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Truck Test 2012
February 1, 2012

STOP PRESS! Truck test 2012 partners with RFA Convention!

There has been a huge amount of hype surrounding Truck Test 2012โ€ฆ and now we can announce a huge development in that regard: Truck...

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February 1, 2012

STOP PRESS! Truck test 2012 partners with RFA Convention!

There has been a huge amount of hype surrounding Truck Test 2012โ€ฆ and now we can announce a huge development in that regard: Truck...

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Statistics shocker
February 1, 2012

Statistics shocker

Despite Mercedes-Benz SA being blocked in delivering its data, sales showed 20 percent increase over 2010 numbers.

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February 1, 2012

Letโ€™s take the high road

As a truck and bus industry we must do our best to help reduce the unacceptable carnage on our roads, says VIC OLIVER.

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Water force be with you
February 1, 2012

Water force be with you

Back in 2002 Voith Turbo, of Heidenheim, introduced a primary water retarder for heavy commercial vehicles. Named the Aquatarder, this device โ€“ fitted to...

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Pure Design
February 1, 2012

Pure Design

We see many specialised vehicles on our roads that have been built for a specific purpose. DANIELLE DU TOIT looks at such vehicles and...

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Ebb and flow
February 1, 2012

Ebb and flow

On the back of a particularly vibrant 2010, last year proved an ongoing challenge for South Africaโ€™s bus and coach industry. Will that trend...

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Transporting the future
February 1, 2012

Transporting the future

Specialised vehicles are manufactured to be exactly that โ€“ specialised. JACO DE KLERK takes a look at Makoyaโ€™s โ€œspecialisedโ€ operations and what its vehicles...

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Springbok Atlas is using its fleet โ€“ along with Craig Drysdaleโ€™s, CEO of the Coach Transport Division, marketing skills โ€“ to package South Africa into a top tourism destination.
February 1, 2012

Leading (S)pringbok (A)tlas

Craig Drysdale, chief executive officer of the Coach Charter Transport Division at Springbok Atlas, refers to the company as a limb of his body...

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The TFM HC 250 compactor is ideally suited to the Hino truck and is well proven in South African operating conditions.
February 1, 2012

Waste not, want not

Hino South Africa compactor manufacturer TFM and local Allison automatic transmission distributor D & A Power Products intend to tackle the growing waste management...

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Exploring (S)pringbok (A)tlas
February 1, 2012

Exploring (S)pringbok (A)tlas

Springbok Atlas Charter Transport Division has grown form strength to strength and become one of the largest and most experienced luxury coach operators in...

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Buscorโ€™s bonkers bi-articulated buses
February 1, 2012

Buscorโ€™s bonkers bi-articulated buses

Parked head-to-tail, the line would snake for more than a kilometre. But as GAVIN MYERS discovers, that doesnโ€™t worry the folks at Buscor, which...

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