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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
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Dark horse
August 20, 2017

Dark horse

FOCUS was lucky enough to acquire the use of a Mitsubishi Triton 4×4 double cab as a support vehicle for Truck Test 2017 earlier...

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Tailor-made insurance for transporters
August 20, 2017

Tailor-made insurance for transporters

Since its inception two years ago, the growth experienced by Scania Insurance Solutions can only be described as “quite phenomenal”

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A value workhorse
July 20, 2017

A value workhorse

GAVIN MYERS drives the JMC Boarding 4×2 SC LX Euro 4; a value-for-money single-cab bakkie that just might be worth considering

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Muscle up
June 20, 2017

Muscle up

It was the only bakkie range to not offer an engine bigger than 2,0 litres, and is now the only one that offers a...

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A convenience card with checks and controls
May 20, 2017

A convenience card with checks and controls

Altech Netstar has launched its on-road fleet expenditure solution designed to simplify transporters’ daily financial requirements. Introducing the Vigil Fleet Card

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Two blinging bakkies
May 20, 2017

Two blinging bakkies

Two of South Africa’s favourite bakkies, the Isuzu KB and Nissan NP200, have recently received an update (Isuzu) and special model addition (Nissan). GAVIN...

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An oil for the future
April 27, 2017

An oil for the future

From keeping a truck running today to maintaining efficiency into the future: Shell Rimula R4 L makes it possible

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Gert Fourie says MAN TopUsed vehicles provide proud buyers with peace of mind.
April 20, 2017

Reaching for the stars

MAN’s used-vehicle division, MAN TopUsed, is shooting for the stars and giving each truck it sells the “MAN seal of quality”

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Carrying made easy
April 20, 2017

Carrying made easy

The JMC Carrying SWB is an affordable workhorse that has a unique selling point – it requires only a standard code B driving licence....

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Showing some real faith
April 18, 2017

Showing some real faith

Scania South Africa has a way of “becoming family” with its clients. For up-and-coming operator Tradevest Logistics, Scania is certainly helping it achieve some...

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From motor man to tractor man!
April 18, 2017

From motor man to tractor man!

One of South Africa’s most well-known motor men is now cutting his teeth in the tractor game. Piet Rademeyer, the man who brought the...

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Nampo 2017: Harvest Day excitement building
April 18, 2017

Nampo 2017: Harvest Day excitement building

Nampo 2017 is all set to be the best to date, the organisers report

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