Business Report writes that car manufacturer BMW South Africa says it plans to expand its IT workforce by 50% from 400 to 600 jobs by next year.  

Tim Abbott, CEO of the vehicle manufacturer’s SA and sub-Saharan operations on Thursday said its services centre has already created over 200 specialist jobs between 2014 and 2016, with targets for further growth to 320 jobs by 2017.  In addition, the IT Operations Centre employs 200 people and will grow to 300 by 2017, supporting a growing number of critical IT Systems for BMW around the world.  Both IT centres provide employees with the opportunity to develop their skills locally and on international assignments.  Abbott noted South Africans were unique in terms of multi-skilling.

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