Foreign imports, factory closures reshape South Africa’s auto industry Once considered an anchor of industrial employment, the sector now faces its sharpest disruption in decades.

South Africa’s automotive sector is in transition. The sound of machinery in some factories has gone silent, replaced by uncertainty over trade barriers, import competition, and eroding local output.

#Africa #automotive #imports #Ford #Volkswagen #Toyota #MercedesBenz #factoryclosures #trade

I asked my #Duckduckgo AI:
How many manufacturing plants have closed since January 2025?
#factoryclosures #joblosses

Nigeria’s industrial base is collapsing.
🔻 767 factories
🔻 300 stores
🔻 Thousands of jobs

Unions are fighting back, but they can’t do it alone. Workers deserve more than survival; they deserve justice.
#movementmonitor, #Africanlabour #FactoryClosures #RetailCollapse #WorkersRights #AfCLAD

Trump Tax Bill Bails Out Private Equity’s Layoff Scheme Lawmakers quietly added a line that effectively subsidizes Wall Street buying up companies, slashing wages, closing factories, and firing workers.

br00t4c@mastodon.social - Trump Tax Bill Bails Out Private Equity’s Layoff Scheme

#SubsidizingWallStreet #WallStreet #Layoffs #FactoryClosures #WageSlashing

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