Who is watching the NEDs watching the execs? Are non-executive directors worth what they’re paid – and can anyone tell? South Africa’s boardroom failures and a UK governance review suggest not… by Ann Crotty March 3, 2026 Energy & ESG 1
Rating the AGMs: FirstRand and Aspen The case of FirstRand board’s missing founders, and no time to ask Aspen questions: why these two top firms could do better … by Ann Crotty December 5, 2025 Investing & Finance·Opinion
Did RMH overpay its executives? RMH executive bonuses may have been based on problematic computations that could have added an unjustified 15% to their value… by Ann Crotty October 20, 2025 Investing & Finance
How rubber-necking execs gamed the JSE’s pay disclosure system The past 23 years have seen an outlandish increase in executive pay, where what others earn is what really counts… by Ann Crotty August 8, 2025 Analysis·Energy & ESG
The trouble with the King codes’ toothless director recommendations You wonder why the drafters of the King V director codes bother, with plenty of governance escape clauses for directors who are anything but… by Ann Crotty March 31, 2025 Investing & Finance
I quit! Time to sharpen the JSE’s resignation rules The JSE’s allowance of bland director resignation statements is doing no-one any favours… by Ann Crotty December 10, 2024 Investing & Finance·Opinion
What’s worse: Doctoring your CV or stealing billions? South Africa is such a strange country. You can run a transparent actual fraud on actual pensioners, in which you take their actual savings… by Tim Cohen November 19, 2024 Energy & ESG·Opinion
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