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This Heritage Month, AutoX celebrates a proud South African manufacturing legacy that spans generations and continues to grow. Heritage is usually associated with the places, traditions and stories that connect us to our past. But it also lives in the…

Gaborone, Botswana, 31 July 2026 - Just weeks after the upgrade and re-launch of Xpress Batteries, the specialist battery retail service brand is expanding its footprint with the opening of a new store in Gaborone, Botswana. The Gaborone store is…

For many South Africans, the middle of the year is simply another point on the calendar. Fleets continue operating, deliveries must be completed, farmers prepare for changing seasons, and families carry on with their daily routines. Yet from a vehicle…

South Africa has one of the highest road fatality rates in the world. Every year, thousands of lives are lost and many more people are injured. While speeding, distracted driving and poor road conditions are often highlighted, the condition of…

Across Africa, businesses are facing increasing pressure to secure reliable and sustainable sources of power. Rising electricity costs, unstable supply and the operational impact of downtime have shifted energy from a utility concern to a core business priority. For many…

The smell hits you long before you see anything. Burning rubber. Racing fuel. Hot metal. The unmistakable perfume of mechanical excess hanging over the Gauteng winter air. From the full parking area, you can already hear it too: the high-pitched…

For most South Africans, loadshedding and cable theft is an inconvenience. For the Du Toit family, it can mean the difference between life and death. But if there’s one thing that adversity teaches us, it’s that South Africans will always…

Willard Batteries once again reaffirmed its long-standing commitment to South Africa’s agricultural sector through its strong presence at NAMPO 2026, the largest open-air agricultural exhibition in the Southern Hemisphere. Held at NAMPO Park outside Bothaville from 12–15 May, this year’s…

Waterval-Boven, or Emgwenya, “the place of the crocodile,” is one of those South African towns you could miss in the blink of an eye. Driving the N4 from Gauteng to Nelspruit, it takes no more than three distracted minutes to…

Willard Batteries, in partnership with Food & Trees for Africa (FTFA), is strengthening its legacy of community upliftment and environmental stewardship through two school tree-planting initiatives held just days apart. On 4 September, the team collaborated with educators and learners…