Robbing a city blind
The CEOs of Joburg’s barely functional utilities – like Joburg Water and City Power – are budgeted to cost R40m this year…
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Honesty and fast action on the part of a company’s board would go a long way to making business rescue – if it comes…
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The JSE and Absa have shown how an AGM should be handled; Sanlam needs a serious overhaul…
AGM watch: Old Mutual and Nedbank show up shoddy MTN
MTN could take a leaf out of Nedbank and Old Mutual’s books in how to conduct a decent shareholder meeting…
Daybreak: A stain on South African business
Daybreak Foods, where 350,000 animals were culled while board members feathered their nests, is a tragic symbol of management failure…
AGMs: Going online to virtually dodge accountability?
Online-only AGMs are catching on in the UK and South Africa, with cost-cutting cited as the motive. But critics say they weaken shareholder accountability…
Ayo’s legal headaches mount
There’s a new challenge to Iqbal Survé’s 45%-owned ICT firm – one alleging ‘gross mismanagement and proven misconduct’…
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…
New King code bets big on sustainability, despite Trump U-turn
The King committee has doubled down on sustainability, given the risk ESG concerns pose to business…
Rating the AGMs – how the old Barlow’s unbundlings stack up
It’s AGM season for the old Barloworld stable of companies; Spar and Nampak get top marks but the original scores a ‘fail’…
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