South Africa has recently witnessed a wave of announcements from carmakers such as Leapmotor, LDV, and Tata Motors, all signaling plans to expand into the country. The announcements come as South Africa’s auto industry is suffering low sales, job losses on top on higher dependence on imports. Moreover, US President Donald Trump’s trade policies and tariffs have cast a shadow over South Africa’s auto exports. As the new players enter an already suffering market, the question remains if they will be able to reap the benefits and revive the market. Watch to know more.
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No tata for me I refuse
More to close down cos dis mumu of dere leaders is driving out 4reigner in dere country every day immigration n police is always extorting money frm us
Electric cars in a country with electric supply issues🤣
Local car manufacturers will start closing down, adding more to the unemployed line. china won't assemble their cars here, and if they do? they bring their own labor, which end up staying here.
There we go again. Inviting people who are more competitive and entrepreneurial than us into our economies, and when they become more successful, we resent them!
We have to realize this before we open doors to immigration.
We need to build up the capacity of our people and when we are strong you can open doors. You open doors when you are in a position of weakness, you will be second class citizens in your own country!
She looks like she's tired 😫
Voetsek anc,china,India 👎 👎 👎 👎 👎
My country will bounce back i believe in SAns Black or white we will try our best to do better for our country ✊🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦❤️💯
anc does not care for SA citizens who are without jobs, or people's health, or any needs or discomfort.
they dont care about the farmers struggling high tarifs…
They dont care about the US tarifs, because They will bring in other countries and allow them to become rich conforming to BEE for their cadres to sell junk here while anc gets a cut of the very high price.
They are not into creating jobs for citizens
They will sell all property in South Africa to China, Russia and iran without citizens even knowing about it from out under including personal property if the greed grows.
When will citizens see the truth…
Tata is kaka😢
This presenter is tired shame
Everywhere is struggle in SA
Now indian media is bowing down infront of china again after being kicked on the back of feku.
I knew that is was coming I knew it. Now China Has taking Over S.A. Xi Jing Ping is our new President.
No one has money because they have no work….. that's why
sounds exactly what like what South Africans asked for, they said they don't need America they will trade with BRICS
So trade on with your saver BRICS
Hehehe " jobs for all"
WHAT ABOUT AIs ?? & Robots ?
South Africa is now officially the dumping ground for inferior products. Soon Korea, Germany, Japan and America will dust off their shoes and see SA in their rear mirror. While we sit with Chinese and Indian crap and struggle to get spare parts for the trash that breaks even before the warranty is over. I pray at least Hyundai will still be in the country until I need to buy my next car…🤑🤑🤑
A locally made corolla quest in S.A.is priced higher than some versions of the Chery Tiggo.
Cheap imports are still imports.
Imports mean money leaves the country with SA China trade at a colossal defecit.
No silver lining here.
Our economy collapses, China invades SA which increases unemployment even more, while the only people benefitting from this is the government elete looting whatever is left, probably getting bribes for alligning with BRICS and alienating itself from the west whith whom we had a trade surplus.
Don't be another propaganda machine.
Report the facts without distortion.
New players ll take over?
Pain went straight to Genocide propagandists in our country
BRICS UP🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦
Why are local made cars more expensive than imported cars? ek vra vir n vriend.
while south africans kill other african countries that fed them during apartheid …..
That's good news…. we've been waiting for the East markets to move into SA long time ago….we are tired of this yts hypocrites
Yes, China will drive in and the money will flow out. China ensures that money go out to China. Squirrel can see this as a victory but it will const the SA dearly.
While the US implodes and provokes all other nations including its allies South Africa and the rest of the global South must look to each other for future trade. We need to let go of unproductive relations with our former colonizers and focus on friendly nations for a brighter shared future
It’s because of the corrupt ANC
Well SA like to buy cheap chinese crap and those are not even nicely build, well that is meant for poor coutries coursed by ANC
Thank anc for the loss of jobs time All south african citizens wake up amazing how a lot of blacks hate the whites but whites provide jobs for them without whites there will be a lot more black people unemployed
Indian and Chinese cars are the saviour of South African buyers. European cars are dying but not the jobs and factories they used to operate from.
Thousands of new cars is standing in China rotting, they cant get rid of them, I ques they found a market for it now, South Africa will be the dumping ground for it
Tariffs were not a direct trigger factor, rather cars are overpriced. With the price of a mk8 one can get 2 cherry cars😂😂
My question is when are we going to manufacture our own cars .is 2025 nothing is manufacture here ,we are just consumers .every Tom, disk & Harty dump their products here .let's start asking serious question let produce & manufacture & stop these nonsense