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Crash boom bus
September 1, 2013

Crash boom bus

Bus and coach crashes plague the industry both locally and globally. Are profits being put ahead of human lives? Are management, maintenance and driver...

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Fuso commences export of built-up large buses
September 1, 2013

Fuso commences export of built-up large buses

FRANK BEETON reports on important bus news from overseas.

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Trigger points
September 1, 2013

Trigger points

With much money needed in the right places, distortions in where it has gone and what could have been done with it instead need...

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Clearing Europeโ€™s arteries
August 4, 2013

Clearing Europeโ€™s arteries

As Asia starts to wade ever deeper into Europeโ€™s automotive waters, the European Commissionโ€™s Trans-European Transport network has started to gain momentum. THINUS VAN...

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Drop the cops, raise the glass?
August 4, 2013

Drop the cops, raise the glass?

The lack of road safety and the ineffectiveness of police officials in terms of enforcement are issues South Africans know well. Itโ€™s a fight,...

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Renault reinvents its truck line-up
August 2, 2013

Renault reinvents its truck line-up

In his monthly review of global news for local truckers, FRANK BEETON walks through Renault Trucksโ€™ comprehensive Euro-6 range reinvention, finding an unexpected Nissan...

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Three's company
August 1, 2013

Threeโ€™s company

Rustenburg, known for its mines and situated at the foot of the picturesque Magaliesberg mountain range in the North West Province, is said to...

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Dipuo Peters has been appointed as minister of transport, replacing Ben Martins.
August 1, 2013

Meet the new boss

After another cabinet reshuffle by President Jacob Zuma, Ben Martins has been ousted from his position as minister of transport, leaving the troubled seat...

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Mercedes-Benz is eager to introduce advanced environmentally friendly engines.
August 1, 2013

Happening commercial vehicles

Our very own Truck Test 2013 showed that the heavy commercial vehicle (HCV) segment is not only alive and well, but a force in...

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Part(s) and parcel
August 1, 2013

Part(s) and parcel

South Africaโ€™s local components, parts and accessories industries are feeling the crunch from the east, as cheaper products are streaming into the country โ€ฆ...

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Rehab rising?
August 1, 2013

Rehab rising?

With South Africaโ€™s ailing road infrastructure, road rehabilitation should be on the cards of most municipalities. GAVIN MYERS attended the 2013 Southern African Transport...

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Afrit takes time for clients
August 1, 2013

Afrit takes time for clients

Afrit is a well-known brand in the South African trucking industry and certainly needs no introduction. But that didnโ€™t stop the company from hosting...

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