# Metalworkers union Numsa has criticised the government for not having better control over the import of foreign products, particularly Asian and Indian vehicles, at the cost of the local manufacturing workforce. In 2018, Chinese and Indian imports accounted for one-percent of the country’s automotive sector, and in 2025, that figure had climbed to 26-percent. Numsa’s secretary general, Irvin Jim, says workers are not losing jobs because they are lazy or unskilled, but because government policy has been distorted in favour of traders and importers.
Numsa calling on government to act decisively to promote local manufacturing