This Brief analyses Ford and General Motors' decisions to end all direct investment in South Africa. However, they continue to play important roles in South Africa, including Ford cars continuing to be sold to the South African police. The anti-apartheid movement continues to call for complete withdrawal by both companies. The document discusses controversies about these companies' actions, including issues negotiated with non-racial National Automobile and Allied Workers Union (NAAWU). It also discusses demands of any company contemplating withdrawal put forward by South African unions, including the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA), Chemical Workers' Industrial...
This Brief analyses Ford and General Motors' decisions to end all direct investment in South Africa. However, they continue to play important roles in South Africa, including Ford cars continuing to be sold to the South African police. The anti-apartheid movement continues to call for complete withdrawal by both companies. The document discusses controversies about these companies' actions, including issues negotiated with non-racial National Automobile and Allied Workers Union (NAAWU). It also discusses demands of any company contemplating withdrawal put forward by South African unions, including the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA), Chemical Workers' Industrial Union (CWIU), and the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU).
