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Kalahari: obituary for a fallen ecommerce giant
Full Name: Kalahari Dot Com
Age of Death: Died at 16 Years Old
Residence: Naspers Head Quarters, 40 Heerengracht, Cape Town, 8001, South Africa
Day and Date of Death: Tuesday, 07 October 2014
Place of Death: Takealot Head Quarters, 7th Floor, Atlantic Centre, 14 Christian Barnard Street, Foreshore, Cape Town, 8000, South Africa
Cause of Death: Merger
From humble beginnings in 1998, just two years before the dot com bubble, Kalahari.com was launched, and in no time would become the largest ecommerce outfit in South Africa.
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