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South Africa’s pension fund system has consistently produced inferior outcomes for its people, with the 2022 Mercer CFA Global Pension Index ranking 34th out of 44 countries studied. Against this background, how will proposed changes to…

In a picturesque valley two hours’ drive southeast of Cape Town, Berene Sauls is running way behind schedule. The crush from her latest harvest was delayed, bottling often slows to a standstill and she’s been forced to repackage badly…

The South African Minister of Home Affairs, Aaron Motsoaledi, recently lost a court case that anyone could have anticipated was unwinnable. He probably expected to lose it too. He lost it on humanitarian and technical grounds. It prevents…

More than 20 years ago, as a young associate, a partner and I analysed what markets were telling us about risk. While much has changed, the key insight then was the divergence between theoretical risk models and reality – different role…

The end of apartheid in South Africa in 1994 made it necessary to establish several institutions to underpin the country’s new constitutional democracy. The office of the public protector was one of them. It was established in 1995 to…

As an investment community we seem to have moved on from our greylisting status, so I spoke with Bianca Botes from Citadel Global for an update. I asked about its impact and what government is doing to get us off the list. Certainly, we…

Register to attend here.  This year we celebrate 10 years of BrandMapp, the longest-standing study of taxpaying, middle-market-and-up adults in South Africa. It often feels as if nothing ever changes in our country (at least not for the…

Africa’s largest telecommunications company MTN has taken the top prize as South Africa’s best voice network, beating major competitor Vodacom in most categories. JSE-listed MTN – which boasts the biggest market cap in its sector –…

It is disheartening to see how many South Africans, including parliamentarians, have forgotten the simple and influential role the Land and Agricultural Development Bank (Land Bank) played in South African agriculture. The former minister…