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Manufacturing in South Africa has undergone major restructuring following the dismantling of the systems of regulation, protection and industry support of the apartheid regime. The outcomes were not as expected, as capital-intensive heavy industries have continued to perform well while most manufacturing has struggled to come to terms with globalisation. As an industrialising country, South Africa is at a critical juncture, with worsening mass unemployment raising major questions over the sustainability of its development trajectory. This volume assesses the policies, outcomes and implications of the developments at the national level and through a key focus on the East Rand now covered by Ekurhuleni Metro. The title includes analyses by leading economic historians, geographers and sociologists, along with economists, to trace the impacts on this region and place it in the wider context of the challenges facing South Africa including HIV/AIDS and black economic empowerment.

Table of Contents:
National policies and patterns of manufacturing development: Promoting competitiveness and equity in a complex environment; small and medium manufacturing in South Africa - constraints and opportunities; promoting the growth and development of economic linkages arising from mineral-based activities in South Africa; technological change for local economic growth and development; trading and training - large manufacturing firms in the greater durban metropolitan area. Restructuring and change in manufacturing in ekurhuleni; economy and society on the east rand in the 20th century; from national industrial workshop to 'rustbelt'? Restructuring the manufacturing economy of ekurhuleni, 1980-1999; addressing the apartheid industrial legacy: local economic development and industrial policy in South Africa; the apartheid city - patterns of industrial and residential development in ekurhuleni; encouraging downstream value-added and labour-intensive growth? The case of the metal products sector; value chains, market power and competitiveness - understanding the performance of the plastics sector. Further issues of sustainable manufacturing; what happened to kelvinator? The road from alrode to ezakheni and matsapha; sustainable manufacturing and hiv/aids - company responses and the south african workplace; private procurement and the development of black smmes in ekurhuleni; the human costs of 'shock treatment' industrial policy: evidence from the South African textile and footwear sectors.

About the Author :
Simon Roberts is an associate professor of Economics at the University of the Witwatersrand and co-ordinator of the Corporate Strategy and Industrial Development research unit. He has a Phd from the University of London. He has published widely in international journals including Industrial and Corporate Change, Journal of African Economies, Journal of International Development, International Review of Applied Economics, Development Southern Africa and South African Journal of Economics.

Review :
"'This important book provides a timely contribution to the ongoing debate on industrial policy in South Africa. Through 15 excellent research-based chapters, it provides a unique insight into the local dynamics of restructuring in Africa's largest industrial concentration, Ekurhuleni.' Professor Edward Webster, University of the Witwatersrand 'This book provides a wide-ranging review of industrial development dynamics through a variety of lenses, including region, sector, firm size, value chains and communities.' Stephen Hanival, Director, Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies 'The contributions to this volume reflect the vibrant debates on the challenges of globalisation and development, and undertake critical appraisals of the record of the past decade.... One of the clear messages from the contributions to the book is the importance of different development paths for the outcomes in terms of employment and income. An industrial development path which continues to exclude a large proportion of the population is clearly not sustainable... This book is an important contribution to our understanding of the nitty gritty realities of industrial transformation in a strategically important district of our country and deserves to be widely read.' From foreword by Minister Alec Erwin"


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  • ISBN-13: 9780702172724
  • Publisher: Juta & Company Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Juta Legal and Academic Publishers
  • Height: 245 mm
  • No of Pages: 288
  • Width: 168 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0702172723
  • Publisher Date: 07 Jun 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: The case of South Africa and Ekurhuleni


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