Don’t be caught making saddles when you should be making car seats. That was the key message restated by several innovation experts at the CA(SA) of the Future conference. Words: Monique Verduyn Digital transformation is reshaping industries across the globe. Klaus Schwab, executive chairman of the World Economic Forum, wrote that the Fourth Industrial Revolution…
The diagram above is an excellent rendition of the current debate on executive leadership. I find this particularly entertaining, as I have been following this topic for well on 30 years now. Hence I have coined the terms principle-/value-based leader, Upside-down Leader, or UDL for short. If your executive boss is the leader on the…
Dedication, passion, and a commitment to her self-development have made Sindi Mabaso-Koyana, head of AIH, a true trailblazer in the world of accounting and governance, and a role model for the next generation of leaders. One of the country’s most powerful women in business, Sindi Mabaso-Koyana has had an illustrious and exciting career. Currently the…
READ NOW DOWNLOAD We all know that finance, like many other industries, is facing huge disruption due to technology changes. A year or two ago people feared that robots will start doing audits in future … Well, that future is today – it’s already happening. As with all the other industrial revolutions, there will be…
Alwyn van der Merwe, Director of Investments at Sanlam Private Wealth South Africa: 2019 was a year of significant – mainly positive – surprises for equity investors in general, despite SA shares lagging global peers. Contrary to expectation, the year has seen a more than 20% total return in global equities, while positive real returns…
This year’s finalist group and of course, the winners, have built businesses across all sectors offering innovation and exceptional acumen and leadership on the topics of organisational culture, upskilling the unemployed youth, tourism and conservation, effective food supply chain management, online payment and credit systems, insurance and insurance underwriting, the owner and operator hotel model…
It is common for business owners to take out a policy for the purpose of enabling a person to acquire a deceased person’s share in a business. The share in the business can relate to the whole or part of the deceased’s interest in a partnership or the deceased’s share or like interest in a…
by Colin du Toit, Madelein Burger, Elodie Maume from Webber Wentzel On 5 November, the JSE Limited (JSE) announced amendments to its Listings Requirements to strengthen the regulation of primary listings and secondary listings. The amendments follow an extensive consultation process with the market and the public that kicked off in September 2018 after the JSE released a…
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Nestled in the historic front-lines where the Anglo-Boer War’s Battle of Elandslaagte played out, Ladysmith’s Nambiti Hills Private Game Experience offers more than you expect. READ FULL ARTICLE