The launch of the new-generation Ford Ranger bakkie is a milestone in the local history of the Ford brand, which will celebrate its SA centenary next year, Ford Africa president Neale Hill said on Tuesday.

He was speaking at the company’s Silverton, Tshwane, vehicle assembly plant at the official start of production of the new vehicle — the result of a R15.8bn investment from the US parent company...

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