In honour of Women’s Month in August, we’re highlighting the significant contributions of women as the driving force behind creating safer experiences on the road. Those who believe they can change things for the better and do just that. 

To celebrate these phenomenal women, Dunlop has created a ‘Women driving the world forward’ website showcasing those who’ve steered the automotive sector to success, from early inventors of prominent car safety features that continue to save lives every day, to present-day, women-owned South African businesses and the company's own employees driving society forward. 

Lubin Ozoux, CEO of Dunlop tyre manufacturer, Sumitomo Rubber South Africa (SRSA), said, “We as a brand are delighted to celebrate the strength and resilience of women, not just this month but always. Women have made outstanding contributions to our sector that are often unheard of. From the woman who helped us take to the road safely, to the modern-day pioneers driving change in our own company, this Women’s Month is a great opportunity to celebrate their continued impact.” 

The Dunlop ‘Women driving the world forward’ campaign highlights how women were behind a number of important safety features, from brake pads invented in 1888 by Bertha Benz, wife of the founder of Mercedes Benz, to windscreen wipers invented by Mary Anderson in 1903. The first mechanical indicator and brake signal were invented in 1914 by silent-film star, Florence Lawrence, while closer to Dunlop’s own world, Stephanie Kwolek, a chemist, invented the lightweight Kevlar® polymer fibre in 1965 that is stronger than steel and used to make resilient, puncture-resistant tyres. 

The tyre manufacturer is also showcasing women-owned Dunlop dealerships and the women breaking new ground and achieving success in their fields of expertise within Dunlop’s own business, from factory engineering, to HR, Marketing, Finance and more. 

Dunlop believes in making a valuable contribution in rebuilding South Africa and it starts with supporting small businesses, as they play an integral role in our economic success. The Dunlop ‘Women driving the world forward’ campaign was, therefore, conceptualised with this in mind. Through this campaign, four small, women-owned businesses who represent safe travel and female empowerment, will be supported and given the platform to grow, with Dunlop encouraging its own employees and community to further support these start-ups by using their services, donating or purchasing their merchandise. 

They include Nakita Naee'lah Dellwaria and Chloe Homer, who in 2020 launched Safe Space, a female-run start-up that maps Gender Based Violence hotspots and enables the public to report any GBV incidents. These reports are fed onto a live map where they can be accessed by the public, empowering them with knowledge on the safety of an area. 

Dunlop is also supporting Palesa Mashinini, who in 2019, started Secanity and began selling its Woke keychain alarm. When activated, this alarm produces a 140-decibel alert which radiates up to 200 meters, allowing women to draw attention to themselves in emergency situations.  

Also receiving support from Dunlop is ParkUpp, started in 2016 as a digital platform that enables drivers to find and rent safe parking spaces while empowering the owners of these parking bays to earn an extra income by renting them out.  

In the spirit of Women’s Month, Dunlop has donated R10 000 to each of these three businesses to show its support. 

Rounding up the list is Ladies Own Transport Services (LOTS), a taxi service started in the Cape Flats by Joanie Fredericks, where taxi drivers are all female, trained in self-defence and fetch passengers from safe locations.  Joanie is also behind an all-female driving school to protect women against unwanted advances by their instructors, ensuring they go on to become independent members of society. This Women’s Month, Dunlop has donated tyres for three of LOTS’s company vehicles so that they can continue empowering women. 

You can visit the Dunlop Women website and celebrate the women driving the world forward.

Wheels Club started as most good ideas do - with a pen and a piece of paper. Now, Wheels Club is reinventing the wheel when it comes to luxury car sales and storage. Located in the heart of Sandton, our company is one of its kind in Gauteng and dedicated to the preservation of both classic and exotic cars. Our clients are enthusiastic about luxury vehicles and living a lifestyle that is centred around that. Wheels Club is where everything always has that shiny new feeling.  

The Wheels Club team is driven by their passion for luxury vehicles and is committed to offering the best service in the industry. Security is at the forefront of our priorities and our premises are geared up with 24-hour, on-site security guards, and CCTV cameras to ensure that all vehicles stored at Wheels Club are kept secure.  

Whether buying or selling your luxury vehicle we are well versed when it comes to car sales. Wheels Club has adopted a unique one-on-one sales method which gives clients access to our extraordinary array of vehicles, whilst also ensuring that they deal with the same team member whenever they stop by. Browse our sales portal to discover the ultimate collection of both classic and exotic cars. 

Keeping our clientele satisfied takes precedence and Wheels Club endeavours to give clients more than they expect! Once you get a taste for the Wheels Club lifestyle, you will be back for more. We aim to ensure that our members receive only the best of the best - when it comes to both our services, as well as the overall experience with Wheels Club. 

Wheels Club members get more than a few perks when they join the club – including access to our luxurious mezzanine area, the option to book out the boardroom, and even exclusive invites to activities like breakfast runs and wheels club events. We have also partnered with expert industry detailers, Rocket Auto Care to ensure your car is always in optimum condition. Our membership packages are ideal for clients who want the full-suite of Wheels Club’s services.  

Let Wheels Club open up new avenues in your world.

Range of pre-prepared cable assemblies for popular Molex connector families provides cost-effective solution for markets including communications, consumer and industrial 

Johannesburg, South Africa, 24 August, 2017 - RS Components (RS), the trading brand of Electrocomponents plc (LSE:ECM), the global distributor for engineers, has announced availability of a number of pre-prepared cable assemblies that provide compatible solutions for key product ranges from Molex, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of connectors and interconnection components. 

