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Magang, Tebogo Israel Teddy. "Culture and corporate governance in South Africa." Thesis, University of Bradford, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/5485.

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The main objective of this thesis is to investigate corporate governance practices in South Africa listed companies. Specifically, the thesis strives to achieve the following objectives. First, it investigates the extent of compliance with the best corporate governance practices as recommended by the King Committee on Corporate Governance prior to and post 2002 in order to understand whether there is improvement in corporate practices. Second the thesis investigates whether compliance with the best corporate governance practices are related to ethnicity of board structures (in particular Board
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Harris, Rudessa. "Corporate Governance law reform in South Africa." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/60052.

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Chakanika, Andrew. "Corporate governance in South Africa progress and challenges." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4586.

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Includes abstract.<br>Includes bibliographical references.<br>South Africa is one of the fastest emerging economies of the world and this rapid economic growth has been largely attributed to the adoption of the King codes and the various corporate governance structures. Against this background, this dissertation will begin by discussing the major changes that have been made from the King II report to the King III report. The driving forces behind this dissertation are contained in chapters three and four as these chapters will seek to ascertain some of the major progresses and challenges that
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Steenkamp, Pieter. "Fidentia : a strategic and corporate governance analysis." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/802.

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Thesis (MBA (Business Management))--University of Stellenbosch, 2007.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Fidentia became an active player in the South African financial services industry in 2005, only a few years since its inception. This was achieved through aggressive take-overs and a favourable public image boosted by employing known sports personalities and sponsorships of various sports teams, charities and other events. The Fidentia group seemed to go from strength to strength under the leadership of Mr. Arthur Brown assisted by his senior management team of which none more prominent than Mr. Graham M
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Nobatyi, Andile. "Pivotal role of the UNISA council in corporate governance." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1012351.

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There have been calls the world over for academic institutions to adopt corporate forms of management. Unisa Council declared its commitment to corporate governance in the Annual report 2009. This study aims to determine whether Unisa Council activities and decisions comply with corporate governance as per the King III Code and identify any area(s) of improvement. Case study research was undertaken to investigate compliance with the principles of good governance as recommended in the Code. A checklist was used to collect data from university documents and this data was analysed by pattern matc
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Bhikha, Vishal. "Corporate governance in South Africa : the role of institutional investors." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15476.

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Corporate governance has become the slogan of the global investment arena over the past decade. Corporate scandals and collapses with major loss to shareholders have noted a change in investors' attitude towards this topic. Corporate governance has not only become important for the survival of companies in the global economy, a set corporate governance framework too is required to merely attract capital for start-ups. This study focuses on the institutional investors in South Africa, and their attitudes towards current corporate governance standards in South Africa, and attitude to governance
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Van, Zyl Corne. "Good project governance : how corporate governance influences the field of project management." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/5683.

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Thesis (MBA (Business Management))--Stellenbosch University, 2008.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: With the collapse of large multi-national companies such as Enron early in the new millennium, the focus on corporate governance increased due to stakeholders and shareholders alike demanding more protection of their interests. Countries across the world developed codes and acts such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 in the USA, in order to establish some form of enforceable governance on publicly listed companies. In South Africa likewise the King II report on corporate governance was published in 2002. Co
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Bosman, Estelle. "Public corporate governance with specific emphasis on accountability." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/95639.

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Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2013.<br>Corporate governance systems have evolved over centuries, often in response to corporate failures or system crises. From the early 1990s in South Africa, corporate governance began to reach prominence, prompted by losses from fraudulent activities within corporate entities such as Masterbond, Fidentia and Enron. Corporate governance is aimed at curtailing such fraudulent behaviour. In 1994, the elected democratic majority government of South Africa found that there were no standard rules or principles in place to either control or govern the del
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Thorburn, Robert. "Corporate governance in South Africa : practices, perceptions and the road ahead." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/4392.

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Thesis (MBA (Business Management))--Stellenbosch University, 2008.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Corporate governance presents the researcher and the theorist alike, with a rich vein of potential subject matter. This spans a massive scope of issues, ranging from feminist concerns to direct litigious anomalies during the multinational implementation of specific governance measures. Located towards the centre of this spectrum is the formulation of new governance policies, as informed by both theoretical foundations and real world experience. It is at this midway point that the South African governance de
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Priem, Colin Michael. "Corporate governance, CEO compensation and total shareholder returns in South Africa." University of the Western Cape, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/5586.

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Magister Commercii - MCom<br>The on-going displeasure displayed by the media and business commentators, relating to apparent excessive and unwarranted executive directors' salaries, has increased since the financial turmoil experienced in 2008. The commentaries and reports suggest that corporate governance interventions are not strong enough to curb the excessive remuneration packages awarded to executives and specifically to Chief Executive Officers (CEOs). The purpose of the research is to examine the factors that determine and/or shape the relationship between the Chief Executive Officer's
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Badenhorst, Marlene. "Governance as a quality paradigm." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/1221.

