ASSEMBLY PLANTS

  Jaguar Land Rover South Africa has boosted the efforts of  the South African Red Cross Society (SARCS) in fighting COVID-19 with 11 vehicles. The deployment of the vehicles is  to keep the Red Cross  mobile in its efforts to control and minimise the spread of the coronavirus . The ...

    The number of electric vehicles (EVs) on our roads is expected to grow exponentially in the short term, so the sooner some basic ground rules for public charging etiquette are laid, the smoother the experience will be for those who drive EVs as well as those who drive ...

  Kia Motors Corporation has appointed Ho-sung Song, Head of Global Operations Division, as its new President and Jochen Paesen as Vice President of its Interior Design Group. Ho-sung Song replaces Han-woo Park, who will move on to an advisory role and continue to support the company’s business objectives. In his ...

Isuzu Motors South Africa (IMSAf) has made its media fleet available to Gift of the Givers in support of the organisation’s plan to augment public health services. Gift of the Givers has set up a COVID-19 testing facility in Johannesburg and intends to extend this service to Durban while also ...

Toyota South Africa, Friday, announced the cancellation of all bookings and appointments for media test-drive and new model launch and drop-off as the country’s 21-day lockdown to curtail the spread of the Coronavirus kicks off. An official statement from the company’s Communications  Team to the media on Friday said: “Around ...

Groupe PSA, Friday, said it is implementing reinforced health measures to create the conditions for a safe and gradual return to work following the shutdown occasioned by the Coronavirus outbreak. Since the start of the Covid-19 health crisis, Groupe PSA has been working on a clear axis “Protect the health ...

Nigeria’s leading conglomerate, Coscharis Group, has scaled down its operations in Lagos, the commercial nerve centre of the country, in compliance with the recent directive of the State Government as a way of containing the rampaging Coronavirus in the country. Coscharis Group has also advised its customers, staff and stakeholders ...

Swedish truckmaker, AB Volvo, Wednesday, announced the  postponement of its already revised Annual General Meeting, citing  the uncertain and accelerating developments in the wake of COVID-19 as the main reason. According to an official statement, the decision of the Board of Directors of AB Volvo was informed by the fact ...

GRAAFF REINET – “We believe that everything begins with water” This is the doctrine on which Gift of the Givers base the provision of water in drought-stricken areas. While the Eastern Cape province was declared a disaster area in October 2019, disaster relief organisation, Gift of the Givers, had already ...

  Nissan, Tuesday, announced a temporary suspension of  production in its Africa, Middle East and India region in response to the continuing COVID-19 outbreak. The suspension, according to Nissan,  follows the advice and guidance of respective national governments, and is being taken to safeguard the wellbeing of staff, customers and communities. ...