The Minister of Electricity, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says saving jobs and electricity in the automotive sector is vital for its long-term sustainability.
Ramokgopa is concerned about job losses.
“It also has implications on workers. They are losing their weekly wages up to 20% as a result of stop start. What VW has done is installing PV , making sure that they go very aggressively in the rollout of a digital PV, identified sites on the plant, the car park will be converted PV and they are making investment of about R70 million. They are also working on circles; they are closed on some days so that they are able to maximize production.
Volkswagen South Africa Managing Director, Martina Biene says avoiding production losses and market share in the competitive global environment is key. “With stage five , we close 1 out of 8 days and with stage six, we close 2 out of 8 days, like a rolling schedule. We lose approximately 710 cars a day and send people home and can’t pay them if we can’t produce. Currently, this has resulted in a loss of 4000 units so far this year and if this carries on, we will lose up to 33 000 vehicles a year which puts us in a dire situation in terms of being competitive.
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