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FOcus on transport and Logistics

The articles, features, profiles and launches that deal exclusively with the local transport market place can be
found here.

GUD plays with the big boys!
July 1, 2014

GUD plays with the big boys!

GUD has long been renowned for producing filters – for passenger vehicles. But now, as CHARLEEN CLARKE discovers, the company intends conquering the heavy-duty...

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The value of growth
July 1, 2014

The value of growth

TruckStore Centurion is now the go-to address in southern Africa when it comes to used trucks, vans, buses and trailers. And it seems its...

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Hino’s new home
July 1, 2014

Hino’s new home

Toyota South Africa Motors – or TSAM, as it’s affectionately called by insiders – has significantly upgraded its Prospecton plant. Hino invited us along

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Viva Volvo!
July 1, 2014

Viva Volvo!

The first FH, FM and FMX models have emerged from Volvo’s South African factory! CHARLEEN CLARKE travels to the Durban facility and discovers a...

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Good oMAN!
July 1, 2014

Good oMAN!

An order for 215 trucks speaks volumes. After all, as CHARLEEN CLARKE discovers, this is not a decision that is taken lightly …

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Tunbling around
July 1, 2014

Tunbling around

The Foton Tunland single cab passes through our hands, leaving GAVIN MYERS wondering why we don’t see more of them on our roads.

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Andries Ndlehe and Sheldon Mayet with one of Leeu Transport’s 19 trucks.
June 1, 2014

Making it happen

With the help of Murray & Roberts, two entrepreneurs in Johannesburg are proving that nothing is impossible. LIESL FRANKSON spends a day finding out...

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A modern classic
June 1, 2014

A modern classic

A Volkswagen Kombi can only mean sunny skies, smiles and serenity – GAVIN MYERS, and the rest of the FOCUS team, pile in to...

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Acknowledging the ambassadors of the road
May 22, 2014

Acknowledging the ambassadors of the road

Bus and truck drivers need to be able to do so much more than just physically drive their vehicles. They need to be competent...

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Land bruiser
April 1, 2014

Land bruiser

Another year, another Land Cruiser – but this one has two more cylinders and an extra half a litre displacement under the hood. GAVIN...

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Look twice
March 1, 2014

Look twice

Nissan is planning to give the most popular integral van on sale in South Africa a run for its money. GAVIN MYERS asks if...

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In the land of the brave
February 1, 2014

In the land of the brave

FAW South Africa (FAW SA) has proved that it deserves a place in the local and broader African market, and is now ready to...

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