Wounds of Hyundai sabotage reopened

A South African car manufacturer has plans of expanding to Botswana by 2021, restarting the country’s dormant vehicle assembly industry. For survivors of the Hyundai collapse of 2000, the hopeful news is a painful reminder of the tragedy of that year. Staff Writer, MBONGENI MGUNI reports

That December, the 900 or so citizen workers at Hyundai Motor Distributors Botswana had received their salaries and year-end bonuses before knocking off for Christmas.

The year was 1999, the turn of the millennium and, thanks to their efforts at the Block 3 Industrial plant, vehicle manufacturing had become the country’s second highest export commodity after diamonds.

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