EXCLUSIVE: South African auto industry must react or die - VW
Author: just-auto.com editorial team | 9 October 2009
South Africa's auto industry has been hit hard by the global recession - and the country needs to act fast to ensure its survival, warned Dave Powels, head of VW South Africa and current president of NAAMSA, the South African auto makers' association.
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