General
Motors has halted production at its main South African plant because of the
strike by the country's National Union of Metalworkers.
The
US car giant has not been able to access component parts for its cars.
GM
told the BBC that its production line was down, but that it has enough cars to
sell over the next two weeks.
The
current strike is targeted at the steel and engineering sector, which makes
products for industries such as mines, automotives and telecoms.
"We
undertook contingency planning to
