Rosslyn, South Africa
Rosslyn | |
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 Entrance to BMW South Africa's Rosslyn manufacturing plant | |
  Rosslyn Location within Gauteng  Rosslyn Location within South Africa | |
| Coordinates: 25°37′30″S 28°05′20″E / 25.625°S 28.089°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| Municipality | City of Tshwane |
| Main Place | Akasia |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.89 km2 (0.34 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 2,960 |
| • Density | 3,300/km2 (8,600/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 98.8% |
| • Coloured | 0.2% |
| • White | 0.7% |
| • Other | 0.2% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Northern Sotho | 26.4% |
| • Tswana | 24.1% |
| • English | 11.1% |
| • Zulu | 9.9% |
| • Other | 28.6% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 0182 |
| PO box | 0200 |
Rosslyn is an industrial suburb of Akasia, 29 km north-west of Pretoria, and part of the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality in the Gauteng province of South Africa.[2]
This industrialized area is best known for its automotive manufacturing industry.
Economy
[edit]Rosslyn is home to a major BMW South Africa factory, which opened in 1968. It was BMW's first factory outside of Europe.[3]
Nissan South Africa maintained a factory in Rosslyn since 1966, manufacturing a vast range of motor vehicles, trucks, light delivery vans (locally known as "bakkies") and 4X4 offroaders.
IVECO also operates a plant in the area.[4]
In 2012, vehicle manufacturing plants in South Africa contributed about 6.2% to the country's gross domestic product.[5]
In July 2026, Nissan SA's Rosslyn plant was officially handed over to Chery SA, after the two reached a deal for its sale earlier that year, and regulatory approval was granted.[6]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 "Sub Place Rosslyn". Census 2011.
- ↑ Google maps
- ↑ History of the BMW plant in Rosslyn
- ↑ "IVECO South Africa". IVECO. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
- ↑ Singh, Sukasha (April 2012). "BMW to add 600 jobs at Rosslyn plant". Mail & Guardian. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
- ↑ Nqobile Dludla (3 July 2026). "China's Chery takes over former Nissan car factory in South Africa". Reuters. Retrieved 17 July 2026.
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