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The Citizen
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- The Citizen
Alleged vehicle theft gang caught on R59 in Alberton
A collaboration between the CPS team and the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department resulted in the arrest of an alleged vehicle theft gang at 17:00 on Tuesday on the R59. Alberton Record reports that the police believe the suspects, who they detained at the Alberton SAPS, are part of a sophisticated operation targeting specific vehicle models. 'The suspects face multiple charges, including evading arrest and car theft. They will remain in custody,' says Alberton SAPS station commander Colonel Olivein Letloenyane. Shockingly, two of those arrested were out on bail for car theft crimes committed a few months ago. Upon searching the vehicle, authorities found computer boxes specifically designed for Toyotas and Volkswagens, and a key coder. Having these tools suggests the gang targeted specific models, including Volkswagen Polos and Toyota Hiluxes, Fortuners and Yarises. The suspects are being held at Alberton SAPS, facing charges for their crimes. Breaking news at your fingertips… Follow Caxton Network News on Facebook and join our WhatsApp channel. Nuus wat saakmaak. Volg Caxton Netwerk-nuus op Facebook en sluit aan by ons WhatsApp-kanaal. Read original story on
Daily Mail
24-07-2025
- Automotive
- Daily Mail
Wealthy residents of glitzy mountain town rage that 14 new PARKING spaces have ruined its 'vibe'
An ultra-exclusive mountain town has been left bitterly divided after officials developed a row of new parking spaces. Telluride, nestled in Colorado 's San Juan Mountains, is a famed summer getaway for billionaires, celebrities, and Silicon Valley moguls. In April the town added 14 new paid diagonal parking spaces on a section near its main street as part of a pilot program. It was hoped that the extra spaces would alleviate an increase in demand in the historic downtown area, creating more spaces in the high-traffic area. The spaces have been slammed by those who own or occupy homes along the road, citing safety concerns, congestion and negative effects on the town's aesthetic. Rosie Cusack, a resident of 29 years, told The Denver Post: 'The diagonal parking creates a negative visual impact as you arrive into town. It's like this terrible vibe.' Her main issue is the lack of transparency around the new spaces and the installation of the parking meters. She believes the town used the pilot program as an excuse to bring in new things without actually consulting residents. An anonymous local has also taken to placing yellow signs near the spaces, implying there is a wealth gap between those against the spaces, and those in favor. One sign reads: 'Sorry your generational wealth can't protect you from angled Toyotas'. Another said: 'Diagonal parking isn't a bad idea, but letting wealth dictate urban planning is.' It isn't all anger over the new spaces however, with Currie Parnell, who works nearby at a music store, saying they've helped bring in customers to the store. Parnell said: 'We see a huge influx of business around festivals and July 4th. Foot traffic and car traffic picks up this time of year, so it really satisfies that demand.' The town had installed a parking garage only a few years ago, but in Parnell's view the angled spaces over a quicker 'more straightforward' solution. At a town hotel meeting on, fierce critics expressed their disdain for the parking spaces to officials. According to the Post, one local suggested that council members had a 'premanufactured positive bias' of the pilot and they were forcing through the spaces. Resident Erik Dalton added: 'Ninety percent of my residential neighborhood – which is two blocks, it's small – is against this. I don't know what more we can do to show you guys this.' Council member Geneva Shaunette was also accused of ethical misconduct for submitting her own positive feedback on the spaces. Shaunette lives nears the spaces, writing: 'I love the diagonal parking because I have only had to park on a side street once this entire summer. 'Otherwise, I'm able to park within 5 spaces of my front door. As a G permit holder, I have really felt the increase in space.' The town attorney made it clear that Shaunette was not breaching any code of conduct by giving her own opinion. Deputy town manager Hayden Brodowsky told the meeting that he would continue to collect data throughout the summer over the new spaces. According to Brodowsky, despite what some locals said, there have been no safety issues observed by authorities due to the new spaces. The town has changed in recent years into a playground for the one percent, with $20 million ranches, private hiking trails and a paparazzi free summer for celebs. With limited commercial flights, Telluride is perfect for private jets, which isn't a problem for its residents, including Oprah Winfrey, who owns four properties there. The upcoming arrival of a Four Seasons — the first five-star hotel and luxe condo development in over 15 years — is a sign of what's to come.
