We would like to share the scary truth of the impact of worn tyres on this Blog. The pictures pretty much tell the story; these photos are from 9 different incidents from November 2009 up until February 2010. Only four months or so.
And they only cover Randburg, Midrand, N1 and one incident in Greenside. Consider [...]
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Five people were killed in a collision between a truck and a car in the Free State, paramedics said on Sunday.
Details were unclear of how the 18-wheeler truck collided with the car on the R70 between Senekal and Ventersburg late on Saturday night, said ER24 spokesperson Werner Vermaak.
Paramedics arrived on the scene shortly after 23:00 [...]
The Arrive Alive website received an email from a concerned citizen and would like to share this message with our readers:
“I own a Honda Jazz (2006) that is affected by the recall to check and if necessary replace the window power switch that is believed to have malfunctioned and caused the tragic death of the [...]
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Nine people are in a serious condition while another nine have sustained minor to moderate injuries after a head on collision this afternoon on the N3 Pietermaritzburg bound just after the Hammersdale on ramp.
ER24 paramedics arrived on the scene to find two bakkie’s in the north bound of the freeway about 10m away from each [...]
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BRYANSTON – a record high (85%) of South Africans supporting the preparation ahead of the World Cup has surfaced in African Response’s latest 2010 Barometer – measuring perceptions of readiness ahead of the World Cup in around the major metropolitans in South Africa.
“I was there”
With all of the ticketing phases almost complete, leaving some triumphant [...]
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Cape Town’s 68 000-seater 2010 stadium is “perfect”, FIFA general secretary Jerome Valcke said on Monday.
He was speaking to journalists at the stadium during a whistle-stop “state of readiness” tour of the country’s 2010 venues.
Valcke said he had been asked whether Cape Town was his favourite stadium.
“I will not answer the question. You can answer, [...]
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A man had sustained serious injuries when his car hurtled through a concrete Palisade fence along Clulee road in the Modderfontein area at around 12:30 am. It is believed that the driver of the car was trapped in the twisted remains of his car for some time as nobody witnessed the accident.
A security officer driving [...]
OUTsurance was awarded the Short Term Insurance Ombudsman’s esteemed Isabel Jones Ukusizana Award at a presentation in Johannesburg on 18 February 2010.
In 2007 the Ombudsman introduced this award to recognise the efforts of short-term insurance companies who - in the true spirit of “ukusizana” (“working hand in hand”) - show outstanding commitment to efficiency, service [...]
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South African tyre manufacturer Firestone has announced the launch of its new Multihawk tyre which will become its core General Use (GU) product for the foreseeable future. The Multihawk replaces the F900, which is being phased out in all sizes except the 12-inch ‘trailer-size’ tyres. The Multihawk also supplants the venerable S211, which has been [...]
A man was killed in a truly bizarre accident on Kloof Falls Road, Kloof, in the early hours of this morning.
It is thought that the man had been travelling west when he heard a knocking sound coming from beneath his bakkie. He pulled to the roadside and jacked up his car, crawling beneath to see [...]
