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… by Ann Crotty November 20, 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
Why independence matters most Of all the reasons for Pick n Pay’s existential challenges, few analysts would have tagged lack of involvement by the Ackerman family as one. … by Ann Crotty October 28, 2024 Investing & Finance·Opinion
Short-changed shareholders: A tale of AGMs gone bad … How difficult can it be to hold an AGM? These meetings have been a requirement of company life for almost as long as company… by Ann Crotty October 4, 2024 Investing & Finance
The Companies Amendment Act is a go, isn’t it? Maybe not It’s happened again. Excitement, as well as much dread as President Cyril Ramaphosa signs off on another piece of controversial legislation. Then slowly comes… by Ann Crotty August 1, 2024 Investing & Finance
1 Ramaphosa: caught between a couch and a hard place May 11, 2026 The Constitutional Court ruling on Phala Phala leaves Ramaphosa on…
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3 South Africa’s tariff system is choking business confidence May 11, 2026 Itac’s tariff investigations now take years, not months. Companies are…
4 Real Politics: Phala Phala ruling opens ANC leadership race May 11, 2026 The Constitutional Court’s Phala Phala ruling forces parliament to act…