• The DAC is a partnership between the eThekwini Municipality and the automotive industry in KZN.
  • The DAC was established in January 2002 with the primary purpose of developing the competitiveness of the KZN automotive industry.
  • DAC member companies represent over 90% of all automotive manufacturing activity in KZN.
  • Five strategic focus areas have been identified as being core to attaining the growth aspirations of the KZN automotive industry. Successive ‘business plans’ of the DAC are therefore developed to support progress in each of these five areas. 
  • Growth through market linkages & investment
  • Localisation & supplier competitiveness
  • Skills development & skills retention
  • Infrastructure reliability and competitiveness
  • Transformation
  • The success of the DAC as a PPP was recognised at the First National Bank (FNB) KZN Top Business Portfolio Awards ceremony held in May 2010. At this function the partnership between the DAC and eThekwini Municipality Economic Development Unit received the ‘partnership award’ for 2010.

 

Upcoming Events

Friday, 25 May, 2012

At the second Quarterly Growth Session, scheduled for 25 May 2012, a presentation will be undertaken by firms that are currently exporting into Africa. The firms will...

 
Monday, 28 May, 2012

The second of three sessions that make up the TPM Implementation Support Project will be hosted by Apollo Tyres SA on 28 and 29 May 2012. Firms will receive an updated...

 
Wednesday, 30 May, 2012

The Department of Trade and Industry is providing support for firms to present at two exhibitions in China between 4 and 9 October 2012. The dti will offer:

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Friday, 1 June, 2012

The Netherlands Trust Fund II (NTF II) is implementing a supplier competitiveness improvement initiative in partnership with the Durban Automotive Cluster (DAC) in Kwa-...

 
Monday, 11 June, 2012

The Management Development Programme (MDP) is scheduled to begin with its first week-long study school on 11 June 2012. This is a comprehensive programme that is tailored...

 
Tuesday, 12 June, 2012

The next B-BBEE Best Practisce workshop will take place on 12 June 2012. Lesa Bradshaw from BradshawLeRoux will be presenting on:

  • Applying the definition of...
 
Thursday, 14 June, 2012

The DAC Localisation Quarterly meeting is scheduled to take place on 14 June 2012. The day will begin with the Technical Steering Committee meeting including a discussion...

 
Wednesday, 20 June, 2012

The focus in 2012 for JSAD Group 2 consisting of Behr SA; Federal-Mogul Powertrain Systems; GUD Filters; Pi Shurlok; and Toyota Boshoku suppliers is Back to Basics. The...

 
Wednesday, 20 June, 2012

The DAC will be hosting its second Quarterly Skills Development TSC meeting on 20 June 2012 which will include an HR Excellence forum with speakers presenting from, ...

 
Tuesday, 10 July, 2012

The DAC has arranged ISO/TS 16949:2009 Core Tools Training for its members. This 3 day training programme will cover APQP; PPAP, PSW; FMEA and Control Plan and will take...

 

Recent Events

Tuesday, 15 May, 2012

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A Quarterly Infrastructure TSC meeting was recently held on Tuesday, 15 May 2012 at B&M Analysts in Gillitts. The session commenced with the Technical...

 
Monday, 2 April, 2012

The first of three sessions took place at Ramsay Engineering in Pietermaritzburg on 2 and 3 April 2012. The session, which was presented by Arthur David, took participants...

 
Wednesday, 28 March, 2012

The first DAC Executive Committee meeting was held on Wednesday, 28 March 2012 at Toyota SA Motors in Prospecton.

 
Friday, 23 March, 2012

The DAC facilitated a Wellness Forum meeting for firms involved in the Wellness programme on Friday, 23 March 2012 at B&M Analysts in Gillitts. The meeting...

 
Monday, 19 March, 2012

Charles Henzi (DR Outsourcing) was the HR Excellence Forum speaker at the Quarterly Skills TSC meeting that was held on 19 March 2012. He presented on Performance...

 
Thursday, 15 March, 2012

Prof. Justin Barnes, on behalf of BMA Intelligent Systems, undertook a presentation on the APDP Admin System on the 15th of March 2012 at B&M Analysts,...

 
Tuesday, 13 March, 2012

A B-BBEE Best Practice workshop took place on 13 March 2012. Basic B-BBEE training to educate new employees in HR departments and to serve as a refresher course for other...

 
Friday, 9 March, 2012

The focus in 2012 for JSAD Group 1 consisting of Ramsay Engineering; Federal Mogul VSP; Smiths Manufacturing; and Feltex suppliers, will be ISO/TS 16949....

 
Thursday, 8 March, 2012

A launch workshop was held in Durban on the 8th of March 2012 at the Makaranga Lodge. The purpose of the workshop was to provide feedback to stakeholders about...

 
Monday, 5 March, 2012

A CBI Process Control training session was conducted on 5 and 6 March 2012, at the Makaranga Conference Centre. Process Control is a tool aimed at controlling all...

 

DAC in the News

Wednesday, 4 April, 2012

“The Eastern Cape Automotive Sector Support Initiative was launched in Port Elizabeth on Monday. The initiative, which government, labour and industry pledged to support, will see a collaboration among...

 
Wednesday, 4 April, 2012

Africa is an untapped opportunity for the automotive industry, but for the local industry to take advantage complex issues need to be resolved.

This is the view...

 
Wednesday, 4 April, 2012

The worthy winner of the Partnership award, the top award of the evening, was the ambitious public-private partnership between the eThekwini Municipality and KZN’s automotive industry, the Hillcrest-based Durban...

 
Wednesday, 4 April, 2012

The KwaZulu-Natal automotive sector, which has been hard hit by pre-recession and post-recession blues, has an ambitious long-term strategy that is aimed at doubling the size of the sector in the province by...

 
Friday, 11 May, 2012

The International Trade Centre (ITC) recently published an article on the DAC’s NTFII project citing the significant productivity improvements this project has already yielded at Ramsay Engineering. To view the...

 

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Case Studies

Co-ordinated initiative enables Tier 1s to provide supplier development support to 110 Tier 2 suppliers in a highly resource-

 

Graduate development programme for engineers established to address critical shortage of engineering skills in local

 

15 managers graduate from the automotive specific Management Development Programme (MDP) run in partnership with the

 

Employees at 40% of members benefit from comprehensive nine-phase HIV and AIDS workplace programme promoting improved wellness

 

Over 100 people awarded qualifications in automotive purchasing management enabling improved adoption of purchasing best

 

Members provided with support to develop strategies that will better position them to benefit from the APDP...

 

Study tour enables exposure to factors driving the Turkish automotive industry's competitiveness and growth...

 

Six Black owned SMEs provided with development support to enable improved access to opportunities in the automotive industry