BOOKS

2021

Andreoni, A., Mondliwa, P., Roberts, S. and Tregenna, F. (2021). Structural Transformation in South Africa. The Challenges of Inclusive Industrial Development in a Middle-Income Country. Oxford University Press.

2020

Vilakazi, T., Goga, S. and Roberts, S. (2020). Opening the South African Economy: Barriers to entry, regulation and competition. HSRC Press.

2019

Roberts, S., Klaaren, J. and Valodia, I. (2019). Competition and Regulation for Inclusive Growth in Southern Africa. Jacana Media.

2017

Klaaren, J., Roberts, S. and Valodia, I. (Eds). (2017). Competition and Economic Regulation: Addressing Market Power in Southern Africa. Johannesburg: Wits University Press.

2016

Roberts, S. (Ed). (2016). Competition in Africa: Insights from Key Industries. Cape Town: HSRC Press.


Book Chapters

2023

Das Nair, R. and Bell, J.F. (2023). Post-1994 sectoral evolution and structural transformation in the automotive and agro-processing manufacturing sub-sectors and the grocery retail sector. In Mohamed, S., Ngoma, A. and Baloyi, B. (Eds.), The Evolving Structure of South Africa’s Economy. Faultlines and Futures. Johannesburg: Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection.

Vilakazi, T. and Bosiu, T. (2023). The evolution of South Africa’s economic structure: Key trends amongst the top 100 firms on the JSE. In Mohamed, S., Ngoma, A. and Baloyi, B. (Eds.), The Evolving Structure of South Africa’s Economy. Faultlines and Futures. Johannesburg: Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection.

Bonakele, T., Das Nair, R., & Roberts, S., 2022. Market Inquiries in South Africa. In M. Motta, M. Peitz, & H. Schweitzer (Eds.), Market Investigations: A New Competition Tool for Europe? (pp. 291-319). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

2022

Das Nair, R. (2022). Southern African Regional Value Chains and Integration. In The Oxford Handbook of the South African Economy. Oqubay, A., Tregenna, F., Valodia, I. (eds). p.396-418.

Mondliwa, P. and Roberts, S. (2021). Corporate Structure, Industrial Development, and Structural Change in South Africa. In The Oxford Handbook of the South African Economy. Oqubay, A., Tregenna, F., Valodia, I. (eds). p.349-374.

Vilakazi, T. (2022). Black Economic Empowerment in South Africa. In The Oxford Handbook of the South African Economy. Oqubay, A., Tregenna, F., Valodia, I. (eds). p.599-621.

2021

Meagher, M. and S. Roberts, S. (2021). The Footprint of Competition: Power, Value Distribution and Exploitation in the Food Supply Chain. In Holmes, S., Middelschulte, D., Snoep, M. (eds). Competition Law, Climate Change & Environmental Sustainability, Concurrences.

Mondliwa, P. and Roberts, S. (2021). Corporate structure, industrial development and structural change in South Africa; In Arkebe Oqubay, Fiona Tregenna and Imraan Valodia, Oxford Handbook of the South African Economy, OUP: UK.

Das Nair, R. (2021). Southern African Regional Value Chains and Integration; In Arkebe Oqubay, Fiona Tregenna and Imraan Valodia, Oxford Handbook of the South African Economy, OUP: UK.

Vilakazi, T. (2021). Black Economic Empowerment in South Africa; In Arkebe Oqubay, Fiona Tregenna and Imraan Valodia, Oxford Handbook of the South African Economy, OUP: UK.

Andreoni, A., Mondliwa, P., Roberts, S. and Tregenna, F. (2021). Framing Structural Transformation in South Africa and Beyond; In Andreoni, A., Mondliwa, P., Roberts, S. and Tregenna, F. (eds) (2021). Structural Transformation in South Africa: The Challenges of Inclusive Industrial Development in a Middle-Income Country. OUP: UK.

Andreoni, A., Kaziboni, L. and Roberts, S. (2021). Metals, Machinery, and Mining Equipment Industries in South Africa: The Relationship between Power, Governance, and Technological Capabilities. In Andreoni, A., Mondliwa, P., Roberts, S. and Tregenna, F. (eds) (2021). Structural Transformation in South Africa: The Challenges of Inclusive Industrial Development in a Middle-Income Country. OUP: UK.

Bell, J.F., Monaco, L. and Mondliwa, P. (2021). Leveraging Plastics Linkages for Diversification: An Assessment of Backward Linkages from Polymers and Forward Linkages to the Automotive Industry; In Andreoni, A., Mondliwa, P., Roberts, S. and Tregenna, F. (eds) (2021). Structural Transformation in South Africa: The Challenges of Inclusive Industrial Development in a Middle-Income Country. OUP: UK.

