Nissan pledges R3bn to SA for manufacture of new Navara model | Fin24
The decision by the Japanese carmaker may add 30 000 units to the plant’s current annual volume of 35 000, Mike Whitfield, managing director of Nissan Africa, said at the factory north of Pretoria on Wednesday.The manufacture of the Navara from 2020 will also create jobs in a country where more than one in four of the population is unemployed.
“Automotive is already the largest part of South Africa’s manufacturing sector, contributing around 7% of gross domestic product annually and accounting for a third of manufacturing output,” President Cyril Ramaphosa said at the Nissan facility in Rosslyn. Nissan’s investment is the first significant commitment by an automaker since international firms agreed with the government late last year to extend a manufacturing incentive program through 2035.
The plan has also seen the likes of Toyota, Volkswagen and BMW operate plants in the country, in return for generous tax breaks. The majority of vehicles are produced for export. Nissan plans to more than double its industrial reach in the Middle East, Africa and India by 2022 by adding more factories, Peyman Kargar, chairman of the car-maker’s operations in those three territories, said in an interview last month.
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