All articles by Gavin du Venage – Page 2

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South Africa may lack truck scale for CKD switch

2014-10-07T17:01:26Z

Truck assemblers in South Africa have been told that they have two years in which to increase local content or lose tariff breaks. However, industry players have questioned whether the policy will be able to encourage manufacturers to invest in more local stamping and production operations given the country’s relatively ...

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On the right path

2014-09-04T14:58:46Z

With foreign investment and favourable legislation, Nigeria could spring from automotive stagnation to overtake South Africa as the continent’s lead car manufacturing country. But the supply chain will be a major challenge.Nigeria’s once thriving domestic car assembly industry may be soon be reborn after years of stagnation nearly brought it ...

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South Africa parts makers face two-month supply problem

2014-07-29T14:31:46Z

Following weeks of strike action by the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa), which has hit the automotive parts industry in South Africa, component makers are now faced with two months before they rebuild their pipeline of parts, according to Ken Manners, vice president of the National Association ...

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Carmaker threatens withdrawal as strikes hit South Africa

2014-07-03T16:55:52Z

Renewed strike action affecting the car industry in South Africa has led one US carmaker to threaten to pull out of the country and move production to a region less prone to industrial action, the country’s largest engineering representative body has warned.The Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa ...