Bakkies take centre stage at Nampo 2026
Nampo Harvest Day near Bothaville in the Free State has always been the place where South Africa’s farming community gathers to see the latest machinery and, importantly, new bakkies.
- Industry News
- 13 May 2026
Absa Vehicle and Asset Finance recently announced the winners of the 2020 Golden Partner Awards.
For the 2020 Absa Golden Partner Awards, the bank recognised the top franchised and non-franchised dealers in the small, medium, large and mega categories.
No less than 25 dealers across the two main categories were recognised. Here is Charl Potgieter, Absa Golden Partner Programme Executive and Faisal Mkhize, Managing Executive of Absa Vehicle & Asset Finance announcing the winners.
Absa Vehicle and Asset Finance also recognised the best performing Commercial and Commercial Alliance Partners, with no less than seven winners being announced across these two categories.
The honour of announcing the best-performing commercial vehicle Golden Partner winners fell to Bongiwe Gangeni, Deputy Chief Executive: Retail and Business Bank. No less than eight dealers and companies were awarded in the Commercial Golden Partner section.
Have a look at the announcement of the Commercial Partner winners below:
The Awards was announced digitally, due to the remaining lockdown restrictions. Absa Vehicle and Asset Finance will host a special post-lockdown celebration for both the 2019 and 2020 winners as soon as this is possible.
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