Earlier today MEC for Transport, Community Safety and Liaison, Mxolisi Kaunda was on site to inspect the damage caused when 18 trucks were set alight at the Mooi River Toll Plaza. MEC Kaunda, accompanied by members of the Road Traffic Inspectorate, also met with the affected truck drivers at the […]
Month: April 2018
Gauteng: Truck and car collide, two injured on the Golden Highway in Vanderbijlpark
At approximately 08:53am Netcare 911 responded to an accident on the Golden Highway in Vanderbijlpark, Gauteng. On arrival on the scene Netcare 911 and other emergency medical services found a truck and a vehicle had been involved in a collision. Paramedics attended to a 45-year-old female from the vehicle who […]
We’re looking for South Africa’s 2018 Highway Hero
Who is the very best truck driver in South Africa? That is the fundamental question the Hollard Highway Heroes competition seeks to answer – and then reward the overall winner with prizes worth a whopping R100 000. “All too often, trucks and their drivers are seen as a nuisance on […]
Truck crash 5km out of Harrismith direction Van Reenen.
A multiple-vehicle crash this evening on the N3, 5 km out of Harrismith direction Van Reenen. 2 Trucks and a car involved. 1 Critically injured was treated and transported to hospital. No Emer-G-Med Truck crash 5km out of Harrismith direction Van Reenen https://t.co/y8TzL8lMsT #ArriveAlive @EMER_G_MED @N3Route @TruckAndFreight pic.twitter.com/MdkiSCgEPS — Arrive […]
Bakkie rear-ends truck leaving one dead, another critical on the Verena Road in Witbank, Mpumalanga.
One man was killed and another critically injured when a bakkie rear-ended a truck on the Verena Road in Witbank, Mpumalanga. ER24 paramedics, along with other services, arrived on the scene to find the bakkie and truck parked on the side of the road. Upon closer inspection, paramedics found two […]
Bakery truck robbed on N2 near Jeffreys Bay
Jeffreys Bay: A bakery truck was robbed of cash after two men armed with firearms driving a Hyundai Accent forced it off the road on N2 near Jeffreys Bay today. On Friday, 27 April 2018 around 05:00, a driver of a bakery truck and his assistant alleged that while driving […]
Truck rollover in early hours blocks both lanes on N3 past the Lions River offramp
KwaZulu-Natal: At 02H54 Thursday morning Netcare 911 responded to reports of a collision on the N3 West bound direction Johannesburg approximately five kilometres passed the Lions River offramp. Reports from the scene indicate that the driver of a heavy motor vehicle lost control causing the truck to overturn blocked both […]
Three injured as truck and car collide on Alexander Road in Westmead
Three people have been injured two critically so after a Truck and a vehicle collided on Alexander Road in Westmead on Wednesday afternoon. Just after 1pm Rescue Care Paramedics arrived on the scene to find chaos. A truck and a vehicle had collided in a T Bone Format. Two occupants […]
South Africa: Somewhere over the rainbow
Euler Hermes publishes its Q1 2018 country and sector risk ratings, a report helping decision makers to trade internationally, and positions South Africa as a medium risk country poised for GDP growth with 2% 2018 and 2.5% in 2019 Constructions and metals are the riskiest sectors in 2018. The pharmaceutical industry […]
HAVAL is on the Move!
The eagle-eyed and inquisitive might have noticed a flurry of activity around Haval and GWM’s massive parts warehouse in Durban – what with loaded trucks leaving the premises, signaling “good-bye” to this facility. A facility that has done sterling duty for over a decade. And – before we go any […]