Mureza is a black-owned African car manufacturer. Owned and co-founded by Tatenda Mungofa, Pheladi Chiloane and Thulisa Sosibo, we first reported on the brand in September 2019 as it was about to unveil its first model a hatchback called the Prim8 (pronounced Primate) a name the company might want to rethink.
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The Mureza Auto Company, registered in Zimbabwe and South Africa and the first black-owned car building company in Southern Africa, will release the first batch of 100 Prim8 badged (pronounced primate) vehicles into the local market this week.
According to a release from company, registered under Mureza Holdings, the Prim8 vehicles can be pre-ordered and reserved at US$3000 (about R44 000) on the Mureza website for delivery in South Africa or Zimbabwe.
Mureza Auto debuted at Automechanika Johannesburg two years ago where it announced a joint venture with the Iranian SAIPA Group (Société Anonyme Iranienne de Production Automobile, as registered in French) based in Tehran.
The Mureza Auto Company, registered in Zimbabwe and South Africa and the first black-owned car building company in Southern Africa, will release the first batch of 100 Prim8 badged (pronounced primate) vehicles into the local market next week. According to a release from company, registered under Mureza Holdings, the Prim8 vehicles can be pre-ordered and reserved at $3000 (about R44 000) on the
Mureza website for delivery in South Africa or Zimbabwe.
Mureza Auto debuted at
Automechanika Johannesburg two years ago where it announced a joint venture with the Iranian SAIPA Group (Société Anonyme Iranienne de Production Automobile, as registered in French) based in Tehran. The company, backed by funders in the United Arab Emirates and other investors, has recently been granted a licence to build and distribute its Prim8 models, based on the SAIPA Quick, in South Africa. It is currently assembled from SKD kits in the Automotive Supplier Park in Rosslyn, Pretoria.