(Un)happy returns: inside the CEO pay debate
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The gravy train economics of CEO pay
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Packing his bags: behind Bagattini’s surprise departure
The departure of Woolies’ well-paid CEO may have as much to do with a new chairman as it does frustration over a sluggish turnaround…
Behind Jurie Strydom’s R300m bonus
To fully understand Strydom’s potentially huge payout, you need to understand the trauma Old Mutual has endured over the past 25 years…
JSE CEOs: caviar pay, sardine results
A new report on 10 years of data for 65 of the JSE’s largest companies shows ‘no clear pattern’ between pay and profit performance…
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…
New ‘pay transparency’ rules before year-end
A revolutionary revamp of South Africa’s remuneration rules is coming. Are companies ready?…
Spar fails to reclaim hefty bonuses from executives
For all its talk, Spar has proved unable to claw back the inappropriately generous remuneration paid to its former execs…
Nampak’s rise from the ashes
The meeting was over and all but a few stragglers had headed off into the late afternoon Cape Town traffic. They included the CEO,…
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