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December 11, 2015 •
News, Road, Transport •
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Comments Off on Ford Sensor Technology Applied to Motorcycles for New Mobility Insights
Improves Medical Care for Rural Africa Ford is now equipping motorcycles with sensor kits inspired by its OpenXC hardware platform to map areas of community health care services in rural West Africa. Capturing data on additional transportation types is helping researchers detect patterns and develop new mobility solutions Researchers have used OpenXC...
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December 8, 2015 •
News, Transport •
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Comments Off on Taxi driver critical after shooting incident
A taxi driver is in a critical condition after he sustained several gunshot wounds this evening while driving along the R82 in Kiblerpark. At approximately 8pm paramedics responded to the scene where they found four patients involved in a shooting incident....
December 8, 2015 •
News, Road, Transport •
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Comments Off on Ford Fusion Is Independent Motoring’s Best Family Car for 2015
The Ford Fusion was announced as the Best Family Car for 2015 by the team of expert motoring journalists from the Independent Media’s Motoring supplement at an awards banquet held in Johannesburg last night. At the end of each year, the Motoring staff...
December 6, 2015 •
News, Road, Transport •
Jonckie •
Comments Off on Mitsubishi Gets Behind the Munga!
Mitsubishi Motors is excited and proud to announce its partnership with Munga as the vehicle supplier for the inaugural Munga Mountain bike race. The Munga is more than a mountain bike race? Just like Mitsubishi is more than just a car! Both brands are...
December 4, 2015 •
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Comments Off on Mercedes-Benz SA celebrates 125 000th truck to roll off its East London plant assembly line
Mercedes-Benz South Africa (MBSA) added yet another milestone to its long and committed journey to the country when the 125 000th truck rolled off the assembly line at its plant in East London. The first truck was assembled at the then Car Distributors...
December 3, 2015 •
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Comments Off on Opel Continues to Grow as Industry Softens
November total industry sales came in at 51 256 vehicles, slightly behind November 2014 sales of 51 055 units. Year to date November 2015 industry sales are 4.1 percent down over the same period last year (568 584 vs 592 839). General Motors South Africa...
December 1, 2015 •
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Comments Off on Mazda MX-5 scoops Japan car of the year award
The all-new Mazda MX-5 that recently launched in South Africa has been named 2015-2016 Car of the Year by the Japan Automotive Hall of Fame (JAHFA). An award ceremony was held at Mazda’s Tokyo office. The MX-5 Roadster is the third Mazda to win the...
November 27, 2015 •
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Comments Off on Suspect of vehicle jamming arrested in Schweizer-Reneke.
A 31-year-old suspect was arrested for the alleged theft out of motor vehicle on Thursday, 26 November 2015 at about 16:00 in Schweizer-Reneke. It is alleged that the vehicle owner parked her vehicle and went into the shop. She did not notice that there was a...
November 24, 2015 •
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Comments Off on MEC Mchunu to address crime summit in Northern KZN
The KZN MEC for Transport, Community Safety and Liaison, Willies Mchunu, will address a two-day Crime Summit in uNdundulu, under the Mthonjaneni Local Municipality on the North Coast of KwaZulu-Natal on the 24th and 25th of November 2015. The Summit is part...
November 19, 2015 •
Accidents, Construction, News •
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Comments Off on Labour appoints Presiding Inspector of Grayston Drive bridge collapse inquiry
Department of Labour appoints Lennie Samuel Presiding Inspector of Grayston Drive Pedestrian and cyclist structural bridge collapse Inquiry The Department of Labour Chief Inspector, Tibor Szana today (18 November) officially announced the appointment of Mr...
