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CGF ARTICLES, OPINIONS & EDITORIALS

INTOLERANT AND UNSOCIABLE BEHAVIOUR TO BECOME LEGISLATED (2017-01-18)

By Terrance M. Booysen and reviewed by Osborne Molatudi (Partner: Hogan Lovells)

South Africa’s first black President, the late Nelson Mandela famously said, “No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion.  People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.”  It is against this backdrop that the issue of racism needs to be tackled, especially in light of the recent racist utterances and numerous incidents of vicious crimes which have been perpetrated in South Africa under the guise of racial hate and the associated social intolerances.

HIGH PERFORMING BOARDS (2017-01-18)

By Jené Palmer and reviewed by Terrance M. Booysen

Board performance, or the lack thereof, has recently been quite prominent in the South African landscape.  Unfortunately, the examples of mismanagement, poor oversight and lacklustre governance of our state-owned entities as well as some private sector businesses, abound.  Poor and deteriorating financial results, high staff turnovers, lack of strategic direction and transparency as well as little to no stakeholder communication, are but some of the symptoms of a poorly performing board.