VWSA wins huge Polo export order
Volkswagen South Africa is set to double the number of cars it exports from its Eastern Cape plant, after the company won an order to export 19 000 new-generation Polo hatchbacks in 2009 and 55 000 of the same cars to international right-hand-drive markets in 2010.
SA, Nigeria to push trade, investment
While trade between South Africa and Nigeria rose from $16.5-million in 1999 to $2.1-billion in 2008, this was barely "scratching the surface" of business opportunities between the two countries, Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe told the SA-Nigeria Bi-National Commission in Pretoria.
First ships dock at Port of Ngqura
The first commercial vessels have discharged their cargo at South Africa's new deepwater Port of Ngqura, which forms part of the Coega industrial development zone outside Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape province.
Vehicle sales down, but exports soar
Sales of passenger vehicles and light and heavy commercial vehicles continued to decline in October, though sales of medium commercial vehicles jumped by 15% and exports soared by 50% – helped by a recovery in South Africa's export markets.
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