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| | Mandela and BMW - The Car Connection |
 | | In March 1974, BMW's new 5-Series was launched locally and in April 1975, BMW AG took over full shareholding and established BMW South Africa (Pty) Ltd. Following the 5-Series, the new 7-Series launched in 1978, which finally established the automaker as a manufacturer of high performance luxury passenger cars in South Africa. |
 | | Starting in the early 1970s, this German manufacturer embarked on a social upliftment program and specifically addressed inequalities in employment practices, the access of fls to education and training as well as housing, which were some of the greatest areas of deprivation under apartheid. |
 | | A technology center and computers at Vista University's Mamelodi Campus (Vista University is one of the newest and largest historically fl universities in South Africa), Aero-Mech Training, which educates previously disadvantaged youths in aeronautical and mechanical skills, in particular skills needed to manufacture a light aircraft, and The BMW Deutche Schule Outreach Program. |
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