by Ashil Panday | Oct 8, 2024 | Press releases
The Automobile Association (AA) has appointed Bobby Ramagwede as its new Chief Executive Officer with effect from 1 October 2024. Ramagwede brings to the position extensive professional experience at CEO and Board level in a career spanning almost two decades. An MBA...
by Ashil Panday | Oct 3, 2024 | Press releases
Any expansion of the current Gautrain service is wasteful expenditure on a service that doesn’t service the needs of most of Gauteng’s citizens. The Automobile Association (AA) says spending billions of Rands on extending the service must seriously be reconsidered and...
by Ashil Panday | Sep 18, 2024 | Press releases
South African motorists can expect another significant fuel price reduction to kick off summer says the Automobile Association (AA). Commenting on unaudited data from the Central Energy Fund (CEF), the AA says both grades of petrol, diesel, and illuminating paraffin...
by Ashil Panday | Sep 4, 2024 | Press releases
The announcement by the Department of Transport (DoT) yesterday (SUBS:: Sunday, 1 September) on the appointment of French technology company IDEMIA Identity and Security as the preferred bidder to produce new smart driving licence cards for the country, has raised...
by Ashil Panday | Sep 2, 2024 | Press releases
More good news for South Africans on the back of data showing consumer inflation is at a three-year low, is that fuel prices across the broad will decrease in September for the fourth consecutive month in 2024. Unaudited data from the Central Energy Fund (CEF) is...
by Automobile Association of South Africa | Aug 22, 2024 | Press releases
Joint project to roll-out countrywide in coming years The Automobile Association (AA) and ChildSafe South Africa, supported by international road safety charity the FIA Foundation and its Child Health Initiative (CHI), today take a significant step towards improving...
by Ashil Panday | Jul 31, 2024 | Press releases
​ Global NCAP’s crash test protocols assess frontal and side impact protection for all models, as well as Electronic Stability Control (ESC). Pedestrian protection and side pole impact protection assessments are required for vehicles scoring the highest star ratings....
by Ashil Panday | Jul 16, 2024 | Press releases
Following two consecutive months of substantial fuel decreases, the tide appears to be turning and South Africans can expect either minor relief at the pumps in petrol prices and slight increases to diesel and paraffin prices in August. According to the Automobile...
by Ashil Panday | Jul 2, 2024 | Press releases
The finalisation of the Cabinet of National Unity by President Cyril Ramaphosa has brought certainty to the leadership of key government departments, a move welcomed by the Automobile Association (AA). The Association notes that Ms Barbara Creecy, appointed as the new...
by Ashil Panday | Jun 19, 2024 | Press releases
The small decrease in the number of fatalities on South African roads between the December 2022 and January 2023 festive period and the 2023/2024 period is commendable and signals a slight improvement in road safety efforts by authorities. However, the Automobile...
