President Cyril Ramaphosa has on Wednesday (10 April) officially launched the automotive Development Incubation Centre at the Nissan Main Plant in Rosslyn in the City of Tshwane.
An investment of R3 billion from Nissan is aimed towards the building of a brand new Navara model. Production & Industrial engineering manager at the plant, Tshegofatso, says they make new car every 2, 5 minutes, resulting in 170 cars every 8 hours.
During his key note address at the launch, President Cyril Ramaphosa says the #NissanNavara investment is a milestone in the South African economy. The President is also pleased that workers at the plant will not lose their jobs as a result of technological advancements. “It is not job destructive”, he says
Nissan Managing Director Mike Whitfield, speaks on the South African automotive industry. This as the automotive group has announced R3 billion investment in its Rosslyn plant which will produce the new Navara pick-up.
Whitefield added that the automotive industry contributes 7.1 percent to GDP
Nissan South Africa’s expansion is a culmination of collaborative work by the automotive industry, the Department of Trade and Industry and the Gauteng Provincial Government’s Gauteng Growth and Development Agency and the Automotive Industry Development Centre.
