South Africa will spend R1-billion to help the native manufacturing of recent vitality autos and batteries, in addition to associated manufacturing initiatives, nationwide treasury mentioned on Wednesday.
The nation is the most important automotive manufacturing hub in sub-Saharan Africa, internet hosting manufacturers reminiscent of Toyota, Ford, Isuzu, Volkswagen and Mercedes, amongst others.
The business has mentioned that authorities incentives and coverage interventions will encourage unique tools producers to speculate extra within the manufacturing of electrical autos within the nation.
South Africa launched its Electrical Autos White Paper in 2023, outlining the nation’s technique to transition the automotive business from primarily producing inside combustion engine autos to a mixture that features electrical autos by 2035.
In its annual price range evaluate, the treasury mentioned the division of commerce & business in partnership with the division of mineral sources, deliberate to approve and implement a regional crucial minerals technique, with out giving a timeline.
Vital minerals reminiscent of copper, cobalt and lithium are wanted for the manufacturing of merchandise like electrical car batteries and photo voltaic panels, and are key to the world’s vitality transition.
Industrial improvement
Nationwide treasury mentioned R1-billion was being put aside over the medium time period for the economic improvement help programme, an incentive scheme that goals to extend participation and funding in infrastructure by companies in chosen manufacturing sectors reminiscent of automotive.
“The aim of the inducement is to boost the native manufacturing and meeting of new-energy autos, batteries and initiatives targeted on operational effectivity and competitiveness in new manufacturing initiatives,” treasury added.
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The inducement is anticipated to draw R30-billion in funding from the non-public sector, it added. — (c) 2025 Reuters
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