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Tackling
the credit crisis head-on...
DESPITE THE IMPLEMENTATION of the National Credit Act in June
2007 which effectively harnessed reckless lending in South Africa,
the impact of the global economic meltdown has resulted in credit
criteria in the local banking sector becoming even more stringent. |
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Weight
saver...
THURSDAY 19 MARCH saw
an exciting unveiling from Serco at Automechanika. The company
launched its new Super Reefer Lite trailer, approximately one ton
lighter than the standard reefer. |
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SKILLS
UPDATE
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Kabelo
Sebetlela (21), a former
mechanical engineering student at the University of Pretoria,
jetted off to Germany this month after being awarded a 4-year
scholarship by Mercedes-Benz South Africa to complete his
mechanical engineering degree at the University of Karlsruhe’s
Carl Benz School of Engineering in Germany. The Karlsruhe
Scholarship Programme has been running in collaboration with MBSA
and its parent company in Germany, Daimler AG, for the past nine
years. The programme has produced eight qualified mechanical
engineering graduates who are all permanent employees at MBSA’s
manufacturing plant in East London. Well done MBSA. It’s good to
see companies growing our local talent. |
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SWAZI
BORDER
goes
24/7 |
The border crossing between
Mozambique and Swaziland will remain open for 24 hours a day from
December this year until after the 2010 football world cup. While
the objective is to take advantage of an expected inflow of
tourists to the SADC (Southern African Development Community)
region in 2010, such a move will definitely speed up freight
movement between the two countries. |
Smart-Phone
boosts fleet...
AS THE GLOBAL financial crisis
deepens, business growth in general seems an unlikely prospect for
most industry sectors. The South African commercial transport
industry is no exception and fleet owners will have to invest in
technologies that help streamline their operations in order to
maximise profit margins says Mike Van der Merwe, director of
Success-Meridian, a specialised fleet management systems provider
based in Gauteng. |
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Giving
back to the children...
The issue of HIV&AIDS has always been one that is close to the
heart of FleetWatch, and in line with this the magazine
decided that in 2008, instead of giving Christmas gifts to
corporate clients, we would give an AIDS home, Sparrow Village,
the money that would otherwise be spent on the clients’ behalf. |
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'Going
for it' pays off for DigiCore...
WHILE MOST COMPANIES have cut marketing budgets in the wake
of the global economic crisis, DigiCore Holdings continues to take
the bull by the horns by projecting itself dynamically to its
markets – with great positive results for itself and for South
Africa. |
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Nissan
Diesel launches new UD 350 KT...
Nissan Diesel South Africa has launched the latest model in its
Quon extra heavy truck range, the UD 350 KT 4x2 truck tractor. |
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Training
for excellence...
MASSIVE BACKLOGS IN licensing
departments across the country are the biggest single challenge
facing truck driver training institutions in South Africa. |
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