After three decades behind the scenes, Stehan Grobler is now in the spotlight. Having met former Steinhoff International Chief Executive Officer Markus Jooste three decades ago, 59-year-old Grobler went on to serve as a long-standing executive while the retailer expanded across the world. But when an accounting scandal erupted at the South African company in [...]
For the first time media and internet group Naspers has separately disclosed the voting details of its listed N shares, revealing the extent of opposition to its remuneration policy and other governance issues. The results showed that 57% of N shareholders opposed the group’s remuneration policy at Friday’s unprecedented three-hour long annual general meeting (AGM), [...]
South African banks face another wasted year for earnings growth as the euphoria that greeted Cyril Ramaphosa’s ascendancy to the presidency fades with the reality of the challenges facing the economy. The country’s largest lenders start reporting first-half results from next week against the backdrop of tax hikes, record gasoline prices, stubbornly high unemployment and [...]
Naspers has denied that its CEO Bob van Dijk reportedly earned R1.6bn in the year ended March 31, 2018, saying that he has not yet cashed in his share options. According to Naspers' remuneration report, Van Dijk earned $2.4m (about R32m) in cash in the year ended March 31. This includes a salary of $1.332m [...]
The Raging Bull Awards ceremony held on the 31 January 2018 was a prestigious event. Aeon Investment Management was awarded two Raging Bull Certificates for the Aeon Balanced Prescient Fund for Top Performance in the following categories: Best South African Multi-Asset Medium Equity Fund Best South African Multi-Asset Medium Equity Fund on a risk-adjusted basis The [...]
Mr Price was worried about political outcomes in South Africa and dreaded the potential downgrading of the country's sovereign credit rating by Moody’s Investor Services and S&P Global Ratings on Friday, the retailer said yesterday. Stuart Bird, the chief executive of Mr Price, said he was pleased the company posted robust results in the six [...]
Business is all about making decisions that propel the venture into the future. In this article, we have a read about the possible PPC merger deal with AfriSam. Cement maker PPC is hoping to have a new merger proposal from AfriSam by the beginning of September, with the latest termination of merger talks sending PPC’s [...]
