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Mercedes-Benz CEO, SA: 'We do good business in S Africa'

South Africa's car industry is a major slice of the country's economy and nearly all the big global motor companies have assembly plants there.

The winner of this year's World Car of the Year - the Mercedes C Class - is only assembled in four places in the world: the US, Germany, China and South Africa.

But the big companies also worry about South Africa's energy problems and restless labour force.

The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½â€™s Lerato Mbele sat down with Arno Van Der Merwe, chief executive of Mercedes-Benz South Africa, and asked him if the recent xenophobic attacks there add an additional challenge to the country’s motor industry.

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