Scoring while shareholders lose: Why Woolies needs the Companies Act Woolworths’ vexed relationship with shareholders is a great example of why changes to the Companies Act should be made law… by Ann Crotty February 3, 2026 Analysis·Energy & ESG 1
Mr Price vs … everyone The chances of forcing a vote on its purchase of German retailer NKD look slim – but one fund manager is doing its best… by Ann Crotty January 23, 2026 Investing & Finance 1
Why Trump’s attack on proxy voters matters A vote against Elon Musk’s pay package may have been the last straw for the US president. The fight has big implications for corporate… by Ann Crotty December 2, 2025 Energy & ESG·Opinion 1
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… by Ann Crotty November 28, 2025 Analysis·Investing & Finance 1
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
Shoprite CEO: Wage talk too ‘emotional’ The Shoprite CEO’s dismissal of the debate around its minimum wage as ‘emotional’ has drawn the ire of critics… by Rob Rose September 12, 2025 Energy & ESG·Investing & Finance 11
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… by Ann Crotty August 29, 2025 Analysis·Investing & Finance 2
Naspers: Share split on the way Investors pitched up in droves to vote down the company’s pay policy. But a plan to split the shares has received a resounding ‘yes’… by Ann Crotty August 26, 2025 Energy & ESG·Investing & Finance 1
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
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… by Shirley de Villiers July 21, 2025 Opinion·Politics 13
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3 The stunning rebound of South Africa’s PGM producers March 2, 2026 Northam is the second PGM miner to post a colossal…
4 South African foreign policy: Vrot with contradiction March 2, 2026 South Africa’s stance on Iran is as predictable as it…