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Apartheid and business: Competition, monopoly and the growth of the malted beer industry in South Africa

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  • Anne Kelk Mager

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The South African brewing industry experienced enormous growth in the apartheid era, following the lifting of prohibition on the sale of 'European liquor' to Africans in 1961. Successive international brewers and local entrepreneurs sought to benefit from increased demand in the 1970s but were unable to withstand competition from South African Breweries (SAB), the dominant player in the industry. A decade of intense competition in the brewing industry ended with the intervention of the cabinet of the Afrikaner Nationalist government. SAB's status as 'sole supplier to the industry' remained virtually unchallenged until the demise of apartheid and the end of South Africa's international isolation. The end of apartheid and changes in the global brewing industry brought renewed competition to the South African beer market in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

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  • Anne Kelk Mager, 2008. "Apartheid and business: Competition, monopoly and the growth of the malted beer industry in South Africa," Business History, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 50(3), pages 272-290.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:bushst:v:50:y:2008:i:3:p:272-290
    DOI: 10.1080/00076790801967451
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    1. Stephanie Decker, 2010. "Postcolonial Transitions in Africa: Decolonization in West Africa and Present Day South Africa," Journal of Management Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 47(s1), pages 791-813, July.
    2. Maria-Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez & Maria-Teresa Vasquez-Melo & Carolina Rios-Molina, 2015. "International Expansion and Contexts of a Global Player from an Emerging Market: The Case of Sabmiller 1993–2013," Global Business Review, International Management Institute, vol. 16(3), pages 377-392, June.

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