Road/Rail Freight

Lesotho attracts big automotive players

24 Jul 2014 - by Liesl Venter

Lesotho is seeing significant growth in its automotive sector, according to Tseko Bohloa of the Lesotho National Development Corporation.

“We have recently attracted two of the big players in the global market to set up manufacturing plants in the country and are negotiating at present with a third,” he said at a recent seminar in Cape Town on doing business in Africa.

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