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Past Issues

October 2001


Another casualty of political folly...
Now that Atlantis Diesel Engines (ADE) is no more, has anyone given a thought to the workforce who helped make it happen. It seems not writes our Cape correspondent, Stephanie Platt, after a visit to the once famous area that played host to the engine house of the South African trucking, military and agricultural industries.


Trucking the bananas...
If you think farming bananas is an idyllic existence in a sub-tropical paradise, you are dead wrong! A visit to Umbhaba Estates in Hazyview, Mpumalang by FleetWatch's Dave Scott is a real eye-opener for anyone who casually unzips a banana every day for breakfast. It also shows how trucking is the key to the success of this operation.


Shaking off the AMC dust...
Being linked by name to Afinta Motor Corporation is a bad move - as Wayne Lodder and David Robertson, co-owners of Afintapart, have found out through bitter experience. In this article, Patrick O'Leary talks to Lodder on the company's attempts to shake off its link to the AMC name.

A Fleetwatch special 

Legislation Watch
The second in our regular series of updating readers with legislation matters.


WorldWatch...
More news from around the world written exclusively for FleetWatch by Frank Beeton of Econometrix. This column is aimed at keeping our readers up to date with what is happening on the global truck stage.


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