GOVERNMENT IS aware of the motor industry’s concerns over the time taken in the review of the Motor Industry Development Plan and is “aware of the fact that it should finalise” the programme. That was the message from the deputy minister in the department of Trade and Industry, Rob Davies, at a media conference at the announcement of a R1,5-billion plan by Ford South Africa to produce a new engine and vehicle in South Africa for world markets. Davies said government was looking for a balance between competitiveness, localisation and transformation.
