The extent of job automation in the automobile sector in South Africa

Bianca I Chigbu and Fhulu H Nekhwevha

Economic and Industrial Democracy, 2022, vol. 43, issue 2, 726-747

Abstract: This study argues that the automobile sector’s body shop is fully automated, the paint shop is 80% automated, there is about 20% technology utilization in the car assembly line, and the supply for logistics is making a lot more use of machines as well. These percentages are an indicator of how workers have lost the contest with technology in the industry. Many workers are being deskilled and the remaining workers are being reshuffled to assembly lines likely to be automated with time. There should be interventions to ready the workers to adapt to society and the economy, or there will be massive unemployment.

Keywords: Automobile sector; fourth industrial revolution; job automation; South Africa; unemployment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1177/0143831X20940779

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