WITS Business School Case Centre
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Cape Herb & Spice Company: Choosing a Growth Strategy
50,00 $CASE STUDY. Irene Ivy-Schuurmans and Dale Kneen started the Cape Herb and Spice Company in 1992, selling their wares from a modest barrow at the Cape Town Waterfront.
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JL Zwane: Corporate Social Responsibility meets Social Entrepreneur
50,00 $CASE STUDY. It was October 2007 and social entrepreneur Reverend Spiwo Xapile sat in his immaculate office at the J L Zwane centre, located on the corner of NY2 and NY7 in Gugulethu (Cape Town).
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eNatis: What Went Wrong?
50,00 $CASE STUDY. On 31 May 2007, Werner Koekemoer, project manager for the eNaTIS (a new national traffic information system) in the Department of Transport, and Johan Vorster, project director of Tasima (the consortium that had developed the system), met to reflect on the highly publicised failure of the new traffic information system on 12 April, just over a month before.
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Sandton City: Looking for a Sustainable Power Solution
50,00 $CASE STUDY. In May 2008, Johannesburg’s Sandton City shopping complex was on the road to recovery from its experience that January, when it was hit hardest of all shopping centres in the country by Eskom’s random power cuts.
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Yahluma: A Sustainable Business Model?
50,00 $CASE STUDY. In September 2007, Pindiwe Holomisa and Nomaciko Ngoasheng, started Yahluma Solutions Ltd with the intention of building a contact centre in Buffalo City (Eastern Cape), and making use of a Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) incentive to encourage the establishment of business process outsourcing and offshoring (BPO&O) businesses.
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Netflorist: Maintaining Momentum
50,00 $CASE STUDY. When Netflorist managing director Ryan Bacher was involved in establishing Netflorist, the company had the normal teething problems of building a business, but it didn’t have to worry about local online competition.
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Sally Williams Fine Foods: Getting to Market
50,00 $CASE STUDY. Dries Pretorius, national sales manager of Sally Williams Fine Foods, a small manufacturer of luxury nougat, was furious.
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Polecat: Poised for Growth
50,00 $CASE STUDY. It was October 2007, and a perfect early summer’s day in Cape Town. In his small loft office, Michael Meltzer, founder of Zacron Industries CC[1] trading as Polecat, which manufactured and marketed a patented clasp and claw device used in shopfitting as well as many other applications, was deep in thought.
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African Bank Investments Ltd: Breaking through Microfinance Frontiers
50,00 $CASE STUDY. By May 2007, African Bank Investments Limited (ABIL) had, under the leadership of Leon Kirkinis, become one of the predominant players in the provision of financial credit services to the mass employed population of South Africa.
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Pravin Gordhan: Master Juggler
50,00 $CASE STUDY. The 2006 tax year was a record one for Pravin Gordhan, commissioner of the South African Revenue Services (SARS).
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Harley-Davidson® Motor Company: Bonding with the Biker
50,00 $CASE STUDY. Since 1996, when international motorcycle manufacturer Harley-Davidson (Harley) first established a presence in South Africa, the company had grown from only one dealership to seven independent dealerships in 2007.
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South Africa: the Battle for Social and Economic Policy
50,00 $CASE STUDY. On Saturday 13 January 2007, the South African president, Thabo Mbeki, stepped up to the podium at a mass rally of African National Congress (ANC) supporters in Witbank, Mpumulanga to deliver the annual January 8 Statement of the ANC National Executive Committee (NEC).
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Brian Bruce: New Century Leader (Abridged Version)
50,00 $CASE STUDY. In July 2008, Brian Bruce, chief executive of the 106-year-old construction, mining, engineering and manufacturing giant Murray & Roberts, had been at the helm for eight years.
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Andbeyond: From Africa to India and Beyond
50,00 $CASE STUDY. Steven Fitzgerald,the chief executive officer of Andbeyond (originally Conservation Corporation Africa), a leader in luxury ecotourism, is taking his company to new climes.
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Brian Bruce: New Century Leader (Long Version)
50,00 $CASE STUDY. In July 2008, Brian Bruce, chief executive of the 106-year-old construction, mining, engineering and manufacturing giant Murray & Roberts, had been at the helm for eight years.
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