMonth: GoMyWay on the benefits of ridesharing
#AfricaMonth: GoMyWay on the benefits of ridesharing
[Lauren Hartzenberg] We know that efficient public transport remains a bugbear in many Africa countries... read


Hilux, Fortuner production gets investment boost
Hilux, Fortuner production gets investment boost

Japanese automaker Toyota has announced that it has invested over R6,1bn to facilitate production of the all-new Hilux and Fortuner at its Prospecton plant in Durban... Read

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#AfricaMonth: Driving Ugandan vehicle manufacturing

Lauren Hartzenberg

Kiira Motors Corporation is a presidential initiative for automotive manufacturing in Uganda. The company has three successful... Read

The customer-centric dealership
The customer-centric dealership

The digitally connected world has flipped the global automotive industry's customer-dealership paradigm on its head. As a result, a number of transformations are taking place, many of which... Read

Automotive
Isuzu Trucks South Africa appoints new CEO
Isuzu Trucks South Africa appoints new CEO
Isuzu Trucks South Africa announced yesterday the appointment of new CEO Hiroaki Sugawara effective as of May... read
Smart thinking will keep SA's motor industry on course
Smart thinking will keep SA's motor industry on course

Thomas Schaefer

Even the most distracted observer of the South African economy will have noticed that new vehicle sales are depressed, falling 9.2% in the first quarter of this year... read
Manufacturing & Parts
Parts production plan expected to boost local car makers
Parts production plan expected to boost local car makers
South Africa's plan to increase local vehicle parts manufacturing will help local car makers increase production by an average of 2.4% a year for the next four years... read
Car makers give thumbs down to one-year NUMSA wage pact
Car makers give thumbs down to one-year NUMSA wage pact

Karl Gernetzky

Car manufacturers have rejected the National Union of Metalworkers of SA's (NUMSA's) demand for a one-year wage agreement, forcing the union... read
BMW Rosslyn plant
New expansion to double size of BMW SA's body shop

David Furlonger

BMW SA will no longer have to accept compromises in the way it assembles its vehicles, after purchasing 30,000m² of waste land next to its Rosslyn assembly plant, says MD Tim Abbott... read
Motoring Reviews
Polestar only for the lucky few
Polestar only for the lucky few

Henrie Geyser: motoring editor

Mercedes-Benz is represented in the performance league by AMG models, Audi joins the fun stable with its S and SR variants, and BMW's M-badged speed-mobiles form the other point of the triangle... read
Retail & Rental
New entrant in SA vehicle market
New entrant in SA vehicle market
Great Wall Motor Company Limited of China has announced that it will directly enter the South African motor vehicle market by granting distribution rights to Haval Motors South Africa... read
Volkswagen, Toyota buy into ridesharing
Volkswagen, Toyota buy into ridesharing
Toyota and Volkswagen announced separate partnerships on Tuesday with rideshare companies Uber and Gett, in the latest such moves by major carmakers... read
Volkswagen Group tops in customer satisfaction in SA
Volkswagen Group tops in customer satisfaction in SA

Issued by Ipsos

Audi and Volkswagen are leaders in the field of customer care. This situation is very evident in the results of the latest Ipsos survey of customer purchasing and servicing experiences in 2015... read
International
Fiat Chrysler suspected of emissions cheating
Fiat Chrysler suspected of emissions cheating
German regulators suspect that Italian-American auto maker Fiat Chrysler, like Volkswagen, used illegal software to cheat on emissions tests, a newspaper report said on Sunday... read
Google to open Detroit-area autonomous car centre
Google to open Detroit-area autonomous car centre
Google has announced plans to open a Detroit-area technology centre for its self-driving car programme. The new centre in Novi, Michigan, will house engineers and others testing vehicles... read
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Business
Change vs. transformational management
Change vs. transformational management

John Sanei

Forget about change management, we are squarely in the transformation age and with it we need to apply transformational management... read
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