Deputy minister of trade, industry and competition Zuko Godlimpi says the government is still looking for a technical partner to help it acquire the Goodyear Tyres factory when it leaves SA next month.
This emerged from a plenary in the National Assembly on Wednesday afternoon, where ministers in the economic cluster were replying to questions from MPs. Goodyear announced in June that it would be closing its Eastern Cape factory.
ANC MP Lufefe Mkutu asked minister Parks Tau for the reasons that the department was unsuccessful in preventing the closure of the plant in Kariega.