Dealer industry news from around Southern Africa
Saturday (28 August) will see the launch of a new programme that will empower young drivers to become even better drivers through the MasterDrive Youth Driver Programme (MYDP).
Thandeka Ngoma, Consumer Sales Director at Bridgestone Southern Africa, has walked away with top honours in the ‘Positive Role Model in a Multinational Pan-African Company’ category at the 9th Annual 2021 Gender Mainstreaming Awards Southern Africa.
Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) appear to have changed their vehicle stockholding model, says JSE-listed specialist logistic group, OneLogix.
Despite the latest indicators for the second quarter of 2021 suggesting an uptick in the local car market, the combined effects of the COVID-19 third wave lockdowns and civil unrest could hit the South African automotive industry hard in coming months, TransUnion has warned.
JSE-listed Metair Investments believes vehicle production volumes in South Africa could exceed 750 000 by 2023, a new record following the record 631 921 vehicles produced domestically in 2019.
Chery, the Chinese manufacturer of cars and SUVs, has returned to South Africa.
The vast majority of the chief executives of member companies of the automotive council, Naamsa, are extremely positive that the automotive industry’s key performance indicators will continue to improve over the next six months.
Ford announced the winners of the Ford College Community Challenge (C3), run in partnership with global non-profit organisation Enactus.
Volkswagen South Africa celebrates 10 years of supporting quality education for children of employees.
Volkswagen is the latest manufacturer that’s taking the fight to the virus by vaccinating its employees and the larger community in Kariega (Uitenhage) against COVID-19.
New vehicle price increases eased to 6.1% in the second quarter of 2021 from 8.8% in the first quarter and 6.5% in the second quarter of 2020, according to TransUnion Africa Auto Information Solutions.
Continental Tyre South Africa (CTSA) has appointed a new senior management team for its tyre manufacturing plant in Gqeberha.
Ford South Africa has continued contributing to the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic by opening specialised Vaccination Clinics at both of its local manufacturing plants, with cooperation and approval from the National Department of Health (NDOH).
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