SOUTH AFRICA’S AUTO MARKET IS BOOMING, BUT A SHOCKING TRUTH LIES BENEATH THE SURFACE. While Naamsa celebrates record sales and a “decisive recovery,” they’re SILENT on the DARK REALITY: this so-called triumph is being FUELLED by a TSUNAMI of cheap Chinese and Indian imports, DRIVING local manufacturers toward a CLIFF. The REAL headline? South Africa is MORTGAGING its industrial future for a temporary sugar rush of consumer spending.
Even more ALARMING, the “accelerating adoption” of New Energy Vehicles is not a green revolution—it’s a HARBINGER of DISASTER for the traditional auto sector. As our own passenger car exports CRATER by 8%, we are blindly racing toward an electric future while our power grid COLLAPSES daily. How can a nation with perpetual load-shedding and crumbling infrastructure possibly sustain an electric fleet? It’s a FANTASY sold by foreign corporations, and our leaders are BUYING IT.
The industry’s own data forecasts expose the HYPOCRISY: they warn of “geopolitical risks” and “trade tensions,” yet they cheer the very cheap imports that create those tensions and put OUR workers’ jobs at fatal risk. This isn’t growth; it’s a CONTRACT of economic sovereignty disguised as a comeback.
As you drive your new, affordable import, ask yourself: are you steering toward prosperity, or are you merely a passenger in your own nation’s controlled demolition?
Author: Kayitsi.com