Cramer, C. and Chisoro-Dube, S. (2021). The Industrialization of Freshness and Structural Transformation in South African Fruit Exports; In Andreoni, A., Mondliwa, P., Roberts, S. and Tregenna, F. (eds) (2021). Structural Transformation in South Africa: The Challenges of Inclusive Industrial Development in a Middle-Income Country. OUP: UK.

Ponte, S. (2021). Sustainability and Green Capital Accumulation: Lessons from the South African Wine Value Chain; In Andreoni, A., Mondliwa, P., Roberts, S. and Tregenna, F. (eds) (2021). Structural Transformation in South Africa: The Challenges of Inclusive Industrial Development in a Middle-Income Country. OUP: UK.

Goga, S. and Mondliwa, P. (2021). Structural Transformation, Economic Power, and Inequality in South Africa; In Andreoni, A., Mondliwa, P., Roberts, S. and Tregenna, F. (eds) (2021). Structural Transformation in South Africa: The Challenges of Inclusive Industrial Development in a Middle-Income Country. OUP: UK.

Vilakazi, T. and Bosiu, T. (2021). Black Economic Empowerment, Barriers to Entry, and Economic Transformation in South Africa; In Andreoni, A., Mondliwa, P., Roberts, S. and Tregenna, F. (eds) (2021). Structural Transformation in South Africa: The Challenges of Inclusive Industrial Development in a Middle-Income Country. OUP: UK.

Andreoni, A., Robb, N. and van Huellen, S. (2021). Profitability without Investment: How Financialization Undermines Structural Transformation in South Africa; In Andreoni, A., Mondliwa, P., Roberts, S. and Tregenna, F. (eds) (2021). Structural Transformation in South Africa: The Challenges of Inclusive Industrial Development in a Middle-Income Country. OUP: UK.

Mondliwa, P. and Roberts, S. (2021). The Political Economy of Structural Transformation: Political Settlements and Industrial Policy in South Africa; In Andreoni, A., Mondliwa, P., Roberts, S. and Tregenna, F. (eds) (2021). Structural Transformation in South Africa: The Challenges of Inclusive Industrial Development in a Middle-Income Country. OUP: UK.

Andreoni, A., Mondliwa, P., Roberts, S. and Tregenna, F. (2021). Towards a New Industrial Policy for Structural Transformation; In Andreoni, A., Mondliwa, P., Roberts, S. and Tregenna, F. (eds) (2021). Structural Transformation in South Africa: The Challenges of Inclusive Industrial Development in a Middle-Income Country. OUP: UK.

2020

Roberts, S. (2020) ‘Enterprises and Industrial Policy: Firm-based Perspectives’, in Oqubay, Cramer, Chang, Kozul-Wright (eds) The Oxford Handbook of Industrial Policy, OUP.

Goga, S., P. Mondliwa, S. and Roberts (2020) ‘Economic Power and Regulation: The Political Economy of Metals, Machinery and Equipment Industries in South Africa’ in Francis, Valodia, Webster (eds) Inequality Studies from the Global South, Routledge.

Goga, S. and Vilakazi, T. (2020). Introduction: Challenges to a more open economy. In Vilakazi, T., Goga, S. and Roberts, S. (eds) Opening the South African Economy: Barriers to entry, regulation and competition. HSRC Press.

Bell, J.F and Goga, S. (2020). Key competition challenges in the South African economy: Large firms, concentration and lack of dynamism. In Vilakazi, T., Goga, S. and Roberts, S. (eds) Opening the South African Economy: Barriers to entry, regulation and competition. HSRC Press.

Nkhonjera, M. (2020). Entry challenges in vertically integrated industries: Insights from three agro-processing value chains in South Africa. In Vilakazi, T., Goga, S. and Roberts, S. (eds) Opening the South African Economy: Barriers to entry, regulation and competition. HSRC Press.

Mondliwa, P. (2020). Barriers to entry in concentrated industries: A case study of Soweto Gold. In Vilakazi, T., Goga, S. and Roberts, S. (eds) Opening the South African Economy: Barriers to entry, regulation and competition. HSRC Press.

Chisoro, S. and das Nair, R. (2020). Confronting entry barriers in South Africa’s grocery retail sector. In Vilakazi, T., Goga, S. and Roberts, S. (eds) Opening the South African Economy: Barriers to entry, regulation and competition. HSRC Press.

Vilakazi, T. (2020). Contesting the skies: Entry and rivalry in the South African airline industry. In Vilakazi, T., Goga, S. and Roberts, S. (eds) Opening the South African Economy: Barriers to entry, regulation and competition. HSRC Press.

