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Simpler, better, faster: Fihla’s blueprint for Absa

Fihla’s plan to bring Absa back to the top

Financial Mail - 17 September 2026

Can Absa's new leadership deliver the growth, consistency, and investor returns the market is waiting for?

Dumo Mfini.

From cattle herder to culinary chief

The rural boy who became a business leader and mentor

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‘Overlanding Through the Boardroom’: Sun Tzu’s better half

Johan de Villiers explains how surviving a Cambodian rainforest reshaped his understanding of Sun Tzu and executive strategy

Seeing it through to the end: Matias Cardarelli

The PPC CEO tells Giulietta Talevi why the ‘who’ is important

Inside Jonathan Jansen’s fight to fix our schools 

Schools need more community support and less government red tape

BERNARD SWANEPOEL: If you have the power, what are you doing with it? 

Leaders need to listen, and let others influence key decisions

Financial Mail E-edition 27 August 2026

Business flops need not be the end of the world. For some entrepreneurs, they are the beginning

JUSTICE MALALA: This ‘cat theory’ can save South Africa

South Africa needs cats to catch its mice

The MBA, rebooted

SA business schools are transforming MBA programmes

The future-fit MBA: Preparing leaders for a changing world

As global disruption and climate change reshape the corporate landscape, Wits Business School is reimagining the MBA

Five ways MBAs need to change in the age of AI

Explore five key shifts MBA programmes must make to develop leaders capable of coordinating both human and machine intelligence

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‘Overlanding Through the Boardroom’: why turnover hides the water

Johan de Villiers says rising turnover can hide a drowning business

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Peregrine Capital launches podcast featuring Outsurance CEO Marthinus Visser

In its Building Conviction podcast series, Peregrine explores what it takes to build something exceptional. This inaugural episode features Outsurance’s Marthinus Visser

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VODCAST: ‘JDV On Air’ – Mandy Ramsden on the career she never quit

Mandy Ramsden on Seven Summits and corporate finance

Naretha Ricome: The woman bridging French and South African wine worlds

Born Naretha Smit, Mme Ricome left her Pretoria home for a school in Réunion, the French territory in the Indian Ocean. That led, via a stint as an Emirates flight attendant, to…

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‘Overlanding Through the Boardroom’: why the cheap answer keeps winning

What a toothbrush and gearbox oil can teach about AI, lifelong learning and surviving the future of professional work

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Does pragmatism outstrip morality?

Leadership isn’t about moral certainty. Sometimes saving a business means making decisions that leave lasting guilt

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Keep it simple, stupid: how to outfox competitors

Simple organisations move faster and lure more customers. By removing friction, they can focus their energy where it matters most.

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VODCAST: ‘JDV On Air’ – from near paralysis to Dakar finish

Joey Evans was told he might never walk again. Ten years later, he finished the Dakar. Businesses can learn from him