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

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dc.contributor.authorChigbu, Bianca Ifeoma
dc.contributor.authorNekhwevha, Fhulu H.
dc.date.accessioned2025-10-22T06:38:44Z
dc.date.available2025-10-22T06:38:44Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractThis 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.
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS), in collaboration with the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA)
dc.identifier.citationChigbu, B. I., & Nekhwevha, F. H. (2022). The extent of job automation in the automobile sector in south africa. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 43(2), 726-747. https://doi.org/10.1177/0143831X20940779
dc.identifier.issn1461-7099
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11837/3291
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSAGE Publications
dc.subjectAutomobile Sector
dc.subjectFourth Industrial Revolution
dc.subjectJob Automation
dc.subjectSouth Africa
dc.subjectUnemployment
dc.titleThe extent of job automation in the automobile sector in South Africa
dc.typeArticle
person.identifier.orcidChigbu, Bianca Ifeoma 0000-0003-4029-9580
person.identifier.orcidNekhwevha, Fhulu H. 0000-0002-6811-013X

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