SOUTH AFRICA

The African Association of Automotive Manufacturers (AAAM) has appointed Bernhard Manson-Kullin as a Project Manager responsible for Component Manufacturing . His appointment takes effect from October 1, 2022. The primary objective of this role, according to AAAM,  is to develop and grow component manufacturing in Africa through the value chain and to ...

Toyota South Africa Motors (TSAM) has announced its partnership with Comic Con Africa as the official vehicle partner for the event which holds from  22 – 25 September 2022 at Nasrec Expo Centre, in Johannesburg.  Over the past two years, TSAM has entrenched itself as a leader in gaming and ...

Virtual Nation Builders (VNB), a Web3 technology company, has acquired South African-founded crypto and blockchain company FHM (Pty) Ltd, creator of Africa’s first cryptocurrency—Safcoin. VNB is 30 percent owned by Schindlers Attorneys, a leading blockchain law firm whose legal expertise complements VNB’s tech and digital know-how and FHM’s specialist blockchain ...

Dunlop has added a new ultra-high performance tyre to the SP SPORT MAXX range in South Africa. The new SP SPORT MAXX 060+, launched on Thursday, September 15, 2022, at the Killarney Racetrack in Cape Town, improves on an already strong formula to make it the flagship ultra-high-performance tyre for ...

The only sedan in the Volkswagen model range, the new Polo Sedan, is now available for sale at Volkswagen dealerships.  The Volkswagen Polo Sedan, which is manufactured in Pune, India, has sold 44 267 units in the local market since its launch in 2011. The new Polo Sedan is set ...

The framework of a five-year masterplan for the production of future automotive engineering skills needed to support manufacturing in South Africa as it transitions to the future demand, including electric mobility is under development.   The framework was deliberated following a two-day Engineering Skills Indaba, aptly at the epi-centre of South ...

Skills development in South Africa is a key driver for upskilling the existing workforce to keep pace with continuous technological advancements and to address the urgent need to create jobs and address inequalities in the workplace. A current vocational campaign, TVETSmart, which is running in the Eastern Cape, is proactively ...

The South African Tyre Manufacturers Conference (SATMC) – a representative body of the four tyre manufacturing companies in the Southern African Customs Union (“SACU”), said it welcomes the International Trade Administration Commission’s (ITAC) publication of provisional payments on unfairly traded (dumped) imports of passenger, truck and bus tyres imported from ...

A pioneering scheme to help reduce illegal waste dumping and increase plastic recycling in South Africa has begun, under the guidance of experts from the University of Portsmouth. Dr. Cressida Bowyer, Deputy Director of the University’s  Revolution Plastics programme, has just returned from a visit to South Africa where she ...

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. has announced  that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire shares in Vehicle Energy Japan Inc., a company engaged in the automotive lithium-ion batteries business. Nissan said it would  acquire the shares after the completion of regulatory procedures, including necessary approvals and permissions. Nissan ...