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,
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
Why Pick n Pay investor snub could backfire
When you’re drowning in debt and every day represents another few million rands in crippling interest charges or another store closure, it’s probably difficult
Short-changed shareholders: A tale of AGMs gone bad …
How difficult can it be to hold an AGM? These meetings have been a requirement of company life for almost as long as company
Bell’s most baffling move yet
Just days after the Bell family had been offering minority shareholders in heavy equipment manufacturer Bell Equipment R53 a share to buy them out,
Naspers: New CEO, old grievances
It wasn’t quite the Paris Olympics, but Naspers set a few records of its own at its AGM in August. Record levels of opposition to
The incredible pointlessness of EU elections
In June, an estimated 350-million Europeans got the chance to participate in what would generally have been written off as one of the more
Will Caxton ever pull the Mpact trigger?
There’s still no sign of a firm offer from Caxton for all or part of the 65.1% of packaging company Mpact that it does
The Companies Amendment Act is a go, isn’t it? Maybe not
It’s happened again. Excitement, as well as much dread as President Cyril Ramaphosa signs off on another piece of controversial legislation. Then slowly comes