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Coca-Cola Silent as Questions Grow Over Truck Overtaking Video

Staff Writer12 August 202617 August 2026

A video circulating on Facebook appears to show one Coca-Cola truck overtaking another Coca-Cola truck on a blind rising — a manoeuvre that raises obvious questions about road safety and…

How Jane Silberbauer Rail-Roaded Cape Town into the Future
Business & Economy Transport

How Jane Silberbauer Rail-Roaded Cape Town into the Future

Staff Writer23 July 202623 July 2026

In July 1860, a widowed editor named Jane Silberbauer used her newspaper to spark an infrastructure revolution that permanently altered the face of Cape Town. At a time when women…

Cape Tramways Fleet Evolved Through Innovation, Setbacks and Engineering Ingenuity
Cape History Transport

Cape Tramways Fleet Evolved Through Innovation, Setbacks and Engineering Ingenuity

Staff Writer20 July 202617 August 2026

CAPE TOWN — The Cape Tramways group entered a new era of public transport during the early 1950s with the introduction of underfloor-engined, straight-framed Leyland Olympic and Worldmaster buses. While…

Horizen Logistics: Delivering Confidence Across Every Journey
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Horizen Logistics: Delivering Confidence Across Every Journey

Sponsored Content20 July 202620 July 2026

In today’s fast-moving economy, dependable logistics is more than simply transporting goods from one destination to another—it is about building trust, maintaining efficiency, and ensuring every shipment arrives exactly where…

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