General Motors Corp. said it re-entered the South African car market this week after signing an agreement to acquire a 49 percent stake in Delta Motor Corp.

Financial terms weren't disclosed.The world's biggest automaker said it will have the option to acquire additional equity stake in the future.

General Motors withdrew from South Africa in 1986 during economic sanctions against the apartheid regime, selling its GM South Africa Ltd. unit to management who adopted the Delta name.

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