Meyer Kahn, MD of SABMiller who became chief of police, 1939-2022

Blunt, combative and unpretentious, Kahn rejected the description of SAB as a monopoly, calling it instead, and famously, ‘a temporary sole supplier’

05 June 2022 - 00:00 By CHRIS BARRON

Meyer Kahn who has died in Johannesburg at the age of 82 was the flamboyant, larger-than-life MD and chair of SA Breweries when it dominated the local retail scene and then became SA’s most successful multinational company as SABMiller. ..

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