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The National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa says the trade union movement will have to bear the brunt of any global fall-out from the current industrial action.
Naamsa president Dr Johan van Zyl, says the country's turbulent industrial relations environment is undermining the interests of the country, the automotive industry and official industrial policy.
He says unless the strike action in the component Industry is settled in the next few days, the damage to the prospects of the automotive industry and on foreign investment sentiment will be immeasurable.
Dr Van Zyl says this could take years to re-address.
Meanwhile, the strike in South Africa's motor sector cost the country's manufacturers over 45 thousand units in lost production.
That's according to the Director of NAAMSA, Nico Vermeulen, following the conclusion of a three week-long strike.
Vermeulen says through the manufacturing chain these losses may add up to R20-billion.
He says although the strike in the motor sector has just ended, the industry still faces a worrying situation with the start of the strike in the components sector.
Vermeulen says it may be a question of days before production grinds to a halt due to a lack of components.
