The CEO-to-worker gap looks fairly modest, until you factor in the exclusion of Prosus’s all-important delivery drivers
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
Do South Africa’s CEOs deliver value in line with the salaries they command? New research suggests that’s not always so
Berson is making a killing thanks to long-term share incentives that were doled out during the Covid lows
If executive pay is meant to reward performance, why do so many CEOs earn more when their companies make less?
Are non-executive directors worth what they’re paid – and can anyone tell? South Africa’s boardroom failures and a UK governance review suggest not
Woolworths’ vexed relationship with shareholders is a great example of why changes to the Companies Act should be made law
The chances of forcing a vote on its purchase of German retailer NKD look slim – but one fund manager is doing its best for shareholders
A vote against Elon Musk’s pay package may have been the last straw for the US president. The fight has big implications for corporate accountability
To fully understand Strydom’s potentially huge payout, you need to understand the trauma Old Mutual has endured over the past 25 years
RMH executive bonuses may have been based on problematic computations that could have added an unjustified 15% to their value
The Shoprite CEO’s dismissal of the debate around its minimum wage as ‘emotional’ has drawn the ire of critics
A new report on 10 years of data for 65 of the JSE’s largest companies shows ‘no clear pattern’ between pay and profit performance
Investors pitched up in droves to vote down the company’s pay policy. But a plan to split the shares has received a resounding ‘yes’
The past 23 years have seen an outlandish increase in executive pay, where what others earn is what really counts
The CEOs of Joburg’s barely functional utilities – like Joburg Water and City Power – are budgeted to cost R40m this year
About 160 public sector CEOs took home R580m in pay last year – despite the basket case status of some of the companies in their care
A revolutionary revamp of South Africa’s remuneration rules is coming. Are companies ready?
For all its talk, Spar has proved unable to claw back the inappropriately generous remuneration paid to its former execs
