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  • January 2013
  • Background Note

Apartheid in South Africa

By: Paul Healy
A short history of Apartheid in South Africa View Details
Keywords: Apartheid; Race; Social Issues; South Africa
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Healy, Paul. "Apartheid in South Africa." Harvard Business School Background Note 113-084, January 2013.
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Louisa Mojela & Gloria Serobe

Louisa Mojela, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of WIPHOLD, reflects on ways that she navigated her early career in the context of South Africa's apartheid system. View Details
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Sizwe Nxasana

Sizwe Nxasana, the founding partner of SizweNtsalubaGobodo, the largest Black accounting firm in South Africa, discusses the discrimination he experienced as a young Black accountant during the apartheid era, and how he initially built his business serving Black... View Details
  • 26 Jun 2020
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Peter Vundla

Peter Vundla, who co-founded the first Black-owned advertising agency in South Africa, describes how while working in advertising during the last years of the apartheid regime, he sought to educate White people... View Details
  • 28 Aug 2020
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Peter Vundla

Peter Vundla, who co-founded the first Black-owned advertising agency HerdBuoys in South Africa in 1991, explains how advertising was entirely controlled by white people in apartheid South Africa, who defined how Black people were presented in the media, and how he... View Details
  • 12 Mar 2020
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Robert Brozin

Robert Brozin, the co-Founder of Nando’s, a South African-based restaurant chain specializing in Portuguese food, discusses the challenges of starting his business during the apartheid regime before 1994, and... View Details
  • 06 Dec 2013
  • News

HBS Faculty Remember Nelson Mandela

  • September 2017 (Revised March 2019)
  • Case

Henry Kissinger: Negotiating Black Majority Rule in Rhodesia (A)

By: James K. Sebenius and Laurence A. Green
In 1976, a growing crisis in Southern Africa drew the attention of United States Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger. White Rhodesian leader Ian Smith's refusal to accede to black majority rule threatened to widen into a regional conflict involving apartheid South... View Details
Keywords: Equality and Inequality; Race; Negotiation Process; Negotiation Participants; Government and Politics; Africa; United States
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Sebenius, James K., and Laurence A. Green. "Henry Kissinger: Negotiating Black Majority Rule in Rhodesia (A)." Harvard Business School Case 918-003, September 2017. (Revised March 2019.)
  • 28 Aug 2020
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Peter Vundla

Peter Vundla, who co-founded the first Black-owned advertising agency HerdBuoys in South Africa in 1991, describes how hard it was for Black people to start a business in apartheid South Africa. They were forced to live in townships such as Soweto which were intended... View Details
  • August 2003 (Revised January 2013)
  • Case

Multinational Corporations in Apartheid-era South Africa: The Issue of Reparations

By: Geoffrey Jones and Cate Reavis
Considers the lawsuits filed on behalf of victims of apartheid against multinationals who operated in South Africa prior to 1994. Reviews the debates about divestment from and sanctions against South Africa from the 1950s. Includes case studies of companies that... View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Multinational Firms and Management; Government Legislation; Lawsuits and Litigation; Business and Government Relations; Prejudice and Bias; South Africa
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Jones, Geoffrey, and Cate Reavis. "Multinational Corporations in Apartheid-era South Africa: The Issue of Reparations." Harvard Business School Case 804-027, August 2003. (Revised January 2013.)
  • August 1997 (Revised September 2004)
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South Africa: Getting in GEAR

By: Richard H.K. Vietor
In 1997, Thabo Mbeki is contemplating South Africa's performance since the end of Apartheid in 1994. The economy has done fairly well, but the government's macroeconomic strategy calls for higher growth and employment creation. The case describes the country's history,... View Details
Keywords: History; Strategy; Development Economics; Social Issues; Macroeconomics; South Africa
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Vietor, Richard H.K. "South Africa: Getting in GEAR." Harvard Business School Case 798-012, August 1997. (Revised September 2004.)
  • June 1996
  • Case

Armscor: Life After Apartheid?

After taking office, South Africa's new president, Nelson Mandela, must decide whether to dismantle or support Armscor, South Africa's state-owned arms company, which has been a pillar of the apartheid regime. Complicating matters is the fact that the arms industry was... View Details
Keywords: Values and Beliefs; Competitive Advantage; State Ownership; Government Administration; Business and Government Relations; Public Administration Industry; South Africa
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Enright, Michael J., Stephan Boden, and Benjamin Smith. "Armscor: Life After Apartheid?" Harvard Business School Case 796-186, June 1996.
  • September 2003
  • Case

Nelson Mandela, Turnaround Leader

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Euvin Naidoo
Nelson Mandela was the first democratically elected president of South Africa. He had to shift the culture of a country after the end of the apartheid regime, which enforced separation of the races and stifled freedom of the press. He established more open dialogue,... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Government and Politics; Governance; Policy; Political Elections; Culture; Communication Intention and Meaning; Relationships; Leadership Style; Welfare; South Africa
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Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Euvin Naidoo. "Nelson Mandela, Turnaround Leader." Harvard Business School Case 304-035, September 2003.
  • 05 Dec 2013
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Find Your Inner Mandela: A Tribute and Call to Action

  • April 2007 (Revised March 2008)
  • Case

Dr. Iqbal Survé at Sekunjalo Investment Group (A)

By: Linda A. Hill and Emily Stecker
Dr. Iqbal Surve, a self-described "medical doctor, philanthropist, and social entrepreneur," was born in 1963 and grew up in poverty, like virtually all non-white South Africans during apartheid. During the 1970s and 1980s, he served in leadership positions in the ANC,... View Details
Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Social Entrepreneurship; Investment; Leadership; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Partners and Partnerships; South Africa
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Hill, Linda A., and Emily Stecker. "Dr. Iqbal Survé at Sekunjalo Investment Group (A)." Harvard Business School Case 407-019, April 2007. (Revised March 2008.)
  • 03 Oct 2023
  • Research Event

Build the Life You Want: Arthur Brooks and Oprah Winfrey Share Happiness Tips

actually think that's right. I think that one of the reasons why I am so proud of myself is not just because I escaped apartheid Mississippi and was able to get an education and become successful in life. It's because I have paid... View Details
Keywords: by HBS Staff
  • 01 Apr 2022
  • Blog Post

The Africa Business Conference at HBS: Reimagining the Road Ahead

Women, on Day 1 of the Conference. As a leader in government, civil society, the private sector, and in the struggle to end apartheid in South Africa, PMN was a truly inspiring keynote. She called on us to think critically about our role... View Details
  • 30 Apr 2020
  • Book

Fighting Climate Change Requires a New Capitalism

Rebecca Henderson spent her young adult years living two lives. At work, she preached the risks of resisting change to MBA students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, drawing on lessons she learned while watching factories close as a management consultant.... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Energy
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Nana Quagraine

I faced remarks about the inferiority of blacks and women in science. These experiences threatened to shatter my values and aspirations. Growing up my parents taught me to treat each person equally, irrespective of their status. But as an immigrant from Ghana in South... View Details
  • 06 Dec 2013
  • Op-Ed

HBS Faculty Remember Nelson Mandela

Editor's note: With the death of Nelson Mandela, the words of the Roman poet Horace (65 - 27 BC) seem particularly appropriate in celebrating his life and achievements in freeing South Africa from the oppression of apartheid and leading... View Details
Keywords: by Nitin Nohria, Linda Hill, Rosabeth Moss Kanter & Gautam Mukunda
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