Ambitious plans to increase black participation in the SA motor industry are bearing fruit. However, slower-than-expected growth across the industry as a whole may cause planners to cut back on their transformation timetable.

CEO of the Automotive Industry Transformation Fund (AITF), Jabulani Selumane, says a planned 2025 review of government automotive policy may lead to a “recalibration” of transformation targets. Since 2020, the AITF has helped establish 67 black-owned companies in activities as diverse as alloy wheels, car-carriers, plastic parts, aluminium sub-assemblies and camshafts...

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