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- Industry News
- 20 November 2024
Dealer industry news from around Southern Africa
With just eight weeks to go before the official opening of Automechanika 2022 at the National Exhibition Centre, Nasrec, Johannesburg and the announcement – on June 7th – of the winners of the coveted Innovation Awards, the names of the jury members tasked with evaluating entries have been announced.
Goodyear South Africa has appointed Richard Fourie to the position of Managing Director effective from April 2022. Richard takes over from Piotr Czyzyk, who led the company for two years.
Vehicle manufacturers in the country also contributed to the disaster relief efforts after the severe flooding hit the province of KwaZulu-Natal.
Transformation remains firmly in the sights of Volkswagen Group South Africa (VWSA) as a priority despite the COVID-19 pandemic and the semi-conductor crisis impacting the automotive industry.
The SA Motor Body Repairers’ Association (Sambra) has warned motorists that damage repairs may be delayed owing to a current acute shortage of motor body repair components.
Toyota South Africa Motors (TSAM) has confirmed that the flooding that left a trail of destruction in KwaZulu-Natal last week caused extensive damage to its plant at Prospecton south of Durban.
Anticipation is revving up for the King of the Hill challenge that kicks off at the 2022 Simola Hillclimb in less than a month.
Ford donated R1.36-million to the READ Educational Trust to fund the Rally to Read in Eastern Cape ahead of World Book Day, Saturday 23 April.
It’s an almost all-electric affair at this year’s World Car of the Year Awards.
Audi South Africa recently launched their fully electric e-tron brand in South Africa along with a thought-provoking launch campaign, the “Story of Progress”, aligned to local industry shapers and pioneers who are showcasing their efforts within the futuristic fields of digitalisation, design, performance and sustainability.
Michelin Tyre Company SA has attained Level 1 Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) certification.
Supplies of new locally produced Toyota vehicles to the brand's dealer network are expected to be negatively impacted by the floods in KwaZulu-Natal.
A brand-new, state-of-the-art Nissan Navara assembly plant was opened in Ghana by the country’s president, HE Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo. The new plant is located in Tema, just outside Accra, the capital city of the country.
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