Petrol hike to come into effect today

Pretoria – Motorists are bracing themselves as the massive 54 cents a litre petrol hike comes into effect at midnight tonight.

All grades of petrol will go up as of Wednesday, following on last month’s 43 cents a litre increase.

In February, the petrol price rose by 26 cents a litre across

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NW terminates road construction contract

Pretoria – The North West Department of Public Works, Roads and Transport has terminated a road construction contract worth R208 million.

“We have fired Kaulani Civils (Pty) Limited, the company contracted to construct the road between Koster and Lichtenburg, for non- performance and failure to

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March vehicle sales show improvement

Pretoria – Vehicle sales continued registering strong gains in March, surging by 22.8 percent year-on-year, says the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of SA (NAAMSA).

Aggregate industry domestic sales improved by 22.9 percent to 53 478 vehicles from 43 541 units sold during March

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Limpopo to spend R452m on preventative road maintenance

Polokwane – An amount of R452 million will be spent over the next year on the preventative maintenance of Limpopo’s roads.

Roads and Transport MEC Pinky Kekana told the provincial legislature this week that her department had already identified 32 roads projects across the province.

“It is g

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GP an attractive automotive investment destination

Pretoria – Delegates at Gauteng’s Investor Conference have described the province as a compelling automotive investment destination.

Industry stakeholders, economists and the Gauteng provincial government cast the spotlight on automotive investment in the province today as part of the internati

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More police visibility on the roads

Pretoria – Drunk drivers and motorists who don’t obey traffic rules have been warned: there will be more traffic police visibility in all the country’s national road network starting from this coming Easter long weekend.

On Tuesday, Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele unleashed into the traff

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‘Obey the rules of the road this long weekend’

Pretoria – Transport Minister Sbusiso Ndebele has called on road users to obey the rules of the road this upcoming long weekend.

The nation celebrates Human Rights Day on Monday, 21 March, which is a public holiday.

“We call upon all road users to obey all rules and exercise human rights on

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Fuel to increase by whopping 54 cents

Pretoria – Petrol prices are set to hit motorists hard when they increase by 54 cents a litre next Wednesday.

As of 6 April, all grades of petrol will increase by 54 cents, while the diesel price will rise by between 69.4 cents and 70.4 cents a litre.

April’s increases follows the 43 cent

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