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Save the Date: TruckX 2018 is around the corner

If you represent the trucking, fleet or the material handlings industry, please save the date for TruckX and FleetX 2018, taking place at Kyalami on July 11 and 12 With a record-breaking 2 187 visitors attending TruckX 2017, it’s no wonder that...

Big deal for Serco despite depressed economic conditions

In one of Serco’s biggest and most significant deals of 2020, the company has built 28 refrigerated vehicles for a national transport company. The 24 state-of-the-art Protec Steel Frostliner trailers and four truck bodies...

UD Trucks debuts all-new Quon range in South Africa

UD Trucks Corp launched its high-level technology all-new Quon extra heavy range in South Africa, to meet diversifying demand in the country. Featuring eight derivatives, the Euro 5 level range is aimed at bringing leading-edge innovation that...

Brand Pretorius for TruckX

Brand Pretorius will deliver one of the keynote addresses at this year’s TruckX Expo and Conference to be held on July 12 and 13 at the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit near Johannesburg. The business leader – who is a former...

Volvo Trucks launches four new ranges

Volvo Trucks South Africa has introduced four new truck ranges to the local market, with a strong focus on the driver environment, safety and productivity. The launch of the four new-generation extra heavy commercial trucks; the Volvo...

People moving up…

Recent appointments made within South Africa’s auto and related sectors…   Mercedes-Benz South Africa Jasper Hafkamp has been appointed Executive Director of Daimler Trucks & Buses’ Regional Centre Southern Africa, effective from December 1.   Mercedes-Benz South Africa Kobus van Zyl has been appointed General...

From clerk to CEO: the proudly South African story of John Jacobs

From a teenage junior clerk at an international protective workwear company to taking over that very business and turning it into one of South Africa’s most prominent ventures of its kind: That is the story of John...

Lucky number 100 for DAF

When you’re running truck fleets in the hundreds, optimal fuel consumption, low maintenance costs and minimum breakdowns are the all-important criteria that logistics operators look for in a truck. Ticking all these boxes and then some, the...

Analysing the May 2018 industry sales statistics

Commenting on the new vehicle sales statistics for the month of May, 2018 – the NAAMSA said that the latest vehicle sales and export numbers had continued in line with general industry expectations. In the event new vehicle sales at...

New career paths for youth in the truck business

With over 50% of the youth in South Africa currently facing unemployment, Isuzu is turning the tide by setting an industry benchmark in the automotive industry. Isuzu Motors South Africa is the first OEM to invest...

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