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- Industry News
- 2 April 2026
Isuzu South Africa recently held its annual awards ceremony where dealerships were recognised for their achievements during 2022.
The ceremony covered five different categories: Top Volume Dealer, Dealer of the Year, Department of the Year, New Dealer Recognition and Long Service Awards. A distinction is also made in some categories between Light Commercial Vehicles (LCVs) & Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs) on the one side and Commercial Vehicles (CVs) on the other.
The winners in the different categories were:
LCV – Williams Hunt Midrand.
CV – Isuzu Truck Centre (ITC) Midrand.
LCV Mega – Key Pinetown.
LCV Large – Meyers East London.
LCV Medium – Jacksons Queenstown.
LCV Small – CAT Motors.
CV Large - ITC Midrand.
Sales LCV/SUV: Reeds N1 City (Mega), Meyers East London (Large), NTT Newcastle (Medium) and Kelston Isuzu Makhanda (Grahamstown - Small).
Sales CV: ITC Midrand (Large), Bates Motors Shelly Beach (Medium) and Jacksons Komani (Queenstown - Small).
Service LCV/SUV: Key Durban (Mega & Large) and Hi-Way Motors (Medium & Small).
Service CV: Key Pinetown Truck Centre (Large) and Kelston Isuzu (Small).
Parts LCV/SUV: Isuzu Bloemfontein (Mega & Large) and Johnstones Kokstad (Medium & Small).
F&I LCV: Johnstones Kokstad (Small) and Key Durban (Mega).
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