AUTOFORUM

Andrew Kirby, Chairman of NAAMSA and President and CEO of Toyota SA Motors; Lionel October, Director General of the Department of Trade and Industry; Jeffrey Dinham - Economist at Econometrix.

DTI sys new master plan almost finalised

Sep, 11 2018, 08:38

The Department of Trade and Industry (dti) used the Naamsa Automotive Conference to announce that it is a step further in finalising the South African Automotive Masterplan. The latter is set to come into effect in January 2021, running until 2035.

August sales down 2.5% for August

Sep, 05 2018, 03:56

The latest new vehicle sales data from the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa (Naamsa) has revealed a decline of 2.5% year-on-year in the month of August.

VW commits to more investment in Sub-Saharan Africa

Sep, 03 2018, 10:02

VW has committed even further to the sub-Saharan African region, signing a memorandum of understanding with Ghana to create a vehicle assembly facility in that country.

Ford's Struandale plant is EC's Top Exporter

Aug, 24 2018, 10:51

Ford Motor Company's Struandale Engine Plant in Port Elizabeth has once again been recognised as one of the Eastern Cape's top exporters after winning the 'Best Exporter OEM' Award for the third time.

Average cost of motoring up 14%

Aug, 22 2018, 10:02

According to the latest results from Wesbank, South Africa's average costs of motoring has increased by approximately R940, or 14% in the last year.

July sales up 2.6%

Aug, 02 2018, 09:01

South Africa’s total new vehicle sales were up by 2.6% year-on-year in July, with 47 881 units sold versus 46 671 in the corresponding month last year.

Protests, deregulation and the petrol price

Aug, 02 2018, 08:45

While the AA debated the deregulation of the fuel price, the DA, OUTA, taxi associations and the Freedom Movement marched to Pretoria to highlight #StopTheTaxAttack.

The first phase of BAIC’s R11 billion PE assembly plant unveiled by SA and Chinese Presidents

Jul, 29 2018, 08:17

The chairperson of BAIC International, a Chinese state-owned company, Xu Heyi proudly hosted dignitaries, VIP’s, guests and the media at their new semi-knocked down (SKD) plant – the first manufacturing base outside of China - valued at R2 billion.

Petrol deregulation - could it solve our fuel price crisis?

Jul, 27 2018, 05:37

The deregulation of petrol prices, and whether this would lead to lower fuel prices, was debated recently at an event co-hosted by the AA and the Wits Business School in Johannesburg.

Fuel is going to get even more expensive in August

Jul, 17 2018, 05:36

Fuel prices are likely to rise again at the end of July going into August, so says the Automobile Association commenting on unaudited mid-month fuel price data released by the Central Energy Fund.