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Scooting around: Naspers/Prosus has invested in Swiggy, the fast food and grocery delivery service based in Bangalore, India, and is looking to do more. Photo: TJ Strydom

Eat, pray, invest: Naspers sees gold in India’s trove of data

The company sees opportunity in online payment – UPay – and food delivery – Swiggy

Bob van Dijk. Photo by Jason Alden/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Did Naspers’ chair lose patience with Bob van Dijk?

The investment community has for a long time been unhappy about the Naspers and Prosus leadership, including excessive remuneration

Bob van Dijk. Photo by Jason Alden/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Naspers and Prosus chief executive Bob van Dijk steps down

Ervin Tu, the group chief investment officer at Naspers, has been appointed interim chief executive of both companies

Media24 owner Naspers says it is pursuing the continuation of its businesses despite the recent decision to halt major print publications.
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MultiChoice set for organic growth

The firm is countering threats from streaming services and is investing strongly in local content

At the annual general meeting on Friday, a shareholder inquired whether Naspers would release the report, and asked chairperson Koos Bekker what his and the company’s stance are on corporate governance. (Bloomberg)

Naspers won’t publish report on ANN7 probe, AGM hears

Earlier this year MultiChoice had a briefing following the probe, indicating that no irregular payments were made to ANN7

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MultiChoice fracas dogs Naspers

“There is zero accountability and no consequences for malfeasance in South Africa”

Editorial: It’s dangerous to other foreigners (Photo Archive)

Editorial: Complexity hides dirty business

‘The entire, vast, expensive edifice of surveillance and control failed’

Battle royale: It is alleged that Koos Bekker instructed Imtiaz Patel to threaten to penalise e.tv when it came to renewing eNCA’s contract with MultiChoice if the free-to-air channel did not toe the line.

MultiChoice: Bully boy or dirty player?

The pay-TV service admits it lobbied e.tv to drop its encryption agenda but denies resorting to bribery

“It is certainly not fair these guys get paid a fortune for essentially doing nothing. Particularly the chief executive”

Naspers’s tricky Tencent conundrum

Analysts say shareholders would win if the media giant unbundled its stake in the Chinese firm

How the Dutch rapped Naspers over the knuckles for tax, while its BEE scheme flopped

Naspers is raking in profits globally, but its BEE shareholders aren’t happy. And it’s been trying to pay less tax in Europe via its Netherlands HQ.

MultiChoice accused of hijacking digital TV

There is widespread evidence of the pay-TV operator clearly trying to dictate state policy.

Naspers profit growth slows on internet investment

Investment in e-commerce has negatively affected the media giant’s balance sheet but the company says its strategy is sound.

Naspers gets new CEO

Naspers has announced Bob van Dijk as its new CEO, taking over from the e-commerce and media group’s longtime CEO Koos Bekker.

Naspers’s Koos Bekker. (Avusa)

Chinese shares make Naspers’s Koos Bekker a billionaire

Koos Bekker has transformed Naspers from an aging business into the best-performing shares on the JSE – becoming a billionaire in the process.

Naspers’s Koos Bekker. (Avusa)

Naspers: Going for a global empire

An edited extract from Anton Harber’s e-book sheds light on Naspers boss, Koos Bekker.