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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 Assembly (CDA) in East London in 1962. CDA, the company that would evolve [&hellip...
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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 •
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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...
November 18, 2015 •
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Comments Off on Roll-Out of Operation Hira to Attract Scarce and Critical Skills in Correctional Centres
The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) has made a call for persons with critical, and scarce, skills to converge at various sites nationally for an unprecedented on-the-spot recruitment drive scheduled to kick-off tomorrow (19 November 2015). The...
November 14, 2015 •
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Comments Off on Employees celebrate 30 000th Isuzu truck to roll off the line at Kempston Road plant
Isuzu Trucks South Africa (ITSA) this week celebrated a major milestone when the 30 000th Isuzu truck rolled off the production line at General Motors South Africa’s (GMSA) Kempston Road plant. This milestone was achieved during an eight year period of...
November 13, 2015 •
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Comments Off on Ford First Automaker to Test Autonomous Vehicle at Mcity, University of Michigan’s Simulated Urban Environment
Ford is the first automaker to test an autonomous vehicle at Mcity, part of the University of Michigan, and the world’s first full-scale simulated real-world urban environment designed to test connected and automated vehicles in an effort to accelerate...
November 11, 2015 •
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Comments Off on Alberton shooting leaves one dead two injured
On Wednesday morning Netcare 911 paramedics received a call for a shooting incident at the Electron Butchery in Klipriviersberg Road, Alberton. Exact detail to the cause of the shooting and preceding events is still speculative and will remain a subject...
