Thought Leadership

24/08/2020

CEO Newsletter

BLSA CEO’s letter – 24 August 2020

By Busisiwe Mavuso

By Busi Mavuso Corruption damages all spheres of society, from service delivery to investment, while it also guts economic growth… continue reading

17/08/2020

CEO Newsletter

BLSA CEO’s weekly letter – 17 August

By Busisiwe Mavuso

By Busi Mavuso This is the worst economic crisis of our lifetimes. Labour and business have presented detailed plans, but… continue reading

11/08/2020

CEO Newsletter

BLSA CEO’s weekly letter -11 August

By Busisiwe Mavuso

By Busi Mavuso SA Breweries, Heineken and Consol Glass have frozen R13bn of investment. But that doesn’t begin to reflect… continue reading

03/08/2020

CEO Newsletter

BLSA CEO’s weekly 3 August

By Busisiwe Mavuso

By Busi Mavuso The time for talking is done. We must now become obsessed with implementation – it’s the only… continue reading

27/07/2020

CEO Newsletter

BLSA CEO’s Weekly – 27 July

By Busisiwe Mavuso

By Busi Mavuso Scenes of police using water cannons against protesting restaurant workers in Cape Town were shocking. People have… continue reading

20/07/2020

CEO Newsletter

BLSA CEO’s weekly letter – 20 July

By Busisiwe Mavuso

By Busi Mavuso The need for transparency increases dramatically especially when lockdown decisions could destroy the livelihoods of millions of… continue reading

12/07/2020

CEO Newsletter

BLSA CEO’s weekly – 13 July

By Busisiwe Mavuso

By Busi Mavuso The impact of the Covid-19 crisis is becoming ever clearer: business confidence is record low; over 1-million… continue reading

06/07/2020

CEO Newsletter

BLSA CEO’s weekly – 6 July 2020

By Busisiwe Mavuso

By Busi Mavuso An important background issue to get right as we face the Covid-19 crisis is that business and… continue reading

29/06/2020

CEO Newsletter

BLSA CEO’s weekly – 29 June

By Busisiwe Mavuso

By Busi Mavuso As we gear up to drive an economic recovery, the downgrades of the Industrial Development Corporation and… continue reading

22/06/2020

CEO Newsletter

BLSA CEO’s weekly – 22 June

By Busisiwe Mavuso

By Busi Mavuso We applaud the NPA for the arrests of suspects linked to the looting of VBS Bank and… continue reading

15/06/2020

CEO Newsletter

BLSA CEO’s weekly – 15 June

By Busisiwe Mavuso

By Busi Mavuso As South Africa thinks about the economic recovery post the coronavirus crisis, shattered business confidence should have… continue reading

08/06/2020

CEO Newsletter

BLSA CEO’s weekly – 8 June

By Busisiwe Mavuso

By Busi Mavuso Whatever courts find on lockdown details, there is no doubt that social distancing and health protocols work… continue reading

01/06/2020

CEO Newsletter

BLSA CEO’s weekly – 1 June

By Busisiwe Mavuso

By Busi Mavuso Momentum is building towards finding viable solutions for our ailing SOEs with the presidential SOE council to… continue reading

25/05/2020

CEO Newsletter

BLSA CEO’s weekly – 25 May

By Busisiwe Mavuso

The positive message from government is that it is committed to driving a recovery and is open-minded on engaging with… continue reading

18/05/2020

CEO Newsletter

BLSA CEO’s weekly – 18 May

By Busisiwe Mavuso

Cyril Ramaphosa’s admission that some lockdown restrictions had been unclear, poorly explained and even contradictory was a powerful step in… continue reading