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1st and 2nd June 2013 will be two days of great, crazy fun. The place to be with the whole family is Zwartkops Raceway in Centurion Tshwane for the 2013 edition of the annual Gauteng Motor Show. This year’s event is promoted by Thebe Exhibitions and Projects, a well known firm that[...]
Technology is increasingly becoming a worthwhile option in all areas of life and development, in car industries, Agriculture and in all areas of life and now, even politics. Mechanization has slowly paved way for simple automation and eventual digitization. There are minds permanently tuned and focused on ensuring that as[...]
The war of the luxury car brands in Kenya has gone a notch higher this year. In the emerging trend, the erstwhile superior brands are losing ground to new, up coming and classy competitors. The Mercedes Benz has for decades held the first position of the most treasured luxury car[...]
After a long civil war and now enjoying stability, Congo is opening up fast and it provides a ripe market for cars. However, President Joseph Kabila’s government has put into place strict requirements that importers must meet. Importing cars to DRC entails following regulations as they have been set. The[...]
Ugandan citizens just like any other in Africa’s developing countries prefer importing cars especially from Japan. The cars may be new or used hence some regulations have been put in place to manage this process. There is no age restriction for cars imported in Uganda. Both Left and Right hand[...]
I had not given it much thought until I recently met Sentwali Hakizimana along the African Union Road in Kigali, Rwanda. There’s this old mentality that the right jobs are necessarily the traditional ones; you know, engineers, doctors, lawyers ET all. But essentially the social and economic fabric is constantly[...]
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The year 2012 was loaded with events in football -remember the Euro Cup Competition in June and July joint-hosted by Poland and Ukraine? and in Africa, the Orange AFCON in January and February co-hosted by Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. In politics, the re-election of Obama to office, and in the[...]
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When global automobile manufacturers started the scramble for the African car market share early in the start of the new millennium, everyone knew that it was only a matter of time before we witnessed massive contracts being signed, now by different parties. The colossal initial investments in the continent in[...]
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Naturally there is a reason for every choice someone makes, consciously or subconsciously. In day to day activities, one might be faced with the challenge to choose the color for an item be it an attire to wear, house paint or car color for that matter. Some of the factors[...]
Subaru Forester is killing its sisters- Impreza, Legacy, Leon (if its still there) and others! And guess what, it is soon coming to South Africa! Coming to South Africa in March this year (2013) will mean more than just that. It needs to involve serious improvements, upgrading, and optimization. With[...]
