President Ramaphosa to address South African Automotive Week

President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Thursday, 17 October 2024, address the South African Automotive Week at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC), Western Cape Province.

SA Auto Week will be held under the theme: "Reimagining the Future, Together: Celebrating 100-Years of Automotive Heritage, Passion, Resilience, and Ingenuity.”

SA Auto Week is distinguished as Africa's leading and pre-eminent annual automotive thought leadership event bringing together auto industry leaders, global OEMs, vehicle component manufacturers and suppliers, international investors, policy-makers, law-makers, decision-makers, regulatory bodies, and journalists across the entire automotive value chain.

Government has played a pivotal role in fostering a favourable policy and regulatory environment that has supported growth, transformation, and innovation within the automotive industry.

The South African Automotive Masterplan (SAAM 2035) sets the objective of growing South Africa’s vehicle production to 1% of global output and aims to increase the annual export value of the South African automotive industry from approximately R201 billion in 2019 to R400 billion by 2035.
 
The effective functioning of the logistics and infrastructure sector is paramount to maintain competitiveness, as expenses associated with shipping and transportation play a vital role to determine the competitiveness of our exports.

 President Ramaphosa will be accompanied by the Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Mr Parks Tau; Minister of Transport, Ms Barbara Creecy; Minister of Electricity and Energy, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa and Minister of Minerals and Petroleum Resources, Mr Gwede Mantashe.

Members of the media are invited to attend and cover the event as follows:

Date: Thursday, 17 October 2024
Time: 08h00
Venue: Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC), Western Cape Province

Media interested in covering SA Auto Week  can send enquiries and rsvp to Olga Antoniades - Naamsa Head of Communication on olga@naamsa.co.za / 072 062 5876

Media enquiries: Vincent Magwenya, Spokesperson to the President – media@presidency.gov.za

Issued by: The Presidency
Pretoria