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FOcus on transport and Logistics

September 19, 2017

The people have spoken

What does the public think about the state of public transport in South Africa? The telling answers are in the recently published results of...

September 19, 2017

Crazy for VW commercials, a tonne for Ford and Fuso ECanter nears global launch

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has reported the worldwide delivery of 286 800 vehicles thus far this year, representing an increase of 5,3 percent compared with...

September 19, 2017

A tale of three cities

I’ve recently been travelling on public transport in two big cities (London and New York) and a medium-sized one (Charlotte, North Carolina). I’ve picked...

August 27, 2017

Celebrating a legend

The “Swiss Army Knife of the automotive industry” turned 70 years old late last year. So, in (rather belated) celebration, we did the only...

August 24, 2017

How could rail influence the cost of transport?

VIC OLIVER discusses why the general cost of transport in South Africa is too high and how government’s plans for rail could influence this

August 20, 2017

Head-strong at Altech Netstar

Gill Jones, general manager of commercial sales, discusses her love for the transport industry, the hard work involved and passing on her knowledge to...

August 20, 2017

Thriving in tyres and transport

A diverse workplace and a competitive market, coupled with marketing responsibilities, are the order of the day for Yoliswa Nkomo, operations marketing manager for...

August 20, 2017

Helping to rebuild Eden

The devastation caused by the recent fires that swept through the Eden District Municipality (Knysna and surrounding areas), shall remain etched in the memory...

August 20, 2017

Head above water

The waters are not still in the heavy commercial vehicle (HCV) segment … an encouraging notion indeed

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”

August 20, 2017

No great shakes

GAVIN MYERS speaks to Sam Rolland, transport economist at Econometrix, about the current state of South Africa’s economy, what it means for the transport...