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Web4 days ago · South Africa’s special investigation unit urges treasury to blacklist Oracle over flawed tender. SA’s Special Investigation Unit asked the National Treasury to bar Oracle Corp. from doing business with the government because of what it says was a flawed tender. April 1st, 2024.
Five key lessons from Tylenol Crisis from the "Tylenol Man
WebNov 15, 2013 · 1. Values based brands outperform non-values based brands on trust, credibility and listenability. In other words, great companies and great brands stand on a platform of great values. In a crises I’d rather defend the values than the facts. 2. Crisis management is not about public relations driven ‘damage control’.
Thiel, Bezos, Zuck join parade of insiders selling tech stocks
WebMar 24, 2024 · Peter Thiel, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg are leading a parade of corporate insiders who have sold hundreds of millions of dollars of their companies’ shares this quarter, in a signal that recent stock market exuberance could be peaking. As markets hit record highs, the ratio of corporate insider selling to insider buying is at the highest ...
Former Steinhoff directors face trial over $7.2 billion ... - BizNews
WebMay 3, 2023 · Former Steinhoff directors face trial over $7.2 billion accounting scandal. Two former directors of Steinhoff International Holdings NV’s European units are standing trial in Germany over their alleged involvement in the accounting scandal that rocked the retail giant in 2017. Dirk Schreiber and Siegmar Schmidt are facing charges relating to ...
CEO Lawrence MacDougall leaves Tiger Brands, and listeriosis legacy
WebJan 29, 2020 · By Janice Kew. (Bloomberg) – Tiger Brands Chief Executive Officer Lawrence MacDougall will retire this week, leaving Africa’s biggest packaged-food company still battling the fallout of a deadly outbreak of listeriosis linked to one of its factories. MacDougall, 63, joined the Johannesburg-based maker of Tastic rice and Albany bread from ...
BIZNEWS PREMIUM - BizNews.com
WebCelebrating nine years: Portfolios now available 24/7 – BizNews Share Portfolio update December 2023. The BizNews Share portfolio, launched in December 2014 on the Standard Bank Webtrader platform, has delivered spectacular returns for South African investors. December 13th, 2023.
13 new normals in a post-Covid world – Alan Knott-Craig - BizNews
WebMay 14, 2021 · By Alan Knott-Craig *. Credit to First Technology for making we think about what the workplace and business world will look like post-Covid. Let’s start with the fact that two of the biggest companies in the world just posted their results. Apple grew 54%. Facebook 78%. 54% and 78%. Tech companies are booming. Digital transformation is not ...
Takealot: Giant crushing smaller 'etail' businesses ... - BizNews
WebNov 21, 2020 · This would mean Takealot collected revenue of around R8.79 billion in 2019, making it the biggest online shopping store in South Africa. MyBroadband spoke to Expert Ecommerce Managing Director Cassie Van Wyk and three major local competitors regarding the company’s dominant position in online shopping. As the particular online stores have ...
The Bidvest story with Brian Joffe - Part 1 - BizNews
WebSep 4, 2015 · That is the end this special podcast ‘The Story of Bidvest’ with Brian Joffe, the founder and Chief Executive of Bidvest. Visited 1,067 times, 10 visit (s) today. Brian Joffe tells the story of his Bidvest from its 1988 founding to the R200bn, 145,000 employee multinational group it has become.
Jannie Mouton: 20 lessons from building my R44bn business
WebMay 17, 2015 · Jannie Mouton: 20 lessons from building PSG, my R44bn business. In August, it will be two decades since the team at stockbrokers Senekal, Mouton & Kitshoff gave managing partner Jannie Mouton the biggest gift of his life. By firing him a few months short of his 50th birthday, they forced the lad from dusty Carnarvon to re-assess his life.
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