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Cape Town’s Copperheads recover 1.7 t of stolen metal
The City of Cape Town (CoCT) says it has recovered more than 1.7 t of stolen metal in the nine months between July last year and March this year. This effort was led by the city’s Metals Theft...
Air freight leads recovery in logistics sector in March – Ctrack index
After a notable decline in the first two months of the year, the Ctrack Transport and Freight Index (Ctrack TFI) in March increased to an index level of 119.7. This is an increase of 1.1% compared...
Puma Energy’s Africa head calls for urgent development of energy infrastructure on the continent
Puma Energy Africa head Fadi Mitri has issued a call to action to the African Refiners and Distributors Association (ARDA) to urgently develop the continent’s energy infrastructure. ARDA is the...
Blue Energy, wheel maker ink green power deal
Local developer and operator of clean energy infrastructure Blue Energy Africa has signed a 20-year deal with Borbet South Africa (SA) for the procurement of power from renewable-energy sources....
Conditions still challenging, but contractors report noticeable uptick – MBA North
Last year was one of the most challenging years the Master Builders Association (MBA) North has ever experienced, with many of its long-standing members entering business rescue or closing their...
More than 430 Cape Town households apply to sell their excess power
A total of 432 Cape Town households have applied to earn cash from selling their excess solar power to the city. These applications will now be assessed to determine their eligibility.
BMW 7 Series clinches 2024 Car of the Year title
The luxurious BMW 7 Series has been awarded the 2024 South African Car of the Year (COTY) title. In a competition run by the South African Guild of Mobility Journalists (SAGMJ), the the Suzuki...
Cape Town adds new tech layer in fight against crime – Eye-in-the-Sky
Very early on in his term, Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis was told by law enforcement agencies that there could never be enough boots on the ground to fully combat violent crime and the drug...
Goodyear South Africa appoints new MD
Goodyear South Africa (SA) has appointed Paul Gerrard as its new MD, starting from May 1. Gerrard takes over from Richard Fourie, who led the company for two years.
Auto exports soar to new record; shift to EVs sees drop in catalytic converter numbers
Despite a tough domestic economy undermining a recovery in new-vehicle sales to pre-pandemic levels, record vehicle exports in 2023 ensured that the South African automotive sector still managed to...
New-vehicles sales gain 2.2% after eight months of decline; Suzuki swoops into second place
New-vehicle sales have finally moved into positive territory following eight gruelling months of decline. Not all market segments experienced growth, however.
SA’s largest boat builder eyes growing share of global ocean-cruising catamaran market
It’s easy to overlook the sheer magnitude of Robertson and Caine’s (R&C’s) operations in Cape Town. The company’s ten boat-building factories and assembly lines are dotted across the city – from...
Shoprite, four global retailers form $125m venture fund aimed at innovation
Five grocery retailers, including South Africa’s Shoprite group, have established a venture fund called W23 Global. W23 Global brings together Ahold Delhaize (US, Europe, Indonesia), Tesco (UK,...
Cape Town takes another stab at rolling out electric buses for its MyCiTi service
The City of Cape Town should have battery electric buses (e-buses) operational on its MyCiTi bus service by 2027, says Urban Mobility MMC Rob Quintas. It will be the city’s second stab at rolling...
Suzuki breaks through 50 000 unit sales mark
Suzuki Auto South Africa (Suzuki SA) has broken through the 50 000-units-a-year sales barrier for the first time in its history. The year in question is the company’s financial year, running from...
Electric trucks too expensive? Now you can rent one from Volvo Trucks SA
Volvo Trucks South Africa (SA) has introduced an equipment-as-a-service (EaaS) model for its new electric truck rental business. Following last year’s launch of Volvo electric trucks in South...
SA’s largest boat builder eyes growing share of global ocean-cruising catamaran market
It’s easy to overlook the sheer magnitude of Robertson and Caine’s (R&C’s) operations in Cape Town. The company’s ten boat-building factories and assembly lines are dotted across the city – from...
Former Audi SA head moves to Ford as sales director
Ford South Africa has appointed Ryan Searle as its new sales director, effective May 1. Searle joins Ford after six years as the head of Volkswagen passenger sales where he was responsible for...
Lower income consumers are being priced out of the car market – TransUnion
TransUnion Africa CEO Lee Naik says a tough economic environment characterised by cost-of-living challenges, high fuel costs and currency depreciations have resulted in a notable decline in vehicle...
