by Ashil Panday | Nov 21, 2024 | Blogs
Every year, 1.19 million people lose their lives on the world’s roads. More than half of these fatalities involve pedestrians, cyclists, and other vulnerable road users. Each life lost is one life too many. The World Day of Remembrance (WDoR) for road...
by Ashil Panday | Nov 19, 2024 | Press releases
South African motorists can expect a mixed bag of fuel price adjustments in December. The Automobile Association (AA) says current unaudited data from the Central Energy Fund (CEF) indicate a slight reduction in petrol prices, and more substantial increases to diesel...
by Ashil Panday | Nov 13, 2024 | Blogs
It takes resilience to rise above the challenges that life presents and then to succeed. Collen Khoza grew up in a small village in Limpopo, where he and his five siblings were raised their grandmother, surviving on government social grants. Life was tough and Collen...
by Ashil Panday | Oct 22, 2024 | Press releases
The presence of Blue Light Brigades appears to be increasing with these high-speed motorcades now an almost daily occurrence on Gauteng highways. The Automobile Association (AA) says Blue Light Brigades pose a threat to road users, particularly as drivers in the...
by Ashil Panday | Oct 15, 2024 | Press releases
The five-month trend of fuel decreases is set to end in November according to the Automobile Association (AA). Commenting on unaudited data from the Central Energy Fund (CEF), the AA says it expects the first fuel price increase since May in November as a result of...
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...