{"id":46236,"date":"2026-09-23T08:47:53","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T06:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=46236"},"modified":"2026-10-12T12:45:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T10:45:32","slug":"sa-government-continue-to-support-automotive-businesses","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-government-continue-to-support-automotive-businesses\/","title":{"rendered":"SA government continue to support automotive businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>South Africa&#8217;s (SA) Small Business Development Minister Stella Ndabeni says government is looking at ways to support automotive businesses facing rising input costs, infrastructure challenges and pressure to remain competitive.<\/div>\n<div>\nNdabeni visited automotive supplier Acoustex in Gqeberha, Easten Cape Province, as part of a broader consultative engagement with small businesses in the sector.<\/div>\n<div>\nThe engagement forms part of government&#8217;s efforts to develop a One National Plan for the Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSME) ecosystem, aimed at creating an enabling environment for small businesses to grow and participate in key sectors of the economy.<\/div>\n<div>\nA small automotive business, with a massive contribution to the overall production of major vehicle companies.<\/div>\n<div>\nThe company employs 73 people in its core operation and has an annual turnover of around $3.88 million.<\/div>\n<div>\nThe workers here manufacture essential components for companies like Volkswagen, Isuzu, Ford and many others.<\/div>\n<div>\nBut being part of the automotive value chain comes with significant financial and operational challenges.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":15494,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[44],"class_list":["post-46236","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"SA government is looking at ways to support automotive businesses","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/46236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/46236\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46239,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/46236\/revisions\/46239"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=46236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}