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South Africa: Woolworths aims to leapfrog Shoprite, Pick n Pay

After bleeding ZAR18bn ($990m) in an ill-fated jaunt in Australia, South Africa’s upper-class retail giant Woolworths is bracing itself for a ZAR10bn ($524m) expansion that CEO Roy Bagattini says should make the company’s rivals “worried”.

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