Ford South Africa has only shipped a few hundred units of its plug-in hybrid Ranger bakkie since starting production of the model at its Silverton plant in Pretoria at the end of 2024.
The local division of the Ford Motor Company recently announced it was retrenching 470 workers at its operations in Silverton in Pretoria and Struandale in Gqeberha.
Ford explained the move was due to a decline in demand for its vehicles, in particular the Ranger bakkie, in Europe and the UK.
The latter has adjusted vehicle…
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Zorkle Sporkle
Van der Merwe goes to Paris to watch the Boks take on the Brits at the world cup.
Whilst in Paris, he walks around, gaping and staring at everything – so much so that he walks smack bang into a fire hydrant which hits him so hard on the family jewels that he has to be rushed to hospital where the doctors tell him they have to remove his testicles.
Van goes berserk, he bites and snarls at every one and he won\’t let anybody within 10 metres of him. Eventually they find a South African doctor in the hospital and get him to talk to Van.
He walks up to Van and tells him \”Hey Van, die ouens moet jou knaters uithaal.\”
Van replies \”O, okay, ek dog die bliksems wil my test tickets vat.\”
Plegasus
Could you perhaps tell me which political party is the ruling party in South Africa?