The South African automotive sector is renewing its call for a transformative change: a fully transparent, cradle-to-grave vehicle history system. The lack of such a system is hampering efforts to improve safety, consumer confidence, and accountability across the automotive value chain with many sources labelling the used-car market ‘a disaster in South Africa’. For years, […]
Lack of access to the complete history of a vehicle from Cradle to Grave is hindering efforts by industry players to establish transparency and disclosure in the market and open the doors to a safer mobility solution which meets the needs of all stakeholders and builds confidence within the greater automotive value chain. The Need […]
Ipeleng Mabusela, CEO strategy and corporate support for the Retail Motor Industry Organisation (RMI), the leading voice in the automotive aftermarket sector with more than 170,000 employees employed through its eight associations, warmly congratulates the newly appointed cabinet of ministers and deputy ministers, specifically those in the Departments of Transport, Employment and Labour, Education, Trade, […]
SAIA Deny Consumers Access To Code 2 Vehicles Finally In April 2024 SAMBRA received a response from SAIA regarding the publication of Code 2 vehicles. The letter received from SAIA states, “after extensive internal engagements by the relevant SAIA Committee structures, … SAIA has decided that Code 2 vehicle salvage information will not be included […]
The South African Motor Body Repairers’ Association (SAMBRA) is calling for insurance data transparency to help protect South African consumers. Listen to this 702 conversation for yet another alarming example of a consumer purchasing a second-hand car with a very troubled past. Radio clip via Radio 702.
An 84-year old pensioner in Bela Bela has not only lost his original Toyota Corolla which he trustingly traded into a dealer online, but has also been unwittingly been sold a 2021 Suzuki Brezza with just 28,525 km on the clock for R230,000. What looked like a dream car at the initial physical inspection in […]
