Locals lose jobs when it's foreign that's lekker

One of the biggest challenges facing South Africa's largest manufacturer and distributor of heavy equipment, Bell Equipment, is the increasing cost of doing business in the country, says CEO Gary Bell. This includes import duties, regulatory costs and the costs of BEE."We deal with these as best we can, but if it gets more difficult we will need to migrate some of our manufacturing to our European factories," says Bell, who released his company's interim half-year results on Friday.