Targeting a wide range of applications in industries including automotive, consumer, defence, industrial and medical, as well as telecommunications and networking, the new Molex range of pre-terminated cables makes it even easier for engineers to adopt interconnection components in new and existing designs, removing the need for expensive tooling, long production times and laborious testing procedures. 

The wire-to-board cable assemblies have been designed with terminations chosen to work with some of Molex's most popular interconnection families. These include the FIT range (Micro-FIT, Mini-FIT Jr. Nano-FIT and Mega-Fit), as well as the CLIK-Mate and Micro-Clasp and Pico-Clasp connector ranges. 

The Molex pre-terminated cable assemblies are now available from RS. 

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About RS Components 

RS Components is the market leader in the high service level distribution of electrical, electronic, mechanical, tools and industrial products. Operating in 26 countries whilst serving a further 100 through third-party distributors, RS serves every sector of industry in the procurement of their products relating to maintenance, repair, operations, low volume production, research and development.   

With over 500 000 products across 2500 leading brands, the company is committed to ensuring that their 1,5 million customers have fast access to a broad, as well as deep range, of products and technologies, all under one roof. RS’s customers, whether ordering single or multiple items, experience a quick, easy, secure, painless and cost effective process. 

The RS catalogue, available at za.rs-online.com, offers full colour pictures with extensive clear product specifications.  Free access to thousands of datasheets ensures the correct product choice. 

Order placement is easily facilitated through za.rs-online.com, the call centre, e-mail, fax and trade counter.  Locally held stock is delivered to customers within 24 hours, and products held internationally, within four to six working days.    

It is proven that departments traditionally spend 80% of their time sourcing products that account for only 20% of their total procurement spend. RS is focussed on reducing the customers “total cost of product ownership” by reducing the need to make multiple calls to various companies to source products, reducing supplier related administration and allowing for the amalgamation as well as consolidation of supplier bases.  

Through this process, procurement efficiency is improved and time is freed up to concentrate on the more important business decisions.  For more information, please visit the website at za.rs-online.com  

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From buying and selling cars on the side, to a 5-year-old warehouse in Pretoria East with an average of 700 vehicles at any given moment, WeBuyCars have built an exceptional reputation as the nr. 1 car buying service in South Africa. Owned by brothers, Faan and Dirk van der Walt, the renowned WeBuyCars brand have expanded with services throughout South Africa, warehouses in Pretoria and Cape Town, and even have a Durban warehouse opening soon!  

What made WeBuyCars a success, is the dynamic team behind it, and they’ve seen it all. After 12 years on the road, buying cars themselves, there is not much you can tell Faan and Dirk van der Walt about the industry that they don’t already know. In 2012, when the time came to appoint buyers to help support the growth of the business, it became clear that WeBuyCars had a lot of potential to surpass all expectations. Having both a dreamer and a realist behind the wheel, WeBuyCars has just the right amount of passion, big ideas and business sense to keep the company growing at an exponential pace.  

In their experience, more people are turning to the second-hand car market, giving cars a longer life-span in South Africa (5-6 owners in its life) and allows WeBuyCars to buy an enviable average of 2 000 cars per month. They bought a total of 15 000 in 2016 alone and if predictions are correct, they are aiming for 25 000 buys in 2017 - what a respected goal to have!  

WeBuyCars ultimately aim to serve the dealer. For dealers, it’s easy to sell cars, but where do you find quality stock on a continuous basis? That’s where WeBuyCars step in.  

“What makes WeBuyCars different from the next guy, is that we have done this for years and have had the opportunity to build great and lasting relationships with dealers, who buy about 60% of the stock we buy” - Faan van der Walt, Executive Director of WeBuyCars 

What’s the secret to WeBuyCars? A small profit and a fast turnaround time, and there is really no other way to keep the number of cars they buy from piling up.  

WeBuyCars also cater to the needs of the public and potential sellers are welcome to contact WeBuyCars at any time. They are willing to buy any vehicle, old or new, with low or high mileage. Whatever you are selling, they will consider buying.  

If you are interested in selling your car, the process is easy enough to follow. When you fill in their online application form, you can expect a qualified answer within one hour, providing an estimate of what they are willing to pay for your car. If you are interested, they come to you, they collect your car, they take the car off your name and the best of all, you get paid immediately! They believe in the convenience of the transaction, have a phenomenal approach to customer satisfaction and have tailor made their services to suit the needs of their clients. 

“The best feeling is to amaze someone with how fast and efficient our services are” - Faan van der Walt  

A team of experts manually handles all applications, and applications will go through a minimum of two people, ensuring the price estimate you receive is satisfactory. The knowledge and expertise in the WeBuyCars contact centre is irreplaceable.  

WeBuyCars provide more than 15 000 estimates per month.  

It’s no wonder the WeBuyCars team have grown with over 100 new employees in just the last year, and now employ more than 300 people.  

So, if you are emigrating, upgrading, downgrading or just simply selling, contact WeBuyCars for all your selling needs! 

Go to their user-friendly website (www.webuycars.co.za) or contact them on 087 057 0000. Visit them today and see why selling your car through WeBuyCars, really is the easiest way, by far!