Cape Town targeting this year as starting date for turning waste into power
The City of Cape Town (CoCT) says it is moving closer to turning landfill waste into energy, with two projects that are designed to produce electricity from the combustion of landfill gas moving...
Cape Town budgets R5.3bn for water and sanitation capital projects
The City of Cape Town (CoCT) says its total proposed budget for water and sanitation for the upcoming 2024/25 financial year is R18.5-billion. Of this, R5.3-billion will be spent on capital...
Hyundai unveils nano cooling film able to slash interior heat in cars
The Hyundai Motor Company has unveiled what it says is the world’s first application of a nano cooling film. The South Korean car maker describes the film as “a revolutionary vehicle window tint...
PRASA partially restores five more railway corridors
The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) says it has restored another five Metrorail corridors across Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape. These rail services were interrupted by...
‘No operational issues’ as Golden Arrow tests electric Explorer bus
Golden Arrow Bus Services (GABS) says it will probably make a final decision in the third or fourth quarter of this year on whether it will acquire any Lion’s Explorer E electric buses from MAN...
Fly farmer Maltento opens laboratory to expand insect research
Fly farmer Maltento has unveiled a new laboratory at its insect breeding facility in Cape Town. The laboratory has been built to expand Maltento’s research on insect biotechnology, and aims to...
Blue Energy signs 20-year green power deal with wheel manufacturer
Local developer and operator of clean energy infrastructure, Blue Energy Africa, has signed a 20-year deal with Borbet South Africa (SA) for the procurement of power from renewable-energy sources....
Urgent need to develop Africa’s fuel storage, distribution networks – Puma Energy
Puma Energy Africa head Fadi Mitri has issued a call to action to the African Refiners and Distributors Association (ARDA) to urgently develop the continent’s energy infrastructure. ARDA is the...
Jaguar Land Rover develops portable charger using second-life batteries
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has developed a portable battery energy storage system (Bess) using second-life Range Rover and Range Rover Sport plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) batteries. The...
Conditions challenging, but some green shoots emerging – MBA North
Last year was one of the most challenging years the Master Builders Association (MBA) North has ever experienced, with many of its long-standing members entering business rescue or closing their...
New-vehicle sales plummet 11.7% in March, extending months-long slide
New-vehicle sales plummeted by 11.7% in March, to 44 237 units, compared with the same month last year. Sales for the first quarter of the year are now 5.3% below the same period last year.
Record R12.1bn set aside for infrastructure in Cape Town’s R76.4bn budget for 2024/25
Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has tabled a R76.4-billion draft budget for the city for the 2024/25 financial year. The budget proposes record infrastructure investment of R12.1-billion for the...
Metair reassures market amid huge debt, challenges at Türkiye battery business
Metair is still very much open for business and the group is able to accommodate new clients should they need automotive components or energy storage solutions, says new CEO Paul O’Flaherty....
GAC Motor joins inflow from China
China’s GAC Motor has appointed Salvador Caetano Auto as the distributor and retailer of GAC vehicles, spare parts and related services in South Africa (SA). GAC Motor is a subsidiary of the...
Electric trucks too expensive? Now you can rent one from Volvo Trucks SA
Volvo Trucks South Africa (SA) has introduced an equipment-as-a-service (EaaS) model for its new electric truck rentals business. Following last year’s launch of Volvo electric trucks in South...
VW Africa laments power outages in ECape; Patel says Electricity Minister is tackling the problem
Volkswagen Group Africa (VWA) last week suffered four power outages at its Kariega plant, says VWA MD and chairperson Martina Biene. This happened while there was no loadshedding scheduled for the...
Volkswagen to invest R4bn to produce third model at Kariega plant
Volkswagen Group Africa (VWA) will invest R4-billion in its manufacturing plant in Kariega, in the Eastern Cape. The investment will be used to prepare the plant for the addition of a third model...
Millennials, Gen-Zs want cars, but are struggling to afford them – WesBank
Young South Africans, aged 35 and younger, are demonstrating a growing preference for private mobility. This is evident in recent WesBank data that shows a consistent increase over the past three...
Jaecoo launches its first cars in South Africa
China’s Jaecoo brand has launched its first vehicle in South Africa – the J7 sports-utility vehicle (SUV). Chery/Omoda & Jaecoo South Africa (SA) says the “urban off-road SUV brand” is “poised to...
Cape Town to tighten procurement process in effort to combat extortion
The City of Cape Town (CoCT) says the yearly review of its Supply Chain Management Policy proposes additional measures to reduce the risk of extortion impacting city projects. The proposed Supply...
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