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Sunday, June 8, 2025

Watch VideoSouth Africa's reckless driving culture: What is fuelling the lawlessness?

Criminology Professor Christiaan Bezuidenhout explains why South Africans routinely ignore road rules, from the normalisation of traffic violations to corruption and inadequate law enforcement. What will it take to change this lethal culture of lawlessness on our roads?

Willem van de Putte|Published

WATCH: Should you buy a high-mileage German car?

Surely most of us have been presented with such a temptation. That beautiful German car that you’ve been dreaming of owning for years, and now it’s available at an affordable price tag.

Motoring Staff|Published

Are Toyota Hilux drivers the new BMW drivers?

There seems to be a new menace on the roads of South Africa, holding up traffic, parking inconsiderately, and overtaking dangerously, writes IOL Editor Lance Witten.

Lance Witten|Published

New Volvo C40 — the fully electric beauty but a beast under the hood

Volvo South Africa recently launched the fully electric C40. Not only is this car easy on the eyes, but it packs a punch. Devereaux Morkel took it for a test drive. Here’s what she has to say.

Devereaux Morkel|Published

Germany is holding up Europe's ban on combustion engines. Good.

And hardly anybody is as enthusiastic in that quest as the European Union and, within it, Germany. The E. U. aims to be carbon neutral by 2050, Germany by 2045. . So imagine the scandal: Germany is blocking E. U. policies meant to help reach these climate goals.

Bloomberg|Published