by Thinus Ferreira
LG Electronics South Africa says it's been working hard to prevent distribution disruption of its goods and services following the flooding in KwaZulu-Natal that impacted the Durban harbour.
LG Electronics SA, one of the biggest suppliers of home appliances including smartphones, OLED TV sets and other TV, audio and video equipment within the South African market, had a factory and warehouse in Durban but it was looted and burnt in July 2021 after which LG Electronics SA moved operations to Johannesburg.
Earlier this month South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province experienced extremely heavy rainfall that led to disastrous flooding and the loss of hundreds of lives. With a growing humanitarian disaster, billions of rand of damage were caused to infrastructure and property, including the Durban port and cargo containers.
In response to a media query, LG Electronics SA tells TVwithThinus that after July 2021 and the looting of its Durban-based factory in Cornubia Industrial Park in Sundew Road in north-Durban, LG moved operations to its South African headquarters in Johannesburg.
"Our team, like many other businesses, have been affected by the impact on product transported via the Durban port," says Jonkook Kang, president of LG Electronics South Africa.
"We are working hard to ensure continued delivery and service of LG products to our retail partners and South African consumers".
TVwithThinus also reached out to Samsung South Africa last week on how it has been affected but didn't get a response yet.
