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PIC At War With Itself: Governance and the health of Pensions

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The Public Investment Corporation—custodian of more than R3 trillion in public money and the retirement savings of millions of South Africans—is once again in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. A whistleblower complaint, the controversial Lanseria Airport deal, the precautionary suspension of CEO Patrick Dlamini, board resignations and FSCA scrutiny. Tonight, we speak to Miyelani Mkhabela, CEO and Chief Economist at Antswisa Capital Partner , to unpack the structural rot at the PIC, the tension between shareholder oversight and board independence
29 Jul 2PM English South Africa Business News · Investing

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