When GWM first debuted on the South African market 10 years ago – time flies, doesn’t it? – It comprehensively and crushingly redefined the term “value for money.” Indeed, while the naysayers might have initially muttered darkly about this then-unknown Chinese brand, in the space of a decade GWM (now […]
06 July 2017 – Supply chain has become one of the key strategic hubs of many companies’ activities; business is now conducted in a world where players as far away as Turkey and China are able to compete with a South African company successfully in terms of price when moving […]
Hino South Africa and its 66 dealers have notched up their 10th consecutive quarter as the top-ranked truck brand in South Africa in terms of the Scott Byers Comparative Customer Satisfaction Monitor. It has not only been top in the combined score for 10 quarters, but has also been top in […]
Forensic investigations are still trying to establish the exact number of people who have sadly lost their lives in a crash involving three trucks on the N3 near Estcourt. One of the trucks caught alight after the crash, leaving the N3 southbound lane near the Loskop off-ramp, closed to traffic. […]
“Two Bar” is the fitting nickname for Namlog’s Hino 500-Series 1324 freight carrier that has covered more than 2.3-million kilometers since it was purchased new in 2009. It certainly carries its age well and does not look like a truck that has covered a distance equal to going around the […]
Hino, already the pace-setter for after-sales service in the South African truck market, has just clinched both the parts and service categories in the Hino International Parts and Service Distributor of the Year contest for the second consecutive year. The main aim of Hino Motors Ltd, when it instituted this […]
Hino Knights are an elite group within the dealer sales force who are not only excellent salespeople but are also those who make a meaningful contribution to the community as well as to the dealer for whom they work. The Knights’ programme for Hino dealers was launched in 2011 and […]
Fleet of 600 vehicles to be upgraded with innovative fleet management solution Glencore, one of the world’s largest global diversified natural resource companies and a major producer and marketer of more than 90 commodities, located in over 50 countries, has awarded a three-year contract extension to vehicle tracking and fleet […]
Team of researchers at Daimler AG examines the effects of additional light on the mental state and performance of truck drivers in a series of “Daylight+” experiments Road trials and numerous tests were conducted in the Arctic Circle’s winter darkness Firm conclusions based on scientific criteria about the influence of the […]
March 30, 2017: Corporate social investment in the South African context is predominantly driven by an outdated and unsustainable hand-out approach, but some companies have begun to move towards the concept of shared value – where the benefit is created not just for the business or for the community, but […]
