SWOP: Society, Work and Development Institute

What Happened to Kelvinator? The Road from Alrode to Ezakheni and Matsapha

Year: 
2006
Author(s): 
Bezuidenhout A
Chapter published in Roberts, S. (ed). Sustainable Manufacturing? The Case of South Africa and Ekurhuleni. Cape Town: Juta. The chapter considers the closure of the Kelvinator plant in Alrode, Johannesburg, and the implications of the industrial geography of post-apartheid South Africa for industrial policy. The book can be ordered online