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| Driving Licensing Testing Centres, registering authorities, vehicle testing stations and driving schools will resume their services with effect from 1 June 2020... read |
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| Volkswagen has taken the first step on the journey towards the connected car by launching the WeConnect Go app in South Africa... read |
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| | | ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM Terry Levin, creative director at Bizcommunity, shares her views of the current Covid-19 crisis and how the company is navigating these unusual times... Read | | ISSUED BY DOMESTIC FLIGHTS SOUTH AFRICA Many things will have changed forever even long after this current danger has passed. That's why car rental companies have taken a new approach to their clients' health and safety... Read |
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Automotive |
| Ford Motor Company has named Londeka Mkhize its new social media lead for South Africa... Read |
| The South African Motor Body Repairers' Association (SAMBRA) is concerned about the lack of information available to the market with regards to the status of second-hand vehicles... Read |
AutoTech |
| A smart helmet that can scan the temperatures of up to 200 people every minute is now available in South Africa... Read |
Dealers |
| As the motor industry starts to open up, reports indicate vehicle buyers will search for cheaper second-hand cars... Read |
Events & Shows |
| Messe Frankfurt South Africa has made the decision to postpone the Festival of Motoring to 2021... Read |
Fuel & Energy |
| DAVID TAYLOR The wildly-fluctuating fuel price is a massive discussion point and we've often wondered how the numbers work... Read |
| No one could have imagined that the simple filling stations of the 1970s would one day morph into the enormous service stations dotting our highways today... Read |
Safety |
| CHRISTIAAN STEYN There has never been a better time to make sure all your logistics ducks are in a row... Read |
| As the lockdown eases, more South Africans are commuting to work, running errands and figuring out their new normal. This means more cars on the roads... Read |
Africa |
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| EVAN-LEE COURIE 'The Commodore' shares insights into Christopher Africa, the platform that offers brands the opportunity to tap into consumer micro-moments and conversations on social media using Artificial Intelligence... Read |
| PIETER BENSCH Let's not allow the very real challenges of the virus overshadow the progress Africa has made... Read |
| CLEMENT CHINAKA The World Economic Forum (WEF) reported this week that the pandemic has hit global trade and investment at an "unprecedented speed and scale" and revealed the fragility of the modern supply chain... Read |
| DONALD WAIGUMBULIZI Technology has the potential to fundamentally transform societies. Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and broadband are becoming central to the societal developments around the world... Read |
International |
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| JORDAN RITTENBERRY As the Covid-19 pandemic disrupts lives and damages economies, society is looking to big business for leadership and solutions. So far, however, the private sector has not lived up to expectations, Edelman's most recent Trust Barometer data shows... Read |
| ELHAM MAFI-KREFT AND STEVEN KREFT Severe shortages of critical medical supplies have prompted governments to compel private companies to fill the gap... Read |
Business |
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| HOWARD FELDMAN It is somewhat disappointing that the government have not legislated behavior on "Zoom" calls... Read |
| LAUREN HARTZENBERG Online retail may account for under 2% of total retail sales in South Africa, but the Covid-19 pandemic is encouraging consumers to switch to digital shopping and payment alternatives... Read |
| MOHAMED MAJAPA How many times have you heard "I can't wait for things to get back to normal" in the past few weeks? Read |
Entrepreneurship |
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| EVAN-LEE COURIE Neil Buckley, managing director of Apex BI, shares his experience of the current Covid-19 crisis and how his organisation is navigating these unusual times... Read |
| Traditional models of business funding need a re-think if South Africa's small businesses and entrepreneurs are to emerge from the financially crippling "winter of coronavirus"... Read |
| The Yoco Small Business Recovery Monitor shows trading within the Small Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMME) sector across South Africa has now returned to 44% of pre-Covid-19 lockdown levels... Read |
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