TV’s Neo M Matsunyane is a superbiker and finds he has more fun behind the camera than in front of it.
Determined engineer Sean Thomas’s green dream of a biogas plant in Bronkhorstspruit is paying off after years of delays.
Now is an exciting time for cars and scents, because we can harness smell to tell a story about the beliefs of a brand, writes Tammy Violet Frazer.
Industry body Seifsa is said to be meeting with Numsa on Wednesday morning to discuss a wage agreement.
SA’s biggest metals union is verging on a wage agreement with employers one week after embarking upon a strike, the department of labour says.
Efficiency is in, waste out. The Mail & Guardian takes a look a look at why the motor-vehicle industry is causing the state’s headache.
Anger towards unions is misplaced. Blame the strikes on the ANC’s abandonment of the left.
Mercedes Benz plans to push ahead with a R3-billion investment plan, despite other car makers’ concerns over labour instability.
BMW has lost 13 000 cars in production, missed supply targets and taken a decision to stop expansion into South Africa following the four-week strike.
The IMF’s report highlights more than just labour issues as faults in our economy.
Drivers have expressed anger as BMW faces huge lag times in replacing parts due to a new supply-management system at its central warehouse.
Car-maker Daimler has brought in a "foreigner quota" to ensure that more non-Germans reach management positions.
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/ 20 February 2012
BMW will invest R2.2-bn in the economy with a new vehicle series — indicating a "vote of confidence" from the private sector, says Ebrahim Patel.
BMW South Africa says about 3 350 customers in South Africa will be affected by a worldwide Mini Cooper S and Mini John Cooper Works models recall.
A lot still needs to happen in the alternative fuels vehicle market before sales figures start to rise.
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/ 13 January 2012
UK-based carmakers making a fortune from emerging markets’ penchant for luxury vehicles.
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/ 8 November 2011
The BMW 1-series was always a "Marmite car"; you either loved it or hated it. But it still hit a high note with consumers. So what about the new one?
In her long-term test of the BMW 530d, <b>Sukasha Singh</b> finds herself questioning life, the universe and everything.
<b>Sukasha Singh</b> explains why she thinks the BMW 530d deserves its Car of the Year title — along with the VW Polo 1.6 TDI.
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/ 17 November 2010
The new BMW 5 Series could well be the best of its type. The problem for <strong>Steve Smith</strong> is the type.
Why, wonders <b>Steve Smith</b>, would one buy a burger that’s also a pizza … or a BMW 5-Series GT?
The new generation of electric cars is going further than ever before — or so current thinking goes, writes <em>Martin Love</em>.
Less than 3 000 posts have been spared so far, despite government pumping R2.4‑billion into training layoff scheme.
At a time when just about every vehicle manufacturer in SA is downsizing its workforce, BMW has announced a R2,2-billion investment.
The BMW-Sauber team hopes to be able to continue in Formula One in some guise despite the the German carmaker’s withdrawal from the sport.
German car manufacturer BMW announced on Wednesday that they will pull out of Formula One at the end of this season.
… but many make their livelihoods there. Faranaaz Parker, Qudsiya Karrim and Percy Mabandu report.
The European Investment Bank’s statutes state that its outstanding loans portfolio cannot exceed 250% of its capital.
The new 7-Series — like any car in this class — is a barge and there’s only so much you can do to make a barge pretty.
Lloyd Gedye takes a tour of BMW’s Munich research and development laboratory.
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/ 15 December 2008
To a casual observer, it looks no different from a standard modern Mini, the British classic reimagined, to great plaudits, by BMW.
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/ 3 December 2008
To a casual observer, it looks no different from a modern Mini. But look closer and there’s something different about the Mini E.