Japan Today
23-07-2025
- Automotive
- Japan Today
Trump announces 'massive' Japan trade deal including 15% tariff
By Daniel STUBLEN US President Donald Trump announced Tuesday a "massive" trade deal with Japan, cutting a threatened 25-percent tariff to 15 percent ahead of an August 1 deadline. Trump has vowed to hit dozens of countries with punitive tariffs if they don't strike a deal with the United States by next month. So far, Trump has only announced pacts with Japan, Britain, Vietnam, the Philippines and Indonesia, while talks continue with other trade partners. "We just completed a massive Deal with Japan, perhaps the largest Deal ever made," Trump said on his Truth Social platform. Trump said that under the deal, "Japan will invest, at my direction, $550 Billion Dollars into the United States, which will receive 90% of the Profits." He did not provide further details on the unusual investment plan, but said the deal "will create Hundreds of Thousands of Jobs." Japanese imports into the United States were already subject to a 10-percent tariff, which would have risen to 25 percent on August 1 without a deal. Duties of 25 percent on Japanese autos -- an industry accounting for eight percent of Japanese jobs -- were also already in place, as well as 50 percent on steel and aluminum. Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Wednesday in Tokyo that the autos levy was cut to 15 percent. "We are the first (country) in the world to reduce tariffs on automobiles and auto parts, with no limits on volume," he told reporters. "We think it is a great achievement that we were able to get the largest cut (in tariffs) among countries which have trade surpluses with the US," he said. This sent Japanese auto stocks soaring on Wednesday, including Toyota which rocketed more than 12 percent. US-bound shipments of Japanese cars tumbled 26.7 percent in June, stoking fears that Japan could fall into a technical recession. Last year vehicles accounted for around 28 percent of Japan's 21.3 trillion yen ($142 billion) of exports to the world's biggest economy. To Trump's annoyance, US-made cars sell poorly in Japan, with only hundreds sold annually for the likes of General Motors, compared to millions of Toyotas bought by US motorists. The US president also wanted Japan to increase imports of rice, the price of which has soared in recent months in the Asian giant, and of US oil and gas. Rice imports? - But Trump said Tuesday that Japan has agreed to "open their Country to Trade including Cars and Trucks, Rice and certain other Agricultural Products, and other things." Rice imports are a sensitive issue in Japan, and Ishiba's government -- which lost its upper house majority in elections on Sunday -- had previously ruled out any concessions. Ishiba, whose future is uncertain following the election, said on Wednesday that the deal does not sacrifice Japan's agricultural sector. Trump has been under pressure to wrap up trade pacts after promising a flurry of deals ahead of his August 1 tariff deadline. Earlier on Tuesday, he announced a deal had been reached with the Philippines which would see the country face 19 percent tariffs on its exports. The White House also laid out details of a deal with Indonesia, which would see it ease critical mineral export restrictions and also face a 19 percent tariff, down from a threatened 32 percent. Indonesian goods deemed to have been transshipped to avoid higher duties elsewhere, however, will be tariffed at 40 percent, a US official told reporters Tuesday. After an escalatory tit-for-tat with China, the two major economies agreed to a temporary lowering of tariffs, with another round of negotiations expected next week in Stockholm. Since returning to the White House in January, Trump has imposed a sweeping 10 percent tariff on allies and competitors alike, alongside steeper levels on steel, aluminum and autos. Legal challenges to Trump's non-sectoral tariffs are ongoing. © 2025 AFP
Eyewitness News
23-07-2025
- Automotive
- Eyewitness News
Trump announces 'massive' Japan trade deal including 15% tariff
WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump announced Tuesday a "massive" trade deal with Japan, cutting a threatened 25-percent tariff to 15 percent ahead of an August 1 deadline. Trump has vowed to hit dozens of countries with punitive tariffs if they don't strike a deal with the United States by next month. So far, Trump has only announced pacts with Japan, Britain, Vietnam, the Philippines and Indonesia, while talks continue with other trade partners. "We just completed a massive Deal with Japan, perhaps the largest Deal ever made," Trump said on his Truth Social platform. Trump said that under the deal, "Japan will invest, at my direction, $550 Billion Dollars into the United States, which will receive 90% of the Profits." He did not provide further details on the unusual investment plan, but said the deal "will create Hundreds of Thousands of Jobs." Japanese imports into the United States were already subject to a 10-percent tariff, which would have risen to 25 percent on August 1 without a deal. Duties of 25 percent on Japanese autos -- an industry accounting for eight percent of Japanese jobs -- were also already in place, as well as 50 percent on steel and aluminum. Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Wednesday in Tokyo that the autos levy was cut to 15 percent. "We are the first (country) in the world to reduce tariffs on automobiles and auto parts, with no limits on volume," he told reporters. "We think it is a great achievement that we were able to get the largest cut (in tariffs) among countries which have trade surpluses with the US," he said. This sent Japanese auto stocks soaring on Wednesday, including Toyota which rocketed more than 12 percent. US-bound shipments of Japanese cars tumbled 26.7 percent in June, stoking fears that Japan could fall into a technical recession. Last year vehicles accounted for around 28 percent of Japan's 21.3 trillion yen ($142 billion) of exports to the world's biggest economy. To Trump's annoyance, US-made cars sell poorly in Japan, with only hundreds sold annually for the likes of General Motors, compared to millions of Toyotas bought by US motorists. The US president also wanted Japan to increase imports of rice, the price of which has soared in recent months in the Asian giant, and of US oil and gas. RICE IMPORTS? But Trump said Tuesday that Japan has agreed to "open their Country to Trade including Cars and Trucks, Rice and certain other Agricultural Products, and other things." Rice imports are a sensitive issue in Japan, and Ishiba's government -- which lost its upper house majority in elections on Sunday -- had previously ruled out any concessions. Ishiba, whose future is uncertain following the election, said on Wednesday that the deal does not sacrifice Japan's agricultural sector. Trump has been under pressure to wrap up trade pacts after promising a flurry of deals ahead of his August 1 tariff deadline. Earlier on Tuesday, he announced a deal had been reached with the Philippines which would see the country face 19 percent tariffs on its exports. The White House also laid out details of a deal with Indonesia, which would see it ease critical mineral export restrictions and also face a 19 percent tariff, down from a threatened 32 percent. Indonesian goods deemed to have been transshipped to avoid higher duties elsewhere, however, will be tariffed at 40 percent, a US official told reporters Tuesday. After an escalatory tit-for-tat with China, the two major economies agreed to a temporary lowering of tariffs, with another round of negotiations expected next week in Stockholm. Since returning to the White House in January, Trump has imposed a sweeping 10 percent tariff on allies and competitors alike, alongside steeper levels on steel, aluminum and autos. Legal challenges to Trump's non-sectoral tariffs are ongoing.
TimesLIVE
21-07-2025
- Automotive
- TimesLIVE
Denny Hamlin picks up Cup Series-high fourth win of year at Dover
Dover Motor Speedway used to be Denny Hamlin's worst track, but that's not the case any more. Hamlin waited out a one-hour red-flag delay, won three restarts on older tyres inside of 10 laps to go, and took the overtime checkers in Sunday's rain-interrupted AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400 in Dover, Delaware. In the second overtime, Hamlin lined up beside Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Chase Briscoe, who was on much fresher tyres. The Toyotas made contact coming to the white, allowing Hamlin's No 11 to nose ahead and beat the No 19 by 0.310 seconds for his series-leading fourth victory. Hamlin, who led 67 of the 407 laps, also fended off teammate Christopher Bell and Kyle Larson in late restarts — in regulation with eight laps left and the first overtime, respectively — to help him repeat at Dover and give Toyota its third straight win there. 'Winning here in Dover is super special to me,' said Hamlin, who last pitted for tyres on lap 326. 'This is a place I've not been very good at in the first half of my career. To have back-to-back [wins] over the last few years is amazing. 'I just studied some of the greats here. I was very fortunate to have Martin Truex [Jr.] as a teammate ... [and] watch Jimmie Johnson. You learn from the greats.' It was Hamlin's third career win at the Delaware track and his 58th overall victory in the Cup Series. 'We've still got a lot left,' he said. Briscoe wanted to make sure a JGR car won but said he did everything he could running below Hamlin.
