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With adventures and exploits reminiscent of Jules Verne’s 1872 novel ‘Around the world in 80 days’, the renowned Kingsley Holgate explorer team has completed its Mzansi Edge Expedition to track the outline of South Africa by Land Rover and mountain bike, delivering over 250,000 nutritious meals to families in need ...

The “connected car” has the entire automotive industry buzzing – and rightly so, says Dewald Ranft, Chairman of the Motor Industry Workshop Association (MIWA). “Connected, automated (and later autonomous) cars are set to revolutionise the entire automobile industry,” he says. “A huge amount of data is generated in connected cars ...

How Nissan’s ever-evolving electric car spearheaded the world’s transition to sustainable mobility. Nissan is celebrating 10 years of the all-electric LEAF, the world’s first mass-market electric vehicle (EV). The pioneering LEAF hit the roads in December 2010. First sold in Japan, Europe and America, it’s now driven in 59 markets. Customers ...

The outlook for the South African economy is bleak and a post COVID-19 recovery will take as long as five years and by that time the local economy will be 8% smaller than it was pre-pandemic. This according to Jeff Gable, the head of Fixed Income Currency (FIC) research at ...

‘Ensuring the sustainability of their industrialization is, therefore, not just a matter of choice but of necessity for African countries.’ By Dr. Henok Asmelash Three decades have passed since the UN General Assembly proclaimed 20 November ‘Africa Industrialization Day’, but Africa’s quest for industrialization remains elusive. The limited progress in industrial development has ...

  Battery electric vehicles (BEVs) are poised to be the future of the auto industry, according to a new report. Looking toward the future of BEVs, the new report from Lux Research, “Electric Vehicle Lightweighting 2030 ,” analyses the future of vehicle lightweighting and necessary BEV success factors over the next ...

  The link between traffic congestion and increased stress levels has long been established and reported in studies like the IBM Commuter Pain Index.   Despite traditional methods that can be recommended to combat the stress linked to traffic congestion,  on the International Stress Awareness Day marked on Wednesday, 4 ...

The loans and underwriting provided by some of the world’s largest banks to companies operating in economic sectors which governments and scientists agree are the primary drivers of biodiversity destruction have been quantified for the first time. A new report, Bankrolling Extinction, finds that over the course of 2019, 50 ...

  To follow Friday’s debut of the New 500 to the Italian press, the FCA Group is opening the doors of its historic Mirafiori plant in Turin, where, every day, the women and men of FCA create this gem of technology, now ready to revolutionize tomorrow’s world ofmobility with its ...

Relying on guidance from historical returns is the number one investment mistake made by millionaires, reveals a new global survey. The survey was carried out by deVere Group, one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory and fintech organisations, and queried 752 investors with investable assets of more than £1m (or the ...