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- 19 October 2026
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Dealer excellence was recognised at the Mahindra South Africa Dealer Conference Awards Evening, where dealerships were acknowledged for their performance across retail sales, commercial vehicles, customer satisfaction, aftersales and other areas of the business.
To turn the fortunes of a dealership around from one not firing on all its cylinders, so to speak, to one of the top five dealerships in the country and now the top Dealer of the Year, is testimony to what can be achieved with dedicated leadership.
Few can claim a bond with Mazda as deep as the Plitt family's. For more than 60 years, Mazda has been part of the family's story through Mazda Vereeniging, the oldest Mazda dealership in South Africa and a longstanding standalone representative of the brand.
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Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?
George Carlin
Technical excellence took centre stage at Ford South Africa's annual Service Engineering & Operations Skills Contest, where Brendon Jordaan of Eastern Cape Motors in Gqeberha successfully defended his title as the country's top Ford technician.
Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa (Manufacturing) (Pty) Limited has a new voice for its vehicles. Geoff Lourens joined the company as Product Communications Manager, effective 1 October.
South Africa’s broken public transport network has become an engine of economic exclusion, forcing working-class households to spend up to 45% of their monthly income just to get to work.
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