New Amazon customer service centre opens in Cape Town

The centre has hired approximately 150 new employees for its launch this year to support Amazon's websites in the US and Germany. It is expected to create more than 600 new jobs during its first two years of operation, with an additional 400 seasonal jobs to be added during the fourth-quarter holiday seasons.

"We've built a great team at our new centre that is working hard to take care of Amazon's global customers," said Scott Sommers, senior site leader for the Cape Town centre. "Cape Town's well-known hospitality has been provided to us from the moment we started developing our new facility and reaffirms our decision to build a presence in the area."

The centre in Cape Town will provide services in English and German, and available positions will be listed at www.amazon.com/careers.