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FOcus on transport and Logistics
Viva Volvo!
The first FH, FM and FMX models have emerged from Volvoโs South African factory! CHARLEEN CLARKE travels to the Durban facility and discovers a...
Good oMAN!
An order for 215 trucks speaks volumes. After all, as CHARLEEN CLARKE discovers, this is not a decision that is taken lightly โฆ
The automated choice
Many truck manufacturers in South Africa are now fitting automated manual transmissions (AMTs) as standard equipment in their vehicles. But are they the correct...
Bussing for market share
Usage of bus services has increased since 2010, but overall quality of public transportation in South Africa has not, causing FARZANA CHAUMOO, along with...
Optare launches MetroDecker
FRANK BEETON brings us details on Optareโs new double-decker bus, and reports on Volvoโs attempts to revolutionise inner-city bus transport.
BRT in crisis at Cresta!
While South Africa is receiving new buses, trains and infrastructure, these can only be useful if theyโre managed properly โ which they are not.
Tunbling around
The Foton Tunland single cab passes through our hands, leaving GAVIN MYERS wondering why we donโt see more of them on our roads.
Of Cossacks, comrades and cold โฆ
Since the Iron Curtain rusted away, the huge continent behind it has been exposed to the West and, what was previously hidden from us,...
Whatโs app, JRA?
The state of Gautengโs road infrastructure is a favourite subject of mine โ its aging, crumbling foundations being the ire of daily commuters. This...
A feast of new (large) Eurovans
In his monthly review of global news for local truckers, FRANK BEETON updates the file on European integral vans, unpacks the stimulatory effect of...
Khaki, kortbroek โฆ and technology!
Particularly paradoxical. Thatโs probably the best description of Grain SAโs Nampo Harvest Day this year. On the one hand, some of the visitors looked...
Diamonds in the dust
If there was one stand at Nampo this year where the mood was truly upbeat, it was Renault Trucks. Thatโs because huge developments are...
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