Why SA’s passengers can’t be engines
Bicycles could revolutionise transport in South Africa with wholly beneficial results for our economy, our environment and our health.
Bicycles could revolutionise transport in South Africa with wholly beneficial results for our economy, our environment and our health.
An article, published on BizNews, about electric cars in SA has prompted community member John Stegmann to share his idea on alternative modes of transport.
Qhubeka has a noble mission – to put every school kid in the country on a bicycle and they are about to hand over their 100,000th bicycle.
In the great cycle of life, there are so many things you can set out to achieve, if you’re only prepared to try, try, and try again. But sometimes, knowing when to give up is just as important.
A 2016 safety report by Stanford University states that the scarf-like headgear provides eight times better protection than regular bicycle helmets.
A 2 and a half hour walk on a dirt path could be cut down to a 45-minute journey on a bike, according to the World Bicycle Relief program. Founder and President F.K. Day tells Alec Hogg that they are looking to distribute 75,000 of them into Africa this year.
The Davos Challenge: Walk for Education asked participants at the 45th Annual Meeting in Davos-Klosters to walk as many steps at the meeting as some children have to walk to get to school in rural South Africa.
If perfection existed, we would cease to push forward the current limits of what is impossible. I reckon perfection is always relative, and it only exists for a brief moment, before it evaporates, replaced by the next perfection. If we choose to chase such a vaporous notion, we find it is like that imaginary pot … Read more
I am easily satisfied with the very best (Winston Churchill) One of the great privileges of the Twenty First Century is the enormous range of choices afforded consumers, for just about anything one can think of. Cars, washing machines, coffee makers, branded clothes, smart devices, and bicycles! While the depth and breadth of choices are … Read more