Spar’s R3.7bn franchise fight
There’ll be no dividend for Spar shareholders again thanks to its overseas disasters, and now there’s a looming R4bn legal fight at home…
Suggestions
Boxer’s off with a bang!
A brilliant JSE debut for the retailer raises the question of which stock to buy: the fast-growing soft discounter or its parent, deeply discounted…
The exchange … with Purple Group’s Charles Savage
A massive swing back to profit for Purple Group raises the question: when will its share price follow suit?…
The curious case of the resignation that wasn’t
The board of Quantum Foods is embroiled in a furious attempt to fire a director who insisted governance rules be followed.…
Is the JSE set for a new listings boom?
The exchange’s CEO, Leila Fourie, says she has seen a willingness of companies to list on the JSE that we ‘haven’t seen in many…
Inside the tie-up of South Africa’s biggest asset managers
Ninety One and Sanlam are teaming up in a move that will effectively end any rivalry the two firms have enjoyed over the past…
Rating the AGMs: Shoprite good, Sasol okay, Truworths woeful
It’s impossible to know how many Shoprite shareholders live in the town of Brackenfell in the northern suburbs of the Western Cape. It’s not…
How Sasol went rogue on its climate ‘plans’
Has Sasol gone rogue? And more importantly, do its major shareholders even care? On Friday, the petrochemical giant endured another tense AGM – though,…
A pleb’s guide to spending your year-end bonus
Not everyone is a top exec. The countdown to that long-awaited year-end bonus feels like it drags on forever, especially as payday approaches. You…
Boxer heads to the ball
Boxer has endured something of a Cinderella status since it was acquired by Pick n Pay back in 2002. Its management kept a low…
Most Read
Investec vs Investec: The Mr Price deal debacle
Investec Equities has downgraded Mr Price on the deeply-disliked NKD…
Dada does Harvard
Why let a crumbling city riven by mismanagement stand in…
What Ramaphosa, and the ANC, get wrong about Starlink
Ramaphosa, Khusela Diko and Icasa have failed to explain why…
Will oil prices ever truly go back to ‘normal’?
The challenge now may not be the short-term disruption to…
