Automotive
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Rough Roads To Reconciliation
In this second trip to help ex-combatants wrestle with the ghosts of their past in Angola battles, the group has expanded to a convoy of 26 vehicles and 83 people…
8 min |
November 2018
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True Blue Energy
For a full spectrum of off-grid products, Victron Energy has the edge
3 min |
November 2018
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Shop Talk
Tyre construction basics
2 min |
November 2018
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Inland Waterways Expedition - Part One: The Trek North
In this two part series, Andrew Middleton documents his journey from Cape Town to Malawi and back in a brand-new Hilux 2.8 GD-6 auto. This month-long, five-country expedition follows southern Africa’s most prominent inland waterways. In Part 1, the expedition tracks new worlds of watery bliss in Malawi and Mozambique, and exposes Africa’s darker (and often funnier) sides including bribery and fear of attack. Does it all go according to plan? Of course not….
10+ min |
January 2019
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Zero Hero: Nissan Np300 Hardbody 2.5d 4x4 Dc High
It’s a case of ‘back to the nineties’ with the NP300, and that’s both a good and a bad thing depending on where this workhorse will be used…
7 min |
January 2019
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The Syncro Saga
Heavy rains turn a Moremi-Chobe safari into a swimming lesson
10+ min |
January 2019
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New Suit For All Seasons
Renault Duster
2 min |
January 2019
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Soft-roader All-Wheel Drive Systems: A Few Simple Truths
Trail Savvy: Off-Road Driving Tips, Skills & Practices
6 min |
August 2019
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Mountains & Trophy Trout
We rope in a Nissan Navara in the search for the Monsters of Mount Arthur – the infamous overgrown Rainbow Trout of East Griqualand.
10+ min |
August 2017
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Style Agent
Big on quality and feature-packed, but not perfect.
3 min |
August 2017
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Nadine Kitley 2006 Hilux 3.0 D-4D 4X4
Nadine Kitley taking in the view at the Karel Landman Monument in Alexandria in the Eastern Cape, during a 4400km trip from Cape Town through most of Lesotho.
1 min |
August 2017
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APEX 4x6
THE LA SPORT MONSTER DUALLY CRUISER
5 min |
February 2018
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Mountain Quest
TRAIL REVIEW Bamboeshoek 4x4 track: 24km WSW of Sterkstroom, Eastern Cape
6 min |
February 2018
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Landy Fest
Landy Fest
2 min |
February 2018
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Beyond The Desert Edge Part1 The Road To Serra Cafema
Adventurer Peter Van Kets and photo-journalist Jacques Marais decided to ride their mountain bikes from Angola to Swakopmund. But before they could crank off on this incredible adventure, they first had to get to the Cunene River…
8 min |
June 2018
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The Wild Guide
Marvellous McDonald’s
3 min |
June 2018
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Hard At Work
COMPANY PROFILE: RATAU Hard Canopies
2 min |
June 2018
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Mud & Mates
Learn a bunch of new skills with a 4x4-training outing at Bass Lake
2 min |
June 2018
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Re-Engineered, Redesigned & Refined Honda CR-V
At the recent Cape Town launch of the 5th generation Honda CR-V, I had the privilege of getting up close and personal with the new models on offer.
4 min |
October 2017
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Right On Point
Although the previous Pajero Sport was getting long in the tooth, Mitsubishi’s latest offering is set to stick it to the Everest and Fortuner with a combination of new tech, safety features, style and capability.
2 min |
October 2017
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Baobab
The survivor’s tree has many uses
3 min |
October 2017
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Old Dog, New Tricks
Who says the Fountain of Youth is just a Wishing Well? The guys at 7 Landies prove this wrong time and again with old Defenders
2 min |
October 2017
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All Go For The Show
From stock to 100% awesome in 8 days
3 min |
May 2018
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Fire By Friction
Where there’s smoke…
4 min |
May 2018
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Water Crossings
Off-road driving tips, skills & practices
3 min |
March 2018
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Speckled Pigeon (Formerly Rock Pigeon)
Scientific name Columba guinea Afrikaans name Kransduif
3 min |
March 2018
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Dust And Dynamite
We attend the final round of the Cooper Dust Series in the Tankwa with a custom Jeep for a two-day festival of dust, 4x4s, and adventure
4 min |
March 2018
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Game On
Trail Review Donkerpoort 4x4 Trail, 10km From Gariep Dam
5 min |
March 2018
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Winch Wisdom
Winching can be traced back to the Greeks around 600 BC, when many people were required to operate the first simple pulleys.
4 min |
March 2018
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First Vote
What will it be? Crawler or Overlander
2 min |