Following on the success of its Car-of-the-Year Polo 1.4 TDI, Volkswagen South Africa has launched a new Polo flagship in the form of the 1.9 TDI. The 1.9TDI produces 74kW at 4 000 rpm and a maximum torque output of 240Nm.
BMW has slotted a third model into its four cylinder K1200 motorcycle range. The new machine, designated the K1200 GT, offers better comfort and improved weather protection than the RS without gaining the bulk of the LT.
Thanks to the valuable credits earned by Toyota’s Corolla export program, the company’s now in a far better position to price its imports keenly, and the newly arrived RX300 is the first Lexus badged vehicle that can justifiably be called a bargain in South Africa. At R462 695 it’s not cheap, but it’s exquisitely built and a fair bit cheaper than the German opposition it’s taking a tilt at.
South Africa joined a dramatic international hunt for an Uruguayan fishing vessel yesterday which is believed to have illegally poached millions of pounds worth of rare Patagonian toothfish in Australian waters.
Judging from the occasional glimpses I’ve had of the adverts on TV whenever I’ve bothered looking in that direction, it would appear to be the crass commercial scam period known loosely as ‘Christmas’ – a time of being manipulated into buying crap you don’t need, under the guise of goodwill to all.
Despite what the brain dead moron who was supposedly a teacher may have inculcated in you — history is a fascinating field of study. Often the last thing any political system wants is for people to have a clear idea of how they happen to be where they are.
A drawback to daily news is that it rarely allows for any kind of in-depth overview to emerge. And there’s a tendency in the media to simply ‘report’ and rarely explain. So here’s a glimpse of a world that needs a vigorous scrubbing with a wirebrush and Detol.
Over the next 10 to 15 years more than five million HIV-positive South Africans will die from the consequences of HIV/Aids unless treated. This is our very own holocaust. However, providing anti-retrovirals for this number of people is a daunting prospect.
It is surprising that the proposed amendments to the Skills Development Act have elicited almost no public debate, despite the harsh criticism levelled at the sector education and training authorities (Setas) over the past year.
The navy is champing at the bit to make good on Mbeki’s promise to send troops to Liberia. Military experts, however, say SA is at full stretch, or even overextended, with its military commitments to peacekeeping in Burundi and the DRC.