The silent driving danger
Driving under the influence of alcohol is a well-publicised challenge which South Africans are continually encouraged to avoid. There is, however, another more difficult to detect challenge to reducing road accidents which is just as dangerous. Driving after using...
Bidvest McCarthy invests in Isuzu Trucks
Two companies with a 100-year history meet on the stage of a brand-new, Pretoria-based Isuzu Trucks franchise. Bidvest McCarthy has now invested in an Isuzu Trucks dealership strategically sited just off the N4 at Gateway Industrial Park in Pretoria...
AARTO and its effect on fleet owners and operators
For the last 18 years, the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Act, 1998 (AARTO) points demerit system has been delayed due to various reasons, including a pending feasibility study and assessment of technological requirements. In April 2016, Chief...
Babcock goes for green with Sennebogen
Babcock, the exclusive southern African distributor of leading construction brands including Volvo, Terex Trucks, Tadano, SDLG and Winget, concluded a deal with Sennebogen at this year’s Bauma trade fair which will see the German construction equipment company’s range of...
New production manager at Serco in Cape Town
Arnold Loois (45) has joined Serco in the position of production manager at the truck and trailer body building company’s Cape Town branch.
Arnold, who grew up in Kroonstad in the Free State, attended the Marais Viljoen Technical High School...
Black is the new ‘in’ colour for Tata Evolve bakkie
The Tata Evolve limited edition, which is based on the Xenon XT model, has found favour with many buyers looking for higher specification double cab pick-ups at a reasonable price, so an additional limited exterior colour choice has been...
Serco supplies 22 lightweight bodies for e-commerce retailer
Serco worked closely with Takealot.com - one of South Africa’s largest e-commerce retailers - in that company’s move to own and operate its own fleet of dry body vehicles.
Takealot.com has large warehouses in Johannesburg and Cape Town from where...
Isuzu Horn Free – A Real Solution for a Real Issue
Isuzu has embarked on an anti-poaching project in partnership with Nkombe Rhino, a non-profit organisation dedicated to wild life conservation, to ensure the safety of the endangered Rhinoceros in the Blue Canyon Conservancy.
The conservancy is situated in Hoedspruit in...
FAW hoists their flag in sub-Saharan Africa again
FAW Vehicle Manufacturers South Africa (Pty) Ltd has again confirmed its growing customer base in sub-Saharan Africa with a delivery last week of 20 FAW 28.460FT (J6) truck tractors to Universal Trans-Logistics LDA (UTL) Mozambique, part of the Capital...
Goodyear introduces new OTR tyres to maximize load capacity
Goodyear has developed the new Off-The-Road (OTR) tyre TL-4A in size 33.25R29 specifically for the new Volvo A60H articulated dump truck - the largest Volvo articulated dump truck. The two companies have worked together to develop and produce OTR...