Paelo, A., Robb, G. and Vilakazi, T. (2020). The competition implications of recent developments in the liquid fuels supply chain. In Vilakazi, T., Goga, S. and Roberts, S. (eds) Opening the South African Economy: Barriers to entry, regulation and competition. HSRC Press.

Makhaya, T. and Nhundu, N. (2020). Competition, barriers to entry and inclusive growth in retail banking: Capitec case study. In Vilakazi, T., Goga, S. and Roberts, S. (eds) Opening the South African Economy: Barriers to entry, regulation and competition. HSRC Press.

Paelo, A. (2020). Breaking barriers through different business models: Mobile money in South Africa and Kenya. In Vilakazi, T., Goga, S. and Roberts, S. (eds) Opening the South African Economy: Barriers to entry, regulation and competition. HSRC Press.

Roberts, S. (2020). Assessing the record of competition law enforcement in opening up the economy. In Vilakazi, T., Goga, S. and Roberts, S. (eds) Opening the South African Economy: Barriers to entry, regulation and competition. HSRC Press.

Crompton, R. and Kaziboni, L. (2020). Lost opportunities? Barriers to entry and Transnet’s procurement of 1 064 locomotives. In Vilakazi, T., Goga, S. and Roberts, S. (eds) Opening the South African Economy: Barriers to entry, regulation and competition. HSRC Press.

Mondliwa, P. and Roberts, S. (2020). Black economic empowerment and barriers to entry. In Vilakazi, T., Goga, S. and Roberts, S. (eds) Opening the South African Economy: Barriers to entry, regulation and competition. HSRC Press.

Goga, S., Roberts, S. and Vilakazi, T. (2020). Conclusion: Towards a more competitive and open economy. In Vilakazi, T., Goga, S. and Roberts, S. (eds) Opening the South African Economy: Barriers to entry, regulation and competition. HSRC Press.

2019

Roberts, S. (2019). ‘Competition law prescriptions and competitive outcomes: insights from Southern and East Africa’, chapter 7 in D. Gerard and I. Lianos (eds), Reconciling Efficiency and Equity: A Global Challenge for Competition Policy, Cambridge University Press.

Roberts, S. (2019). ‘(Re)shaping Markets for Inclusive Economic Activity: Competition and Industrial Policies Relating to Food Production in Southern Africa’, chapter 10 in R. Kanbur, A. Noman, J. E. Stiglitz (eds) Quality of Growth in Africa, Columbia University Press.

Roberts, S. (2019). ‘Cartel enforcement – critical reflections from the South African experience’, in Healey, D. ed. Handbook of Research Methods of Competition Law, Edward Elgar.

2017

Vilakazi, T. (2017). Undermining Inclusive Growth? Effects of coordination on fertilizer prices in Malawi, Tanzania, and Zambia in A Step Ahead: Competition Policy for Shared Prosperity and Inclusive Growth. Washington, DC: The World Bank.

Klaaren, J., Roberts, S. & Valodia, I (eds). (2017). Competition law and economic regulation: addressing market power in Southern Africa. Johannesburg: South Africa, Wits University Press.

Klaaren, J., Roberts, s. and Valodia, I. (2017). Introduction, in J. Klaaren, S. Roberts and I. Valodia (eds.) Competition law and economic regulation. Johannesburg: Wits University Press. 

Maphwanya, R. (2017). The Deterrence Effect of the South African Competition Regime: Analysis of a Survey and Cartel Duration Data, in J. Klaaren, S. Roberts and I. Valodia (eds.) Competition law and economic regulation. Johannesburg: Wits University Press.

Paelo, A., Robb, G. and Vilakazi, T. (2017). Keeping the land wet: Competition and Incumbency in the liquid fuel value chain in South Africa, in J. Klaaren, S. Roberts and I. Valodia (eds.) Competition law and economic regulation. Johannesburg: Wits University Press.

Muzata, T.G., Roberts, S. and Vilakazi, T. (2017). Penalties and settlements for cartels in South Africa, in J. Klaaren, S. Roberts and I. Valodia (eds.) Competition law and economic regulation. Johannesburg: Wits University Press.

Mondliwa, P. and das Nair, R. (2017). Excessive Pricing revisited: what is a competitive price? in J. Klaaren, S. Roberts and I. Valodia (eds.) Competition law and economic regulation. Johannesburg: Wits University Press.

