Thought Leadership

31/01/2022

CEO Newsletter

BLSA CEO’s Newsletter – 31 January 2022

By Busisiwe Mavuso

By Busi Mavuso We should be asking the real question: why is it that businesses are not investing, growing and… continue reading

24/01/2022

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CEOs newsletter 24 January 2022

By Busisiwe Mavuso

By Busi Mavuso South Africa does not have the luxury of fiscal room to continue to absorb economic losses. We… continue reading

17/01/2022

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BLSA CEO’s Newsletter – 17 January 2022

By Busisiwe Mavuso

By Busi Mavuso In the two and a half years after Bain’s suspension, BLSA had several engagements with Bain in… continue reading

10/01/2022

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BLSA CEO’s Newsletter – 10 January 2022

By Busisiwe Mavuso

By Busi Mavuso We at BLSA have studied the Zondo Commission report and in particular the role of business in… continue reading

13/12/2021

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BLSA CEO’s newsletter – 13 December 2021

By Busisiwe Mavuso

By Busi Mavuso Make no mistake, this year has been the worst we’ve had in terms of energy availability. By… continue reading

06/12/2021

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BLSA CEO’s newsletter – 6 December 2021

By Busisiwe Mavuso

By Busi Mavuso I would like to see every business in South Africa doing everything possible to encourage employees and… continue reading

29/11/2021

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BLSA CEO’s newsletter – 29 November 2021

By Busisiwe Mavuso

By Busi Mavuso Clearly the fight against this pandemic is far from over. We need to fight it on the… continue reading

22/11/2021

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BLSA CEO’s newsletter – 22 November 2021

By Busisiwe Mavuso

By Busi Mavuso The medium-term budget policy statement two weeks ago showed more evidence that debt is being brought under… continue reading

15/11/2021

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BLSA CEO’s newsletter – 15 November 2021

By Busisiwe Mavuso

By Busi Mavuso BLSA will be working with its members to assess progress by business in using the regulatory space… continue reading

08/11/2021

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BLSA CEO’s newsletter – 8 November 2021

By Busisiwe Mavuso

By Busi Mavuso If we are going to deliver on targets such as net zero carbon emissions by 2050, we… continue reading

02/11/2021

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BLSA CEO’s newsletter – 2 November 2021

By Busisiwe Mavuso

By Busi Mavuso Millions of fellow citizens have peacefully gone to the polls to vote in the local government elections.… continue reading

25/10/2021

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BLSA CEO’s letter 25 October

By Busisiwe Mavuso

By Busi Mavuso Every political and business leader will be arriving to get things done in Glasgow for the COP26… continue reading

18/10/2021

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BLSA CEO’s newsletter – 18 October 2021

By Busisiwe Mavuso

By Busi Mavuso We have 27% of our adult population fully vaccinated including 53% of those over 60, but need… continue reading

11/10/2021

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BLSA CEO’s weekly – 11 October 2021

By Busisiwe Mavuso

By Busi Mavuso The decision by the UK to remove SA from its red list of countries was late but… continue reading

04/10/2021

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BLSA CEO’s weekly – 4 October

By Busisiwe Mavuso

By Busi Mavuso A big take away from last week’s meeting between business representatives and President Cyril Ramaphosa was that… continue reading