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Cannonballing – the African style

  In tribute to Burt Reynolds, the lead in the original 1981 movie, The Cannonball Run, who passed away in 2018, the Cannonballers gathered on a fine morning on Friday 18 September 2020 at Zwartkops Raceway in South Africa  for the annual running of the Round Table Cannonball Run Africa. ...

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Thrilling Total Agri 400 delivers good results for Ford Castrol cross country team

  The Ford Castrol Cross Country Team emerged with a solid tally of championship points after a dry and dusty but thrilling Total Agri 400, staged at NAMPO Park near Bothaville in the Free State last  weekend (18 and 19 September). As a new event on the South African Cross ...

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New Golf 8 GTI to finally take on the competition in SA’s premier series

This is the moment that South African motorsport fans have been waiting for; not only will South Africa’s premier circuit racing series, the Global Touring Cars (GTC) finally get underway, but Volkswagen’s brand new Golf 8 GTI take on the competition around the Red Star Raceway near Delmas. The tough ...

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Global focus on my car my data

    As the automotive aftermarket struggles to regain momentum, members of the Global Right to Repair Global Coalition met this month to get feedback from the member nations who share common issues and challenges. Member associations include MIWA South Africa, R2R South Africa, AUTO CARE Association United States, AAIA ...

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Mzansi Edge: Kingsley Holgate and the New Defender hit the road again

Watch an emotive father and son video featuring the new Defender HERE With the easing of travel restrictions within South Africa, the continent’s most experienced expedition team is beginning an exciting new adventure, this time to track the outline of Mzansi. The journey will give the Kingsley Holgate Foundation its first ...

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More emphasis needed on keeping jobs

In spite of the various instruments which government has put in place to kick start the economy, the big challenge is still how we retain employment, as opposed to just using the temporary TERS programme, which will come to an end soon. Moeketsi Marumo, an associate director at Cova Advisory, ...

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Ford launches new wheel and tyre facility at Silverton Assembly Plant

Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa (FMCSA) has launched a new Wheel and Tyre Facility at its Silverton Assembly Plant in Pretoria as part of its ongoing drive to improve production efficiencies and capacity. The Silverton Assembly Plant produces the Ranger pickup and Everest sport utility vehicle (SUV) for domestic sales ...

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Isuzu responds to farmers in need

Supporting communities who are affected by natural disasters is a key pillar guiding Isuzu Motors South Africa’s (IMSA) corporate social responsibility initiatives. To this end, IMSA recently responded to Farmers Assist South Africa’s (Boerehulp Suid-Afrika) initiative to provide aid to farmers and farming communities in areas which have been adversely ...

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Sheldon van der Linde makes history for BMW, emerges first South African to win a DTM race

Sheldon van der Linde ( RSA, Shell BMW M4 DTM) made history with the first DTM win of his career and the first DTM victory for a South African in Sunday’s race at Assen (NED). The BMW Team RBM driver utilised the rain and the difficult track conditions and, thanks to ...

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