{"id":40705,"date":"2025-10-30T20:57:34","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T18:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/unlocking-repair-data-why-including-data-publishers-in-south-africas-right-to-repair-framework-is-critical\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T20:57:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T18:57:34","slug":"unlocking-repair-data-why-including-data-publishers-in-south-africas-right-to-repair-framework-is-critical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/unlocking-repair-data-why-including-data-publishers-in-south-africas-right-to-repair-framework-is-critical\/","title":{"rendered":"Unlocking repair data: Why including data publishers in South Africa\u2019s Right to Repair framework is critical"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The global and local conversation around access to vehicle data is intensifying, and for good reason. In a highly diverse local market, where more than 30 major brands require navigating multiple OEM systems daily, vehicles have become increasingly complex and software-driven.<\/p>\n<p>The only way independent service providers (ISPs) in the automotive aftermarket can compete fairly and keep vehicles safely on the road, is if they have timely and affordable access to technical repair data.<\/p>\n<p>This was the key discussion point at this week&rsquo;s Right to Repair Conference at Automechanika, focusing on Access to Technical Information &ndash; A Vital Piece in the Puzzle.<\/p>\n<p>Kate Elliott, CEO of Right to Repair South Africa (R2RSA), stressed the urgency of the situation, saying that while the Guidelines for Competition in the South African Automotive Aftermarket make it mandatory for OEMs to provide independent workshops with access to technical information, in practice this access remains challenging&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/news.aspx?s=1&#038;i=75094&#038;page=unlocking-repair-data-why-including-data-publishers-in-south-africa-s-right-to-repair-framework-is-critical\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on Arrive Alive <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The global and local conversation around access to vehicle data is intensifying, and for good reason. In a highly diverse local market, where more than 30 major brands require navigating multiple OEM systems daily, vehicles have become increasingly complex and software-driven. The only way independent service providers (ISPs) in the automotive aftermarket can compete fairly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40706,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/ENGINE%20REPAIR%20TRAINING%20MAINTENANCE.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/ENGINE%20REPAIR%20TRAINING%20MAINTENANCE.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40705\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}