It was April 2007, and Ray Hartley still had myriad unanswered questions in the lead-up to the launch of a new daily newspaper, The Times, in June 2007
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Case Studies - Strategy
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By 2009, stokvels (community-based savings clubs) were playing a substantial role in the South African economy.
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It was 21 February 2006. Maria Ramos, CEO of Transnet, one of the largest parastatals in South Africa
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A plane flies overhead. As if on automatic pilot, Gidon Novick glances out his second floor office window.
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In November 2010, Clifford Barnett – director and co-owner of family business, SA Metal Group (SA Metal)
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By June 2010, The Coca-Cola Company’s (Coca-Cola) micro distribution centre (MDC) network in Africa had proven to be incredibly successful.
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It was December 2009, just over a year since Remgro Limited (Remgro) had completed the distribution of its indirect shareholding in British American Tobacco plc (BAT): 90% of its shares had gone to its shareholders, while the balance of 10% went to a new investment vehicle listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, called Reinet Investments.
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On 1 September 2009, as financial services firm, Discovery Ltd was about to release its annual results for 2008/2009, its chief executive officer (CEO) and founder Adrian Gore, took some time to consider the company’s trajectory since its inception 16 years ago.
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Johannesburg-based Zest, well respected in the electric motor industry, was the only distributor of WEG motors throughout southern Africa. In 2001, its chief executive officer (CEO), James Blakemore, added variable speed drives (VSDs) to the product portfolio and, by 2009, Zest had become the fourth-biggest player in the local drives market.
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In November 2009, bidorbuy was the largest South African online marketplace. Following a failed attempt earlier in the year to purchase bidorbuy, kalahari.net
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In August 2009, Eran Brill, director of The Phone Shop (Pty) Ltd, a consumer electronic goods retailer, was about to renegotiate the lease on his Sandton City store.
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In August 2006, the lease on The Phone Shop – a business that the Brill family had run for the past 18 years – was up for renewal. In recent years, the shop had not performed well, but Eran Brill believed that because it had developed a strong brand over the years, there was potential to make it profitable once again.
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In December 2008, Charlene Lewison, marketing director of the Johannesburg-based family business, Birdi Golf Apparel, surveyed the company’s well-stocked shelves with pride – but also with a growing sense of unease.
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In December 2008, Charlene Lewison, marketing director of the Johannesburg-based family business, Birdi Golf Apparel, surveyed the company’s well-stocked shelves with pride
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In January 2008, the black-owned Pamodzi Investment Holdings (PIH) was at a crossroads, as its chief executive officer (CEO), Ndaba Ntsele, sat down with his board to discuss how to finance the growth of the business.
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In July 2009, businessman and entrepreneur, Martyn Mills of MCM Wines, reconsidered his marketing strategy. He had been exporting his own wine to China since 2003 and had recently signed an agreement with the prestigious South African wine estate, Groot Constantia, to export its wine to that country as well.
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In September 2007, Pindiwe Holomisa and Nomaciko Ngoasheng, started Yahluma Solutions Ltd with the intention of building a fully-owned contact centre in Buffalo City (Eastern Cape)...
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In the 2004 financial year, for the third year in a row, the results of fashion and food retailer Woolworths were behind those of its competitors.
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By June 2006, the South African cell phone banking market had changed dramatically.
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It was April 2005, six months after Rowlinson and Richardson had launched their virtual bank...
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Bonang Mohale, managing director of Otis South Africa, was challenged with the transformation of the organisation from a product-oriented company into a world class...
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A number of factors affected the chemicals and plastics industry in South Africa during the late 1990s.
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In May 2008, Johannesburg’s Sandton City shopping complex was on the road to recovery from its experience that January...
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Part A of the case is set on the morning of 13 May 2003, when Sean Summers, chief executive officer (CEO) of Pick 'n Pay, one of South Africa's largest supermarket chains...
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Netflorist managing director Ryan Bacher’s wife always gets flowers for Valentine’s Day.
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MultiChoice customers and the company’s senior management had asked Eddie Moyce, call centre manager for MultiChoice Africa...
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It was mid-June 2005 and Jason Lurie, managing director of the Johannesburg-based Moyo restaurant chain...
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Massmart acquired Game in September 1998. Unlike its own mass retailer, Dion, which had experienced difficulties since 1993...
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Marketing manager at South African Breweries, Trevor Hughes, investigated how best, to meet the needs of both an established...
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