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

Published:
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