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Author archives: Jonckie

  • One killed and four injured when vehicle rolled on the N14 near Kuruman

    May 5, 2016 • Accidents, CarComments Off on One killed and four injured when vehicle rolled on the N14 near Kuruman

    One person was killed and four others were left with moderate to serious injuries in a collision that occurred earlier this morning. The collision occurred on the N14 near Kuruman and involved only one vehicle. Allegedly, the vehicle had a sudden tyre burst...

  • Illegal Metrorail Strike: SATAWU blamed for putting workers at risk

    May 4, 2016 • Rail, TransportComments Off on Illegal Metrorail Strike: SATAWU blamed for putting workers at risk

    The DA in the Western Cape supports Metrorail’s bid for a permanent interdict barring its employees from striking over issues that are being negotiated at national level. Workers engaged in protest action last month despite an interim order preventing them...

  • Consumer exodus to pre-owned market fuels new vehicle sales decline

    May 3, 2016 • News, Road, TransportComments Off on Consumer exodus to pre-owned market fuels new vehicle sales decline

    The South African new vehicle sales market continued its 2016 decline, this April. According to the latest aggregated figures from the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa (Naamsa) total industry new vehicle sales declined 9.2%,...

  • Aireon and ATNS Sign First Regional Commercialization Agreement

    May 3, 2016 • Air, News, TransportComments Off on Aireon and ATNS Sign First Regional Commercialization Agreement

    MCLEAN, VA. (May 3, 2016) – Aireon and South Africa’s Air Traffic and Navigation Services (ATNS) announced today that they have signed a Regional Commercialization Agreement to jointly develop the uses of space-based Automatic Dependent...

  • GMSA Supports Vital Skills Base For the Automotive Industry

    May 2, 2016 • Accidents, CarComments Off on GMSA Supports Vital Skills Base For the Automotive Industry

    PORT ELIZABETH – As manufacturing industries have become more and more dependent on computerised and robotic machinery, the need to align its skills base has also increased. To this end, General Motors South Africa (GMSA) has been partnering with the local...

  • Two killed and three injured in collision on the N1, in Kraaifontein near Cape Town

    May 1, 2016 • Accidents, CarComments Off on Two killed and three injured in collision on the N1, in Kraaifontein near Cape Town

    Two people were killed and three others sustained moderate to serious injuries in a collision that occurred on the N1, in Kraaifontein near Cape Town. The collision occurred earlier today between the Brighton Road and Okavango Road and involved only one...

  • Road crash in Bloemfontein on Dr Belcher road

    April 30, 2016 • Accidents, CarComments Off on Road crash in Bloemfontein on Dr Belcher road

    Motor vehicle crash on Dr Belcher road yesterday evening. No injuries on scene. Stanley Schimper Trauma Response Afriva...

  • One injured in collision on the N1 at Ysterberg about forty-five kilometres from Polokwane

    April 29, 2016 • Accidents, CarComments Off on One injured in collision on the N1 at Ysterberg about forty-five kilometres from Polokwane

    One person has been injured after two vehicle’s collided with each other on the N1 at Ysterberg about forty-five kilometres from Polokwane. Reports from the scene indicate that it was a rear end collision. The exact detail to the cause of the accident will...

  • Fourteen killed in horror collision, Randfontein.

    April 29, 2016 • Accidents, Taxi, TruckComments Off on Fourteen killed in horror collision, Randfontein.

    Fourteen people have been killed and two others injured this afternoon after a large truck and taxi collided head-on on Randfontein Road in Randfontein. ER24 paramedics, along with other services, received the emergency call and immediately responded to the...

  • Motorcyclist evacuated after collision on the N1 south in Lynwood, Pretoria

    April 29, 2016 • AccidentsComments Off on Motorcyclist evacuated after collision on the N1 south in Lynwood, Pretoria

    A twenty-one-year-old Motorcyclist is in a critical condition after he collided with a vehicle on the N1 south in Lynwood, Pretoria. The exact detail to the cause of the accident will remain a subject for police investigation and comment. When Netcare911...