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PRETORIA, South Africa, 22 February 2023 – The Quick Lane Tyre & Auto Centre network is reaching a new milestone with the launch of its first B-BBEE franchisor in the country. Located in Rustenburg, in the North West province, the new centre is the first to achieve Level 1 broad-based black economic empowerment (B-BBEE) status, and the first Quick Lane beneficiary of a grant from the Ford South Africa Enterprise Development programme. This centre will help raise the standard of vehicle care, …

PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA, 09 February 2023 – Ford Motor Company has released its 11th annual Trends Report. The major insight from the survey reveals that the global population has a positive ‘Every cloud has a silver lining’ sentiment, even amidst national and global instability. The findings from the Ford Trends 2023 survey are generated from 16 120 online interviews in 16 countries across the world. The survey is open to diverse opinions and curious about the consumers’ thought process. It …

As a consequence Sanral must file heads of argument within three days, explaining why it has been refusing for more than three years to hand over the N3TC toll concession contracts and financials to OUTA. The Pretoria High Court has ruled in favour of OUTA, compelling Sanral to file its heads of argument in response to OUTA’s request for access to the N3TC toll concession contracts and all financial records on the 30-year concession. If Sanral fails to comply, OUTA will consider our legal …

PRETORIA, South Africa, 01 February 2023 – Ford has commenced exports of the Next-Generation Ranger from its manufacturing plants in South Africa to serve the ever-growing customer demand. The South African-built Next-Gen Ranger is presently shipped to more than 100 global markets. Late last year, the Silverton Assembly Plant in Pretoria became Ford’s third manufacturing hub across its International Markets Group (IMG) to start production of this highly anticipated new global model, which …

PRETORIA, South Africa, 11 January 2023 – Ford South Africa has a multitier CSR program that saw the organisation donating approximately R26-million towards various community projects and initiatives over the course of 2022. With a growing wealth gap, income inequality and other structural barriers limiting educational and economic growth opportunities for many South Africans, Ford’s CSR projects focus strongly on education and economic upliftment. “As an active corporate citizen, Ford is …

Mahindra is South Africa’s fastest-growing brand, bar none. This significant achievement was revealed in the naamsa vehicle sales statistics for December, which also included final industry sales figures for the whole of 2022. The report shows that Mahindra increased its sales volume by a massive 78% compared to 2021. This is the highest of all the vehicle brands that report their sales to naamsa and more than five times the market average. The naamsa sales report further shows that …

Cabinet has welcomed the production of the next generation Ford Ranger by Ford Motor Company of South Africa (FMCSA), which saw a capital investment of R15.8 billion. This resulted in all 10 auto component manufacturing companies located in the Tshwane Automotive Special Economic Zone (TASEZ) officially entering into full operation. This follows Ford Motor Company of South Africa commencing with the production of the next generation Ford Ranger on 14 November 2022. “The investment by …

Pretoria, 1 December 2022 – Jaguar Land Rover South Africa is pleased to announce the appointment of Nomaswazi Nkosi to the role of Public Relations Specialist, effective 1 November 2022. Nomaswazi has a background in the media industry, having started her career in print journalism at the Sowetan before moving on to Pretoria News to take up the position as a multimedia reporter. She then shifted her focus to digital media by joining Ndalo Media as a senior content producer and was …

PRETORIA, South Africa, 15 November 2022 – Ford Motor Company’s Silverton Assembly Plant in Pretoria, today became the third plant to commence production of the Next-Generation Ranger for customers around the world. The start of the Next-Gen Ranger production follows a major investment of US$1.05 billion (R15.8 billion) in Ford’s South African operations and supplier tooling. South African-built Rangers are exported to more than 100 markets, including Europe. Ford Motor Company now has …

PRETORIA, South Africa, 11 November 2022 – Production of Ford’s current-generation Ranger pick-up has drawn to a close at the Silverton Assembly Plant in Pretoria. The last unit came off the assembly line on 10 November 2022, ending with a total of 873 751 vehicles produced as the final preparations are made for the imminent start of production of the highly anticipated Next-Generation Ranger. “Our locally assembled Ford Ranger has been a huge success in South Africa and internationally, …