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            <title>AIDC-EC places its CEO on precautionary suspension</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Automotive Industry Development Centre Eastern Cape (AIDC-EC) has announced the precautionary suspension of CEO Thabo Shenxane, with effect from June 25, following allegations of transgressions concerning the internal workplace culture that began to negatively impact on business operations. Questions of a serious nature arose earlier this year over governance, workplace culture and internal controls within this organisation and the internal turmoil has sparked concerns about the agency’s ability to support the regional automotive industry, the organisation points out.]]></description>
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            <title>Younger buyers now opting for new vehicles rather than used – Absa Finance</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Absa Vehicle and Asset Finance (AVAF) says consumers aged 18 to 35 – Millennials and Generation Zs – have year-to-date accounted for 40% of all new-vehicle finance applications and 45% of used-vehicle finance applications. This translates into 32% of financed new-vehicle sales and 39% of financed used-vehicle sales, underscoring their growing influence on vehicle purchasing trends.]]></description>
            <author>Irma Venter</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[From Creamer Media in Johannesburg, this is the Real Economy Report. Sashnee Moodley:]]></description>
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            <author>Irma Venter</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Competition Commission has recommended to the Competition Tribunal that it approve the proposed transaction whereby Chery South Africa (SA) intends to acquire the assets related to Nissan South Africa Manufacturing, with conditions. Chery SA is controlled by Chery Overseas Industrial Investment, which is, in turn, controlled by Chery Automobile.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Electric vehicle (EV) charging group GridCars says it will deploy charging infrastructure for large trucks at three sites along major South African highways in the next 12 months. The grid-tied charging sites will offer fast charging (650 kW DC connectors) at a price that will prove highly competitive, says CEO Winstone Jordaan.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Daimler Trucks and Buses Southern Africa’s used truck business TruckStore has opened its new facility in Krugersdorp, Gauteng. The new facility aims to strengthen TruckStore’s national footprint and complements its existing Centurion head office operation, with both sites remaining fully operational to enhance accessibility, flexibility and customer service. Sabrina Jardim tells us more.]]></description>
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            <title>WesBank pivots offerings to accommodate shifting mobility trends  </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[As automotive consumers in South Africa contend with affordability pressures, Chinese vehicle brands gain prominence and the shift to new-energy vehicles (NEVs) and future mobility solutions unfolds, leasing asset-based finance provider WesBank is responding by adapting its offering to both accommodate and shape this evolving landscape. This was outlined by the company at a media roundtable: 'The future of mobility in South Africa: Balancing growth, access and transformation', held at its offices, in Johannesburg, on June 11.]]></description>
            <author>Tasneem Bulbulia</author>
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