300K USD in Fake Bearings Found in Johannesburg Warehouse
<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="/ueditor/php/upload/image/20220628/1656387118430360.jpg" title="1656387118430360.jpg" alt="7.jpg"/></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The South African Tyre, Equipment, and Parts Association (TEPA) warned local motorists to be on the lookout for ¡°illegal and inferior quality automotive parts¡± after the Hawks special crime unit discovered R5-million worth of fake NSK-branded <a href="https://www.wswbearings.com/products/catalogue.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 112, 192); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 112, 192);"><strong>bearings</strong></span></a>in a Tulisa Park, Johannesburg warehouse.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br/></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">According to Vishal Premlall, National Director of TEPA, counterfeit products are only part of the problem as there is currently a wider proliferation of sub-standard quality parts flooding the domestic market and compromising consumers¡¯ health and safety.<br/></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br/></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">¡°The problem with these parts is there is very little, if any traceability, no technical support, and no recourse for the consumer,¡± said Premlall.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br/></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The discovery of the illegal bearing stash follows the destruction of R80-million worth of illegal automotive materials by the National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications (NRCS) earlier this year.</span></p><p><br/></p>
28 Jun,2022
