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The changes appear to have been instituted by two former PIC officials and members of the PIC board, who have since been debarred from the financial services sector.

How mystery changes to a R350m VBS loan cost the PIC millions

VBS is bankrupt and was liquidated in November, after being placed under curatorship by the South African Reserve Bank in March 2018

Survé, testifying before the commission for two days last week, had said that AYO had done nothing wrong and the PIC’s R4.3bn investment was sound.(Lerato Maduna/Gallo)

Struggling investments sting PIC

The state pension fund is feeling the pain of its stakes in Steinhoff and Independent Media

‘Matjila is not the PIC. The inquiry will go ahead as planned,’ says PIC board chair Mondli Gungubele (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Gungubele: PIC inquiry to go ahead

The departure of Dan Matjila will not hinder the commission of inquiry tasked with probing allegations of maladministration in the PIC

Bantu Holomisa has called for the suspension of all unlisted investments at the PIC. (David Harrison/M&G)

UDM calls on Ramaphosa to tackle ‘iceberg of corruption’ at PIC

The PIC is a state-owned company tasked with managing nearly R2-trillion in assets, more than 98% of which belongs to the government or its employees

Sygnia CEO Magda Wierzycka (Angie Lazaro)

Magda Wierzycka takes on JSE over ‘dubious’ listings

The Cape Town based executive wants the JSE to be held accountable for failing to protect investors’ interests

PIC chief executive Dan Matjila.

Who will call the PIC to account?

Its due diligence claims are being questioned after the exposure of several large dubious investments

In March, Moody’s downgraded Eskom’s credit ratings from B2 from B1, citing an absence of concrete plans to place its business on a sound financial footing.(Madelene Cronje/M&G)

PIC gives Eskom R5-billion lifeline

The Public Investment Corporation has given the cash-strapped parastatal a loan to fund the utility’s operations in February.

The retailer’s stock is still down by over 95% from where it was before news of Markus Jooste’s resignation reached the market.

Digging under way after Steinhoff collapse

​After a long silence over the Steinhoff International saga, which cost investors R200-billion, investigators are now kicking up the dust.

Flailing giant Eskom a threat to SA

Flailing giant Eskom a threat to SA

The state is dangerously exposed by the utility’s reliance on borrowing and its ‘dire’ financial position must be reversed, experts warn

Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba’s request for a forensic audit of the PIC has been interpreted by unions as a ‘fresh assault’ on the corporation’s independence.

Public unions hold axe over PIC’s head

The threat to pull their pension funds from the corporation may be a long and complicated fight

Joseph Kony

SAA squanders SA’s prized assets

Telkom’s turnaround is extraordinary but the state may have to forfeit its rare resource to pay the failed airline’s debts

Prescriptive: Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba

Pension funds in ANC crosshairs

A contentious idea has resurfaced amid economic turmoil and corruption claims