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Tuesday, May 27, 2025

About those beached whales…

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Mystery surrounds the beaching of 11 long-finned pilot whales at Farewell Spit beach in New Zealand on February 11, 2017. Photo: Marty Melvi...
Monday, March 31, 2025

How To Steal a City - review

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Published in 2017 by Johathan Ball Publishers Durban-born government fixer and author Crispian Olver is the kind of guy that does the right ...
Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Zuma's MK party dead by 2026

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In Africa, only the group survives through constant co-operation. Any planner needs to know Africa's law: Loners Get Eaten. 
Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Daimler electrics now in South Africa

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Daimler's battery powered trucks have already impressed Australian fleet buyers with a 300 km range.   Daimler is the latest company to ...
Wednesday, May 1, 2024

Africa's race towards e-mobility

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Africa's many entrepreneurs stand to benefit most from China's excesses. ( Photo: Newslex Media ). Africa’s transport sector will be...
Thursday, March 21, 2024

Easter – when wise drivers stay off the roads

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It is that time of the year again, when wise truck drivers stay off the roads to make way for Easter’s annual wave of impatient holidaymaker...
Monday, March 11, 2024

US and China not good places to be a driver

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Despite a slew of reality truck shows portaying a rosy scene, driving jobs in the US still  still see a 100%-300% turnover each year. Truck ...
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Alwyn Viljoen
Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Alwyn is a transport and travel writer who equally enjoys meshing the cogs of a 13-speed ZF-crashbox or flicking the gear paddles in a GT-R. The only New Year's resolution he ever kept was to cut his travels by 6,000 kms - per month (Jan 1, 2007).
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