Category:Featured June 2015

Knowledge and passion
June 17, 2015

Knowledge and passion

It’s difficult to sum up the first-ever FOCUS Conference. In a word we would call it “successful”, but it was so much more than...

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A track through time
June 16, 2015

A track through time

Trains have catapulted development and shrunk the world, but are they still relevant today? We track through time to find the answer.

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Tantalising (s)tough
June 16, 2015

Tantalising (s)tough

Transport operations aren’t for sissies, especially in the construction industry where tougher conditions are added to the mix … This sector needs special types...

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Trying to find a happy medium
June 16, 2015

Trying to find a happy medium

The medium commercial vehicle (MCV) sector of the market has suffered a decline over the past few months. FOCUS asks some manufacturers what they...

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Pick your part
June 16, 2015

Pick your part

Automechanika Johannesburg 2015 attracted the biggest and best from the automotive aftermarket supply arena. In fact, over 600 exhibitors packed the halls at the...

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Calling all Trk’eneurs
June 16, 2015

Calling all Trk’eneurs

Isuzu Trucks has come up with a new, fabulously different programme – called Trk’eneurs. CHARLEEN CLARKE found out all about it at Nampo …

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The highlight of Hino’s stand at Nampo was a Hino 500 1322 4x4, which was equipped with a drill supplied by Thor Drilling.
June 16, 2015

Returning to its roots

The Hino brand has – and will – always been present at Nampo. That’s because, as CHARLEEN CLARKE discovers, farming and Hino go together...

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Troubled times ahead
June 16, 2015

Troubled times ahead

Grain SA’s Nampo Harvest Day must be the finest exhibition on the planet … but the farming sector is facing some challenges, as CHARLEEN...

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That inner drive
June 16, 2015

That inner drive

GAVIN MYERS puts the power down and (somewhat simplistically) explores what components make up a drivetrain, and how these have changed over the years...

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Sex, drugs and truck hijackings …
June 16, 2015

Sex, drugs and truck hijackings …

Crime is, unfortunately, a part of everyday life … distressing headlines litter news channels both locally and abroad. The South African trucking industry is,...

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