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Donation boosts paediatric facilities at Chris Hani Baragwanath
JOHANNESBURG, November 2020 – Surgeons for Little Lives, a non-profit organisation working to save the lives of sick children, has received a R310 000 donation from Netstar for critically important high-care electronic equipment. The donation has gone towards...
Crime syndicates target car-tracking customers in repair scam
JOHANNESBURG, October 2020 – A syndicate of criminals posing as employees of vehicle-tracking companies is targeting these companies’ customers in a car-theft scam. The criminals claim that customers’ tracking devices need repairing, then set up appointments, where...
Important Scam Alert
DEAR VALUED CUSTOMER Netstar has become aware of a criminal scam by a car-theft syndicate. Some customers have received calls from people posing as employees of vehicle-tracking companies. These individuals claim that customers’ tracking devices need repairing,...
Internet of Things is transforming the mobility space
Technology is no longer a grudge purchase, but an indispensable part of modern business, write Francois Stols and Lindile Xoko. This is nowhere more true than in the mobility and transport sector. South Africa’s economy is easing back towards levels of activity last...
Data reveals SA travel surge
Anonymised vehicle traffic statistics show that movement between provinces began climbing rapidly even before South Africa’s lockdown moved into Level 2. Mobility data show that South Africans have been travelling during the lockdown, with trips across provincial...
How HR skills will drive the new business era Copy
We are already living in the new normal. The revolutionary era we have been ready to enter after the Covid-19 pandemic, is in fact upon us. Living with the pandemic, in a state of technology-enabled social distancing, with constant hygiene and sanitary awareness, is...
Netstar Head of Legal Jenita Suknunun has succeeded in a male-dominated field by being true to herself, and her aspirations.
Legal specialist Jenita Suknunun has carved out a unique niche for herself, rising to success in her field, but doing so on her own terms. The Head of Legal at Netstar is the leader of a women-only department at the vehicle-recovery and fleet-management organisation....
Thought Leadership & Design Thinking
Design thinking refers to the cognitive, strategic and practical process by which design concepts are developed. Netstar’s leadership team shared their thoughts on this.
Covid-19 lockdown levels: How Lockdown changed SA’s shopping habits
JOHANNESBURG, July 2020 – A recent report by vehicle recovery and fleet management company Netstar shows that the Covid-19 lockdown has changed South African retail behaviour, and that these changes may last far longer than the lockdown itself. Titled, “Covid-19...
