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When, while the lovely valley teems with vapour around me, and the meridian sun strikes the upper surface of the impenetrable foliage of my trees.

Laduma, Hylton Ross!

Laduma, Hylton Ross!

The Football World Cup has come and gone and, to a large extent, the fans were accommodated safely in the stadiums, their hotels, the countryโ€™s finest restaurants and also on our roads. DAVID SHEPHERD speaks to a Cape Town-based tour operator that continued doing what it does best โ€“ providing expertise in ferrying football fans to where they needed to go, including some of the countryโ€™s most popular tourist attractionsโ€ฆ

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Momentum overload

These days, if a manufacturer launches a vehicle that doesnโ€™t attain five stars in the tough 64 km/h EuroNCAP crash test, eyebrows tend to be raised. This is because research has proved that the more stars a vehicle is awarded in the laboratory, the better protection it offers in real-world crashes.

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Cry the beloved country

For years and years, this column has been devoted to matters concerning commercial vehicles; Iโ€™ve shied away from what we all call โ€œdinky toysโ€. Not this month! My comments concern all road users โ€“ most notably car driversโ€ฆ

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