EXCLUSIVE: A SHOCKING betrayal is unfolding in South Africa’s automotive sector. While government officials push for a HARSH 50% tariff wall to PROTECT local jobs, the VERY CEO in charge of the industry’s lobby group is SABOTAGING the effort. Peter van Binsbergen, head of BMW South Africa and president of Naamsa, has PUBLICLY REJECTED the drastic measures, choosing corporate profit over national industry survival.
This is NOT a simple policy debate; this is an act of ECONOMIC TREASON. As a flood of cheap Chinese imports CRUSHES local manufacturers, the government’s last-resort weapon—a WTO-sanctioned tariff hike—is being DISARMED from within. Van Binsbergen calls it “a shock to the system,” but the REAL shock is a top executive siding with GLOBALIST interests while ordinary South African auto workers face the axe.
His words are a chilling admission: the industry’s top brass would rather see the market OVERTAKEN than risk a temporary consumer price hike. “We’re looking for a fine-tuning… not just one big hammer,” he stated, advocating for weak, targeted adjustments while BMW itself posts RECORD production and profit. The message is clear: the luxury brand is THRIVING, so let the rest of the sector BURN.
This scandal exposes a DARK REALITY where multinational CEOs, cloaked in the guise of industry leadership, PULL THE STRINGS of national policy to serve their bottom line. They preach “affordability” for the entry-level buyer while strategically positioning their own premium electric vehicles, like the upcoming iX3, to DOMINATE the future market UNCHALLENGED.
As the government hesitates, betrayed by its own advisors, the very foundation of South African manufacturing is being sold off, piece by profitable piece. The question every citizen must now ask is: who does our industry truly serve? The evidence suggests it’s no longer you.
Edited for Kayitsi.com
Author: Kayitsi.com
