Boardroom Talk: While form is temporary, class is permanent.

By Alec Hogg.We are so, so proud of our colleague Clive Eksteen who reversed time this past fortnight to help South Africa reach the final of the Over-50s World Cup. In the end, eight games in two weeks and a strong England team proved one bridge too far for left arm spinner Clive and his team-mates. But that misses the point..___STEADY_PAYWALL___.Clive has been an inspiration in both his preparation and execution. After playing cricket at the very highest level for 16 years, he spun his last competitive ball two decades ago. Apart from occasional callups for cricket-mad Nicky Oppenheimer's XI, our colleague was absent from cricket pitches until a few months ago. .Given that many of those he competed against at the World Cup have stayed in full training, our commercial director started at quite a disadvantage. Add a demanding BizNews schedule (apart from everything else, Clive and Danita also organised BNC#5) and our man had it all to do. But while form is temporary, class is permanent..In the final, Clive was South Africa's best bowler, returning 2/25 from his eight overs in a game shortened from 45 to 40 overs. For context, had SA's other bowlers performed equally well, England would have been all out for just 125 rather than their match-winning 266. All the games were live-streamed – click here to watch the final. .More for you to read:.The case for European Banking Stocks Just Got a Complete (Bullish) Reset. Click here. Potential Ukraine War breakthrough in Moscow? Putin tells Xi "we'll study your peace proposals with respect…" Click here. Crypto networks are Flourishing Amid the Banking Crisis. Click here..Here is the recording of crimefighting activist Ian Cameron's keynote, the most powerful of all presentations at the fifth BizNews Conference. That's saying something, given the impressive lineup. Cameron, who is at the NGO Action Society, uses official data and personal experience to detail how leadership at South Africa's police service was hijacked by criminal elements, resulting in a mere 15% conviction rate for murder and 3% for reported rapes. He details how the law enforcement agency was systematically captured but concludes there is hope – highlighting early but significant successes achieved through often abrogated devolution of responsibility by provincial structures.

Boardroom Talk: While form is temporary, class is permanent.

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