Union calls off strike as agreement reached

South Africa's nationwide auto industry strike that has decimated production for the past two weeks, is finally over with workers slated to return during the next few days.

SOUTH AFRICA: Union calls off strike as agreement reached

16 September 2010

South Africa's nationwide auto industry strike that has decimated production for the past two weeks, is finally over with workers slated to return during the next few days.

SOUTH AFRICA: Union recommends deal to end crippling strike

15 September 2010

All 70,000 workers currently on strike in South Africa's automotive industry could return to work within 48 hours if union leaders accept an offer made by employers today (15 September).

SOUTH AFRICA: Collective sector requirement stalls RMI-NUMSA deal

14 September 2010

Employers representing South African auto industry employers say the complexity of the bargaining situation across multiple sectors is delaying a final offer to striking workers.

SOUTH AFRICA: RMI looks to wrap up strike talks tonight

13 September 2010

An employers body representing South African component makers says talks to resolve the crippling strike in the industry should conclude tonight (13 September) "one way or another."

SOUTH AFRICA: Talks continue under violent cloud

8 September 2010

Employers representing South African component makers have strongly refuted claims unions have rejected a wage offer to end strikes that have paralysed the industry and brought violence in their wake.

SOUTH AFRICA: Union offered deal to end strike

7 September 2010

South African component employers have presented a formal package of proposals to unions this afternoon (7 September) in a bid to end the strike which has crippled the industry for the past eight days.

SOUTH AFRICA: Talks continue to halt component strike

6 September 2010

Negotiations to halt the automotive component strike in South Africa could continue late into tonight (6 September) as both sides strive to reach a settlement.

SOUTH AFRICA: New talks slated as "pockets of violence" mar dispute

3 September 2010

Fresh negotiations have been arranged for next Monday (6 September) between striking South African component workers and the Retail Motor Industry Organisation (RMI).

SOUTH AFRICA: Components/tyre strike sees 70,000 walk out

2 September 2010

South African tyre and component workers are staging a mass strike that has seen 70,000 employees down tools in protest at wages and conditions.

SOUTH AFRICA: Looming CO2 tax boosts August sales

2 September 2010

New vehicle sales last month up 36.9% year on year to 46,377 units were in line with expectations, the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa (NAAMSA) said.

THE WEEK THAT WAS: The return of stroppy unions?

20 August 2010

We, or, to give due credit, our business/industry reporter Simon Warburton, have been tracking the little spat between automakers and workers down in South Africa. Usual scenario: What do we want? More money. When do we want it? Now.

SOUTH AFRICA: Wage deal ends auto workers' strike

20 August 2010

South African carmakers and a union representing thousands of their workers have reached a deal on wages, ending a costly eight-day strike, employers' body AMEO said.

SOUTH AFRICA: Union mulls improved offer from AMEO

19 August 2010

South African auto industry employers remain confident a revised deal will be accepted by striking workers tomorrow (20 August), although a looming tyre walk-out is still possible.

RESEARCH ANALYSIS: Future car model programmes in South Africa

19 August 2010

South Africa's auto industry has developed over the past decade, encouraged by a growing local market and a burgeoning role as a low-cost sourcing location for several OEMs. Glenn Brooks looks at the future model programmes for car makers with operations in South Africa

COMMENT: TIME for NUMSA's top brass to talk

18 August 2010

A mass walk-out by the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) is continuing to paralyse the country's auto industry.

SOUTH AFRICA: Union claims strike costing industry R12m per day

17 August 2010

A South African union leading the country's widespread automotive strike claims the industry is losing up to R12.5m (US$1.7m) per day as a result of its actions.

SOUTH AFRICA: Talks scheduled between striking workers and automakers

16 August 2010

Negotiations are due to take place tomorrow (17 August) in the South African capital of Pretoria between striking auto workers and employers' representatives AMEO (Automobile Manufacturers Employers Organisation).

SOUTH AFRICA: NUMSA continues strike action

16 August 2010

All 31,000 members of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) are continuing their walk out in a dispute centering on wage claims

SOUTH AFRICA: Car workers strike over pay

11 August 2010

More than 31,000 members of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) began an indefinite strike on Wednesday after two months of pay negotiations stalled. The union has rejected the offer of a 7% rise in the first year followed by increases in line with inflation and is demanding a one-year inflation-busting 15% increase; inflation in South Africa was 4.2% last month.

GERMANY: Volkswagen expands in South Africa

17 June 2010

The VW group is expanding in South Africa as part of its Strategy 2018. Following investment totalling around EUR500m (US$600m) there over the last four years, the company has announced a further EUR50m (US$60m) on modernising and expanding the press shop at its plant in Uitenhage, near Port Elizabeth. It has also opened a new EUR23m (US$27.6m) distribution centre near Pretoria.