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I’ll always have a soft spot for ABSA. In 1994, the bank took on an impoverished working journalist, gave him a properly paid job, lots of responsibility (on the Exco as a Group GM) and a chunk of share options. What happened in the next two and a half years transformed my career. My boss, … Read more
You’d have to look far and wide to find a more decent human being than David Lewis. An anti-apartheid struggle activist, he applied his brilliant mind to drafting and enforcing South Africa’s desperately needed revamped Competitions Law. We have engaged many times over the years and his excellent book, Thieves at the Dinner Table, is … Read more
Robert Gumede, or “RG” as he’s known to both friends and foes, is a larger than life character people either love or hate. Whatever your view, one has to admire his ability to have pulled himself up by the bootstraps. In his pre-teens he worked as a caddie at his local Nelspruit golf course, then … Read more
My first day back after a five year absence on CNBC Power Lunch featured an exclusive interview with the chairman of South Africa’s largest construction company, WBHO. The 62 year old Mike Wylie agreed to come onto the show to put across his perspective on the media storm which erupted after the Competition Commission levied … Read more