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FRSC Begins Enforcement of Speed Limiters October 1

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said Wednesday that it would commence the enforcement of speed limiters on all commercial vehicles operating in the country on October 1. FRSC Corps Marshal, Dr. Boboye Oyeyemi, disclosed this while meeting with stakeholders from relevant government agencies and road transport unions in Abuja, ...

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Tiger Wheel & Tyre plans road safety workshop to empower women

Though August 9th is Women’s Day in South Africa, Tiger Wheel & Tyre is declaring August “Women’s Month” and will celebrate women in style on Saturday, 20 August with a free “Road Safety” workshop to held at 20 stores across the country. To do justice to the workshop, the leading ...

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VWSA celebrates its women with ‘15 Women, 30 Lives, 60 Years’ campaign

Tuesday, August 9, 2016 marks the 60th anniversary of the 1956 women’s march on the Union Buildings in Pretoria to protest against the implementation of the pass laws. In commemoration of the day, VWSA is launching the 15 Women, 30 Lives, 60 Years campaign, to celebrate 15 of the many women who work for ...

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Volvo Car South Africa opens first full VRE dealership

   Volvo Car South Africa has opened the first fully-compliant Volvo Retail Experience (VRE) dealership in South Africa. Located in Bedfordview, Johannesburg, the all-new Volvo Cars  facility reflects from-the-ground-up, completely-new look and feel for a Volvo Cars dealership in South Africa, as part of the global roll-out of VRE. Inspired by Swedish ...

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Mercedes-Benz records best ever July unit sales

. Mercedes-Benz said, at the weekend, that it has recorded its best ever July unit sales and has started the third quarter very successfully. In a statement issued in Stuttgart, Germany, the luxury carmaker disclosed that in July, 163,770 Mercedes-Benz vehicles were handed over to customers all over the world, ...

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Continental Tyre West Africa re-launches ContiPartner in Ghana

Continental Tyre West Africa, which currently distributes passenger and commercial vehicle tyres in Ghana and across the West African sub-region, has officially re-launched its retail concept, ContiPartner , through one of its selected partners, Rainbow Motor Workshop and Engineering, in Accra, the Ghanaian capital. With the re-launch, the Rainbow Motor’s ...

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Ghana: Winners emerge in Ford College Community Challenge

Two proposals from the Enactus teams at the Catholic University College of Ghana and Valley View University have won the 2016 Ford College Community Challenge (C3) grants, which is part of Ford Motor Company’s expanding charity presence in Africa. This came as national champion teams begin preparations for the prestigious ...

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Kia Motors posts 5.4% rise in global sales in July

Kia Motors Corporation on Friday announced its July 2016 global sales figures (export sales, domestic sales and sales from overseas plants) for passenger cars, recreational vehicles (RVs) and commercial vehicles, recording a total of 242,758 units sold. This figure, according to a statement issued in Seoul, represents a 5.4% year-on-year ...

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Excitement as Ford launches Driving Skills For Life Programme in Nigeria

  Kirkby, addressing NAJA members at the launch  From left: Odiboh, Kintum, Babarinde, Kirkby and the Chief Executive Officer, Automedics, Kunle Sonaike, at the ceremony     The global Ford Driving Skills for Life (DSFL) programme has been launched in Nigeria amid great excitement. The Training Director, DSFL, Ford Motor ...

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FG, Innoson plan joint youth empowerment programme

President Muhammadu Buhari’s youth entrepreneurship and skill acquisition programme is on the verge of receiving yet another boost from the private sector following a recent meeting between Innoson Group and the Ministry of Labour and Employment in Abuja. Innoson Group, which owns automobile and motorcycle assembly plants in Nnewi and ...

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