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Absa announces first internal chief executive appointment since 2006

Arrie Rautenbach has been appointed to head up the banking group more than a year after his predecessor’s sudden departure

Sipho Pityana, (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Good governance requires not only the application of the law, but also its ethics and principles

Principles such as accountability, responsibility, transparency and fairness should form the foundation of the manner in which we all conduct ourselves

Sipho Pityana has accused the Absa Group and Absa Bank boards of attacking his constitutional right to defend his name in court and of jeopardising the principles of good corporate governance.(Photo credit RODGER BOSCH/AFP via Getty Images)

Absa firing is an attack on corporate governance — Sipho Pityana

Absa announced that the businessman was removed from its boards after being accused of acting against the banking group’s best interest

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Sexual harassment accuser claimed she protected ‘overboarded’ Pityana

‘I protected Pityana’s job’

Sipho Pityana. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Pityana palaver exposes AngloGold Ashanti’s cracks

The mining company’s former board chairperson has accused his replacement of engineering a sexual harassment complaint to get him out

(Graphic: John McCann/M&G)

Job summit glosses over skills problem

South Africa, amid fast-changing technology, is producing skilled people, but not enough of them

President Cyril Ramaphosa congratulates newly appointed Finance Minister Tito Mboweni, who is expected to make his presence felt regarding economic strategy. (Sumaya Hisham/Reuters)

Move over, here comes Tito

A tough nut, Mboweni is likely to make the treasury the undisputed centre of economic power and policy

Busa Vice-President Martin Kingston says the Jobs Summit should be seen as process, not an event. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Businesses expected to agree to publish pay ratios at Jobs Summit

Businesses are already required to report income differentials under the Employment Equity Act

The R1.5-billion in penalties is not the end of the story with the construction industry

IDC moves to transparency by publishing a list of businesses it lends to

The move towards greater transparency follows criticism of its decision to fund the Gupta family’s Oakbay Resources

Frankly speaking: The leader of the ANC’s integrity committee Frank Chikane has urged the ANC to ensure the integrity of the party, particularly ahead of the general elections. Photo: Luba Lesolle/Getty Images

State capture money will be used to steal 2019 elections says ANC veteran

Chikane says the main objective was to corrupt the 2019 elections.

Sanef chairperson Mpumelelo Mkhabela said a public interest defence clause in the Bill would truly enhance the ability of media to assist in the fight against corruption.

Die Stem, disunity and the anti-state capture campaign that won’t win

A group of civil society organisations are spending Mandela Day locked inside the Rhema Bible College so that they can formulate how to "recapture" SA

​Backlash: Save South Africa supporters protest in Pretoria on November 2. Zuma and former finance minister Des van Rooyen

9/12: The day SA business woke up

The watershed political events of a year ago formed the impetus for the private sector to speak its mind.

The high court made a ruling against Gigaba

To survive, South Africa’s universities must learn to engage with chaos

The annual gathering of UCT’s alumni revealed how hard universities must work in the coming years to encourage dissent and debate.

Trevor Manuel is expected to give evidence relating to Fikile Mbalula’s 2010 appointment as sports minister, which Manuel has publicly suggested the controversial Gupta brothers had influence over. (Paul Botes/M&G)
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Save South Africa: Whose protest is it anyway?

A civil society campaign is calling for President Zuma’s resignation and firmly backing Pravin Gordhan as he prepares to head to court.

Former GCIS head, Mzwanele Manyi. (David Harrison/M&G)

Jimmy Manyi’s foundation targets Sipho Pityana and AngloGold Ashanti for ‘promoting anarchy’ in SA, operating illegally

It will lay formal complaints against Pityana and AngloGold Ashanti for ‘regime change’ tactics and failing to comply with mining licence provisions.

Zuma loves a fight, even if he wins the battle and causes the ANC to lose the war

Ordinary citizens wanting to do something about the bitter struggle taking place at the heart of government should organise and mobilise.

Sipho Pityana: It is time we accept that our leaders in the ANC have been captured

President Jacob Zuma and the leaders of the ruling party must resign, says the former foreign affairs director general.

Thuli Madonsela: A timeline

Madonsela, then Hofmeyr … spot the pattern

The reported probes of Public Protector Thuli Madonsela, and Special Investigating Unit boss Willie Hofmeyr created a "worrying picture".

What MK will tell Mpshe

Drop Zuma charges, say ANC war veterans, or face social and economic turmoil.

Barloworld goes broad

It had to be pushed by government, but the company shows the way empowerment is going, writes Reg Rumney.