Revving up

摘要

"Some visitors are amazed that this is Africa. They expect a jungle or lions, but then they see this". The manager of a Delta Motors assembly plant in Port Elizabeth waves at a bustling factory floor, then to a gang of robots welding the panels of a small car. Along the line more robots spray paint; another squirts glue to fit windows. Human workers fill the gaps, as 125 cars are put together each day. Other machines are in place to build a new model, once the firm's new owners give the order. Last month, General Motors announced the purchase of an outstanding 51% share of Delta Motors, South Africa's fourth-largest car firm, for an undisclosed sum.