Volkswagen plans to launch a new line of trucks in 2021, the VW Meteor which is based on the MAN TGX. The VW Meteor models will be sold in three configurations: 28-460 6 × 2, 29-460 6 × 4 and 29-520 6 × 4. Unfortunately, the new VW truck is only available for the South […]
A truck driver died and another person was critically injured when two cars and a truck collided in Boksburg on Thursday night. Following the collision, the truck left the road and crashed into a boundary wall and caught fire trapping the driver inside. Netcare 911’s Shawn Herbst said that paramedics responded to reports of the
Bulk Connections has introduced a truck booking system and a staging area at Durban’s Old Airport south of Durban. This, as a measure to ease congestion on the Bayhead Road which has been caused by trucks to and from the bulk storage facility. In a communique sent out to its clients, Bulk Connections wrote; As
A truck driver has lost his life after losing control of his truck and crashing into the centre brrier on the N1 in Midrand this morning. Netcare 911 responded to reports of a collision on the N1 Northbound before the Allendale offramp in Vorna Valley Midrand at around 05h48. Reports from the scene indicate that
Traffic has been severely affected on R511 in the North West by an Eskom abnormal load which is blocking the road. The road train consisting of four rigs is more than 100m long. A video of the massive abnormal load was sent to us by a motorist warning of huge traffic disruptions. The road train
Three suspected truck hijackers have been arrested after they were caught offloading washing powder from a truck in Katlehong on Friday morning. The truck had been hijacked last night. Katlehong Crime Prevention officers pounced on the suspects after receiving information from the owner about the whereabouts of the truck. On arrival, the police found three
It’s situations like these that truck drivers are always reminded to be alert and aware of their surroundings. Add, do not overspeed to that, and you will understand why this accident even happened. If you forget that you are loaded meaning you need a longer distance to stop then you are doomed. The road is
Traffic was severely affected on Neptune Road, near Coega, Port Elizabeth following an accident between a tipper truck and an abnormal length truck on Monday afternoon. According to witnesses at the scene, a yellow tipper truck crashed into the tip of a wind turbine blade loaded on the abnormal truck causing it to tip over.
Durban – More than 350 angry local truck drivers went on the rampage on the N2 highway near the old Durban airport yesterday, stoning trucks and disrupting traffic, protesting against the hiring of foreign nationals, The Mercury has reported. They have vowed to continue the protest action until employers give them an undertaking that no
PORT ELIZABETH – Joint operations held between the SAPS and the traffic authorities led to the arrest of a 40-year-old truck driver in Kinklebos on Thursday morning. It is alleged that at about 11h00, SAPS Kinklebos members and the traffic officials were at the Kinklebos traffic weighbridge when they stopped a truck and a silver
