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Winner of just about every financial journalism prize going, Ann has kept the business sector on its toes for years. Uncompromisingly independent, if there’s a shady executive pay plan out there or shenanigans a company is trying to keep hidden, Ann will find it.
Spar Guild insiders link the former Nampak CEO to a role at the retailer
The food group may find itself in hot water over its AGM
The pressure on food companies like Libstar is unrelenting
A short and snappy meeting couldn’t disguise a rising tide of protest from its shareholders
The founding family are gone, but still influential
AGMs may be unexciting but often the interplay between shareholders and executives is revealing at these events, which are less choreographed than results presentations.
The retailer's shareholders deserve more than just murky platitudes
Chairman James Formby says there’s a strong sense of urgency to the retailer’s turnaround, even as breakeven is further away than hoped
The CEO-to-worker gap looks fairly modest, until you factor in the exclusion of Prosus’s all-important delivery drivers
The catering outshone the governance at Capitec’s AGM, unlike Ninety One’s more informative shareholder meeting
Spar says it has a turnaround plan in place. But after years of strategic missteps, retailers and analysts aren’t yet convinced
While retailers are keen to tout the success of on-demand delivery services, they’re reticent on details of driver legality and employment precarity
With its shares at a 15-year low, Spar denies market rumours that it’s facing an existential cash crunch
Sekunjalo, now without PIC money, is shedding its old media assets as it seeks to become South Africa’s New York Times
Executive security has become a costly corporate norm, despite the rarity of CEO kidnappings
Vodacom is the first to disclose its pay gap under new rules – and first to show how to fudge the figures
Spar’s shares have risen on turnaround hopes, but years of operational failures mean the real test is still to come
The virtual-only AGM had its heyday during Covid. But it’s time for a format that offers less control and more participation
An AI victory for Tencent will be a hit for Naspers/Prosus too – far more than what CEO Fabricio Bloisi might deliver
Spar’s loyalty levels with independent retailers may be worse than officially reported, and help explain its latest, surprise drop in profits
