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Pick Enoch or us: Inside Coronation’s speak-no-evil AGM
Not only did the fund manager schedule its AGM at exactly the same time as the budget speech, but shareholders were limited to submitting questions for the virtual event by text only. The event, they say, fell short of the requirements of the Companies Act → Read More
ANN CROTTY: ESG at the political edge
There is a growing pushback against the way in which the corporate elite has hijacked the ESG agenda → Read More
Diesel tax refund leaves food retailers out in cold
There are financial and administrative reasons why Sars hasn’t extended the diesel levy refund beyond food manufacturers. But that offers little comfort for South Africa’s food retail sector → Read More
ANN CROTTY: Small is beautiful in this economy
It might still be on a micro level, but privatisation is picking up speed — and therein lies hope for our future → Read More
From trade-offs to take-it-or-leave it
Unions gear up for another fight as government sticks to its guns → Read More
Hey, big SOE spenders
Eskom in spotlight, but others — including Transnet — turn in supporting acts in infrastructure investment show → Read More
Spar: the bounty of low expectations
Spar’s trading update has been welcomed by the market — which was clearly expecting worse. But debt and governance are still challenges → Read More
ANN CROTTY: It’s time to be afraid
Chatbots represent another earthquake for journalism → Read More
Hear no evil: JSE firms gag shareholders
More and more listed companies are banning shareholders from speaking at their AGMs, insisting instead on text-based communication. It’s a slap in the face for engagement and corporate accountability → Read More
The hypocrisy behind greylisting
It’s time to call out the hypocrisy in the grey- and blacklisting of countries for financial crime and tax irregularities — larger countries that are regularly exposed fail to feature on such lists, which raises questions about their credibility → Read More
Charity work at Spar
The strange case of the shareholders who want the board to work for free → Read More
ANN CROTTY: Little to show for the big bucks top earners rake in
Is crony capitalism riding high in the remuneration stakes? → Read More
Behind the collapse of the JSE’s aristocrats
Executive pay schemes and missing institutional investors are two of the major causes of the disintegration of companies like Nampak and Tongaat, say analysts → Read More
ANN CROTTY: Your iPhone was probably made in hell
A large slice of Apple’s gadgets are made in appalling conditions in China → Read More
ANN CROTTY: Zelensky is fighting a war on two fronts
The Ukrainian president faces a tough new battle arena as he tackles the country’s corrupt oligarchs → Read More
Checkers is not so cheap Down Under
Some perspective is needed to understand the value of Checkers’ cheeky Aussie offerings → Read More
We’ve made mistakes, admits new Spar chair Mike Bosman
The retailer seems to be working on cleaning up its act after board ructions and damaging revelations — but have all the skeletons been swept from the shelves? → Read More
ANN CROTTY: Davos is losing some of its glitz
Suspicions linger that it is lobbyist capitalism with a veneer of democracy → Read More
Why Tencent may gain from getting cosy with China (again)
News that the Chinese state is considering taking a ‘golden share’ in Naspers’s most valuable asset may herald a much better year for the company → Read More
ANN CROTTY: China faces a new era of suffering
Just when the aged thought they would have it easy, Xi’s Covid policy has brought new suffering → Read More