The geography of business-management in South Africa

In common with the U.S.A., the South African economy is becoming increasingly dominated by the large private and public corporate enterprise. The decisions of such organizations are assuming a growing significance in the articulation of the Republic’s space economy. The present paper focusses attention upon the business-management function and determines the location of decision-making in private enterprise in South Africa. The analysis suggests the domination of the South African urban system by one primate core region with Johannesburg the supreme business-management centre. Decision-making in the Republic is more highly concentrated than in any other country so far examined.