I lived in S.Africa from 1975 to 1997. The Alfa factory was in a town called Brits to the west of Pretoria which is where the Charade was assembled (the low volume production runs meant the car was probably reassembled there from a CKD kit ie Completely Knocked down). Alfa also assembled Fiat Unos as well (my wife had one). The Nissan factory at Rosslyn near Pretoria used to assemble Land Rovers, there were all sorts of wierd arrangements in the SA car industry, the Mercedes factory in East London assembled Honda Ballades (Acclaims?). The VW factory in Port Elizabeth still makes the MK 1 Golf (Citigolf) with a cracking updated 1.8 engine. If I remember correctly the Charade was not a big seller as the engine was too small. Most of S.Africa sits 5000-6000 ft above sea level so in Johannesburg/Pretoria (largest market) engines are 15% down on power (3% loss for every 1000ft). Most cars tended to have larger engines than their European equivilants eg 1.8 against a 1.6 engine. As cars do not rust on the Highveldt any anti rust treatment was very basic, check your carefully and good luck.