Nissan to invest Sh21b to build new Navara model in South Africa

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa gestures behind a driver's seat of a Nissan Navara, after an announcement at Nissan's plant in Rosslyn, near Pretoria, South Africa April 10, 2019. [Reuters]

The South African arm of Nissan will spend 3 billion rand (Sh21.3 billion) equipping its local plant to build the Japanese carmaker’s new Navara model, the unit’s boss said yesterday.

Capacity at Nissan’s plant in Rosslyn, near Pretoria, will increase by 30,000 units in the first phase, Mike Whitfield, managing director at Nissan South Africa said, while the plant’s permanent headcount will increase by 400.