Children travelling to and from school in communities adjacent to the N4 highway will now be safer during their commute. This is due to the ‘Safe to School’ project launched by the Bakwena Platinum Corridor Concessionaire. Charmaine van Wyk,...
The Driver Information Bureau (DIB) recently completed a study on a fleet of 200 drivers. The DIB wanted to figure out which drivers were causing unnecessary costs in a long haul fleet and put a cost to everything it could, including what a...
A serious situation has developed at the Kasambulesa Border Post between Zambia and the DRC. Over the past 6 months there have been several blockades of the border by disgruntled drivers. As management, we have to sympathise with their grievances....
An epic 45 day 11 000 km trip promoting road safety within Southern Africa culminated in the team of international drivers meeting the media in Midrand hours before flying back to Italy. The Daily4Africa road show saw two Iveco Daily 4×4...
In a concerted effort to make South Africa’s roads safe, 910 248 vehicles were stopped and checked by law enforcement officers across the country during the month May 2013. This forms part of the National Rolling Enforcement Plan (NREP) and during...
Significant fuel savings of more than 5% in test runs in the Eastern Cape have been achieved by two Mercedes-Benz Actros 6×4 truck-tractors, fitted with the latest Mercedes-Benz RT440 hypoid rear axles as standard. What makes this saving...
“The average South African road user is 32 times more likely to die in a traffic crash than the average United Kingdom citizen,” says Rob Handfield-Jones, MD of driving.co.za. “This is only one reason as to why driver training in South Africa...
Drivers and transport companies pay bribes totalling Sh570,775 every month to speed up passage of their goods through customs and road checks, according to a survey by Transparency International. The bribes paid to revenue, police, immigration,...
The wage talks currently taking place between the Road Freight Employers’ Association (RFEA) and four transport unions are at a stalemate as no agreement can be reached. Catherine Larkin of the RFEA says that after two days of negotiations,...
