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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…
The long wait for fair pay rules
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Elon Musk: Worth every dollar he didn’t get
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Why South Africa’s retail bosses are coining it
It’s ironic that Ian Moir’s near destruction of Woolworths may have helped to bump up the remuneration package paid to Shoprite’s Pieter Engelbrecht, as…
Naspers: New CEO, old grievances
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