SOUTH AFRICA

Jacques Viljoen has been appointed as National Director of the South African Motor Body Repairers’  Association (SAMBRA), effective 1 May 2023. A qualified attorney and labour practitioner, Viljoen is no stranger to the Retail Motor Industry Organisation, having first joined the RMI in 2016 as an Industrial Relations Specialist. In ...

Winter is almost here and already we are starting to see the sun coming up later and setting earlier.  Coupled with longer hours of darkness, we now also have rigorous load shedding schedules to deal with. For motorists travelling to and from work, the combination can be treacherous. Making sure ...

Nine Shelbys Fill the Podium, Including Two Overall Victories After three full days of riveting motorsport action at the 13th running of the Simola Hillclimb, both Ford and Shelby South Africa came away with silverware, and in some classes the overall win.  Lindenberg Racing, who have participated in the event ...

Stellantis Middle East and Africa (MEA) flaunts its key Full Year 2022 results and showed its progress in implementing the Company’s Dare Forward 2030 ambitious strategic plan for the coming decade, a plan that will drive the Company to leadership in market share, customer experience and energy transition. In September ...

Volkswagen hosted the inaugural VW Vaya Cup tournament (formerly known as the Junior Masters), which provides an opportunity for young soccer players to display their talent in a highly competitive tournament. The tournament attracted 24 teams, with the girls’ team from Bidvest McCarthy VW Constantia and the boys’ team from Lindsay ...

Being involved in an accident, even a minor bumper bashing, can be a massive inconvenience if your car needs to go in for repairs. The last thing you want is to get your vehicle back and you’ve been caught out with a second-rate paint restoration job. Charles Canning, chairperson of ...

Launched by the Chery Group, OMODA is the product of a clean-slate approach by the group’s designers, engineers and technicians. Nothing was sacred, no holds were barred, and every idea was considered. This fresh approach is also captured in the name OMODA. As a global model, the name of “OMODA” was ...

Climate Change Threatens the Well-being of South African Children   In South Africa, children and young people face a grave and often overlooked threat from the devastating impacts of climate change. According to a recent report by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), titled The Climate Crisis Is a Child’s ...

The Suzuki Swift Sport is heading back to Johannesburg from Knysna with Simola Hillclimb silverware on board. On Sunday, two of the three Suzuki Swift Sport models that competed in the 2023 Simola Hillclimb fought their way into the class final and onto the class podium. The cars competed in ...

The first day of the King of the Hill challenge at the 2023 Simola Hillclimb was wrapped up in spectacular fashion, with a mix of established favourites and new contenders delivering an enthralling battle for the spectators and international livestream viewers. In the Single Seater and Sports Prototypes category, Andre ...