Automotive
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Do Go Chasing Waterfalls
Exploring The Far Reaches Of The Wild Coast
10+ min |
September 2019
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Calm In The Khwai
We drive the new Ford Everest in Northern Botswana – and get dished up a testing selection of fine sand, river crossings and lots of mud
5 min |
September 2019
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A New Breed
When it comes to off-road performance, Fords new Raptor Ranger rewrites the rule book for production bakkies
5 min |
October 2018
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Cool As Ice
WAECO CFX-65 Fridge-freezer Four-year long-term test.
3 min |
September 2018
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Shop Talk
What are the effects of poorly balanced wheels, and how can this be resolved?
2 min |
August 2018
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Posh Pickup's Got Grunt
Mercedes-Benz X-Class X350d 4Matic
5 min |
August 2018
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Landy Legion
When you get the opportunity to join a convoy of Defenders on a meticulously-planned trip through one of South Africa’s most stunning valleys, it’s one you simply can’t turn down.
7 min |
December 2018
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Recovery Gear – What You Need To Know
TRAIL SAVVY: Off-road driving tips, skills & practices
6 min |
June 2019
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Snake Sense
Is that snake dangerous or not?
4 min |
June 2019
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Xtreme Chilling
A Land Rover Trophy of a different type takes place every Easter weekend, thanks to Pretoria East service centre LR Xtreme. This year, a group of 16 Landies tackled a tough Lesotho route, made tougher when the rains came pelting down…
4 min |
August 2019
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The Perfect Storm
Road Test: Audi Q8 55 TFSI Quattro
4 min |
August 2019
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8 Ways To Use Your Recovery Tracks
We have listed some of the more common uses for composite recovery tracks below, although they can, of course, be used in almost any off-road situation.
3 min |
May 2019
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Camping Around Animals
How to stay safe when sleeping on terra firma
4 min |
May 2019
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Renault Duster 4X4
Flagship gets a raft of new tech
2 min |
May 2019
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Going For Gold
The all-new Mercedes-Benz Sprinter
2 min |
May 2019
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Land Rover Explore Outdoor Phone
The folks over at Land Rover were kind enough to give us a brand new Land Rover Explore smartphone to test out for a while, and it definitely lives up to its name: it’s made for the outdoors.
2 min |
November 2018
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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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New Bakkie, New Rules
By thinking outside the box, Nissan is set to stir the pot with its all-new Navara.
4 min |
January 2017
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Dakar Ready
Winner of our BF Goodrich competition, Carine Reyneke, was whisked off to charge about the dunes of Namibia in a Dakar rally car prepped for the Redlined Motorsport team. This is her story...
3 min |
January 2017
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Lesser Flamingo
I am often flabbergasted when a person tells me that he or she has never been to Namibia.
3 min |
January 2017
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The Wild Guide
Panthera and popcorn
3 min |
January 2018
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More Of The Same
Toyota’s Prado is a strong, capable, body-on-frame mid-size SUV with all the trimmings, for families who don’t want or need the immense Land Cruiser 200 Series in their driveway.
3 min |
January 2018
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Sunny Suzuki
For a family watersport weekend at Quaggaskloof Dam near Worcester, you need all the toys. We found that a Suzuki Grand Vitara and an Oracle 17 speedboat with 150 HP Suzuki outboard were just right…
5 min |