An illegal strike has halted production at Toyota’s Prospecton plant in Durban since Monday afternoon, the company confirmed.

Toyota is South Africa’s largest vehicle manufacturer, producing 120,000 vehicles a year, half of which are exported. Earlier this week the company said that it planned to invest in Durban to increase production.

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Company spokesman Leo Kok said management was in talks with workers and the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa in a bid to resolve the dispute which was said to be linked to wage demands.

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