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Up In Smoke – The Lockdown Ban On Cigarettes Has Run Out Of Puff

As our long lockdown continues, with no immediate end in sight, the edges are starting to unravel. We hear more and more, on various media… Read More »Never Go To War With A Man Who Has Nothing Left To Lose – Company Risk Checklist

American author James Lane Allen famously said, “Crisis does not build character, it reveals it.” It also, as has been shown by some of the… Read More »Leadership In Times Of Crisis

American medical experts estimate that for every confirmed case of COVID-19, there could be as many as between five and 10 undetected cases. This is… Read More »Is Corruption The Coronavirus Of The Business World?

The Corona virus has impacted our daily lives in ways we could not have foreseen a few weeks ago.

In a recent interview on SABC 2’s Morning Live, Andile Mazwai, Founder and CEO of Ikhala Private Equity, gave some extremely thought-provoking answers to questions… Read More »Should We Privatise Our Failing SOEs?

The Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) recently released its 2019 report on public sector corruption in 180 countries around the world.

Welcome to our first missive for the new year, and indeed, the new decade! Happy New year to you all. We hope 2020 is a… Read More »Does South Africa Have 2020 Vision?

When it comes to fighting corruption in both the private and public sectors, South Africa would seem to be something of an enigma.

South Africa’s reputation as an ethically dodgy and pervasively corrupt country is sadly becoming as much a part of our identity as our magnificent scenery,… Read More »Whistleblowing – Counting The Cost Of Courage