The motor industry’s next biggest challenge is skills shortages, says Mika Heeraman, owner of Unique Auto Panel and Paint, in Tongaat, Kwazulu-Natal. She believes women can play a pivotal role in taking the industry to the next level. A challenging start Mika opened her own auto body shop at the age of 26. Three years […]
Meet Winny Vilankulu, the teacher with a passion for cars who runs a thriving business, Senatla Panelbeaters in her community. This Women’s Month meet some of the successful women in our industry and get inspired to start your career in motor body repair.
Uvashen Bramiah, newly appointed national director of the South African Motor Body Repairers’ Association (SAMBRA), a proud association of the Retail Motor Industry Organisation (RMI), says challenges with limited business premises, lack of access to resources and technology, poor infrastructure, bureaucratic hurdles and a lack of managerial competencies are some of the reasons that many […]
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Uvashen Bramiah takes over from Richard Green as National Director of the South African Motor Body Repairers Association (SAMBRA), effective 1 July 2022. SAMBRA is a proud association of the Retail Motor Industry Organisation (RMI). Bramiah, who hails from Kwazulu-Natal, is currently a SAMBRA Association Representative overseeing 662 members in the Gauteng-Highveld, Mpumalanga, Northwest and […]
This post was written and originally published by the RMI. On 22 June 2022, Doctor M. J. Phaala, Minister of Health, terminated certain sections of the National Health Act, which were in effect to combat the spread of COVID-19 in our communities. Since the repeal of these sections of the Act, we received several queries […]