Montmasson-Clair, G. and das Nair, R. (2017). Channeling Economic Regulation to stimulate Competition for Economic Development and Inclusive Growth: Lessons from South Africa’s Renewable Energy Experience, in J. Klaaren, S. Roberts and I. Valodia (eds.) Competition law and economic regulation. Johannesburg: Wits University Press.

Robb, G., Tausha, I. and Vilakazi, T. (2017). Competition and regulatory issues in emerging mobile payments markets: a case study of Zimbabwe, in J. Klaaren, S. Roberts and I. Valodia (eds.) Competition law and economic regulation. Johannesburg: Wits University Press.

Zengeni, T. (2017). The Competitiveness and Performance of the Zimbabwe Poultry Industry, in J. Klaaren, S. Roberts and I. Valodia (eds.) Competition law and economic regulation. Johannesburg: Wits University Press.

das Nair, R. and Roberts, S. (2017). The interface of competition and regulation in energy, telecommunications and transport in South Africa, in J. Klaaren, S. Roberts and I. Valodia (eds.) Competition law and economic regulation. Johannesburg: Wits University Press.

Roberts, S., Vilakazi, T. and Simbanegavi, W. (2017). Understanding competition and regional integration as part of an inclusive growth agenda for Africa: key issues, insights and a research agenda, in J. Klaaren, S. Roberts and I. Valodia (eds.) Competition law and economic regulation. Johannesburg: Wits University Press.

2016

Kariuki, F.W. & Roberts, S. (2016). Competition and Development: Insights into Building Institutions from the Kenyan from the Kenyan Experience, In Antirtust in Emerging and Developing Countries: Africa, Brazil, China, India, Mexico. Edited by Fox, E.M., First, H., Charbit, N. & Ramundo, E. Cataloging-in-Publication: New York.

Fessehaie, J. (2016). Trade in Mining Services in Zambia, In Dihel, N. and Goswami, A.G. (eds) The unexplored potential of trade in services in Africa : from hair stylists and teachers to accountants and doctors. Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group.

Roberts, S. (2016). Competition and Economic Development in Southern and East Africa, in S. Roberts (ed.) Competiton in Africa: Insights from Key Industries. Cape Town: HSRC Press.

Chisanga, B., Gathiaka, J., Nguruse, G., Onyancha, S. and Vilakazi, T. (2016). Agricultural Development, Competition and Investment: The Case of Sugar in Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia, in S. Roberts (ed.) Competition in Africa: Insights from Key Industries. Cape Town: HSRC Press.

Bagopi, E., Chokwe, E. Halse, P., Hausiku, J., Humavindu, Ml, Kalapula, Wesley, and Roberts, S. (2016). Competition, Agro-processing and Regional Development: The Case of the Poultry Sector in South Africa, Botswana, Namibia and Zambia,  in Competition in Africa: Insights from Key Industries. Cape Town: HSRC Press.

Ncube, P. Roberts, S. and Vilakazi, T. (2016). Regulation and Rivalry in transport and Supply in the Fertilizer Industry in Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia,  in Competition in Africa: Insights from Key Industries. Cape Town: HSRC Press.

Mlulla, A. and Roberts, S. (2016). Conclusions and Key Implications, in Competition in Africa: Insights from Key Industries. Cape Town: HSRC Press.

2015

Tapia, J. and Roberts, S. (2015). Abuses of dominance in developing countries: a view from the south, with an eye on telecomsEconomic Characteristics of Developing Jurisdictions: Their Implications for Competition Law (with J. Tapia); in M. Bakhoum and M. Gal (eds).

2014

Roberts, S. (2014). Establishing New Institutions: A Note on The Role of Strategy and Economic Analysis, Uncovering Collusion in The South African Construction Sector: in Bill Kovacic Liber Amicorum II.

Roberts, S. (2014). Industrialisation Strategy, in Bhorat. Hirsch, Kanbur, Ncube eds. Oxford Companion to the Economics of South Africa .

2013

Roberts, S. (2013). 'Competition Policy, Industrial Policy and Corporate Conduct’ in J.E. Stiglitz, J. Lin Yifu and E. Patel (eds) The Industrial Policy Revolution II: Africa in the 21st Century. Palgrave MacMillan, New York (2013).

2012

Reena das Nair and Liberty Mncube, ‘The role of information exchange in facilitating collusion - insights from selected cases’, in Moodaliyar and Roberts (eds.) The development of competition law and economics in South Africa, HSRC Press.

Liberty Mncube, Lindiwe Khumalo and Mfundo Ngobese ‘Do Vertical Mergers Facilitate Upstream Collusion: Evidence from selected cases in South Africa’, in Moodaliyar and Roberts (eds.) The development of competition law and economics in South Africa, HSRC Press.