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Thesis (MTech (Quality)--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2009<br>Corporate governance is viewed as one of the topical issues of the 21st century. Little focus has however been directed to date at the specific application of corporate governance to Information and Communication Technology (ICT) outsourcing companies. The research problem, which was researched reads as follows: “The application of inadequate or poorly formulated governance mechanisms within ICT outsourcing companies invariably lead to poor service delivery and substandard quality of outsourced deliverables, and whi
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Gyapong, Ernest. "Voluntary Corporate Governance Disclosure, Board Diversity, and CEO Compensation: Evidence from Post-Apartheid South Africa." Thesis, Griffith University, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/366777.

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Rampant corporate collapses over the past few decades have put corporate governance issues in the spotlight. Shareholders have become increasingly participative over time; corporate boards are no longer passive, whilst regulators constantly seek to implement more effective corporate governance mechanisms. In the midst of these developments, post-apartheid South Africa has notoriously pursued an integrated corporate governance framework in the form of the King Reports. Within the South African corporate governance system, firms are required to disclose their compliance with recommended good cor
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Hendricks, Ebrahiem. "Towards Good Corporate Governance in South Africa: Private Enforcement versus Public Enforcement." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4631.

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For the past six and half years a great deal of attention has been devoted to the reform of South African company law. The reform process commenced in September 2003, when the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) initiated a reform programme that included a review of existing securities regulation and, of corporate structures and practices in the area of corporate governance. Subsequently, in March 2004 (and updated in June 2004) the DTI published a policy document on corporate law reform entitled 'South African Company Law for the 21st Century: Guidelines for Corporate Law Reform'. This pol
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Koornhof, Herman. "A framework for IT governance in small businesses." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/994.

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The primary objective of this treatise is to develop a framework that small businesses can use to implement IT governance. This framework for IT 6 Governance in Small Businesses, called ITGovSB, will be based primarily on the CobiT framework and the ISO/IEC 27002 information security controls. In order to achieve the primary objective, it is necessary to understand the differences between IT governance in small businesses and larger organisations. Consequently, one of the secondary objectives of the paper is to derive characteristics that define IT governance in small businesses. Another secon
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Johannes, Jonathan. "Corporate social responsibility in South Africa : how corporate partnerships can advance the sustainability agenda." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/5519.

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Magister Legum - LLM<br>Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is not a new issue. There has and will always be the need for organisations to make profits and the needs of society. CSR has been considered more strongly than ever since the early 1990's, building on a trend that had been growing since the start of the 20th century. CSR broadly refers to all of an organization's impacts on society and the need to deal responsibly with the impacts on each group of stakeholders. The King IV Report on Governance for South Africa 2016 encapsulates the idiosyncratic South African context of CSR. In the
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Yusuf, Sabrina Gulam Silva. "Re-thinking the corporate social responsibility regulatory framework in South Africa." University of the Western Cape, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/6821.

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Magister Legum - LLM<br>Corporate governance is a principle that has had multiple evolving definitions. The Cadbury Report (also known as Financial Aspects of Corporate Governance) of 1992 is a report that sets out recommendations for best practice of a company board. Although the Cadbury Report was ideally formulated to apply to companies in the United Kingdom, its recommendations have formed the basis of many international codes over the years. It refers to corporate governance as the "system by which companies are directed and controlled". Solomons also explores the definitions of corporate
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Gerber, Tian Johannes. "VoIP : a corporate governance approach to avoid the risk of civil liability." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1016272.

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Since the deregulation of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) in 2005, many South African organizations are now attempting to leverage its cost saving and competitive values. However, it has been recently cited that VoIP is one of the greatest new risks to organizations and this risk is cited to increase Information Security insurance premiums in the near future. Due to the dynamic nature of the VoIP technology, regulatory and legislative concerns such as lawful interception of communications and privacy may also contribute to business risk. In order to leverage value from the VoIP implementat
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Louw, Hanneke. "A comparative and critical analysis of the corporate governance structure of South Africa." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11677.

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Bibliography: leaves 77-81.<br>The King Reports, as well as legislative developments culminating from these reports, are aimed at enhancing corporate governance standards in South Africa and aligning them with international best practice. Notwithstanding these measures, a number of significant failures in corporate governance rocked South African business during this period, severely denting the perception of the quality and standard of corporate governance. Given the importance of international investors' confidence, a continuous review of the South African corporate governance structure is i
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Zyambo, Kalwani. "Corporate governance and financial performance of long-term insurance companies in South Africa." Master's thesis, Faculty of Commerce, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/30476.

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The research examines the effect between corporate governance and company-specific variables to financial performance among a sample of long-term insurance companies in South Africa from 2011 to 2016. The study employed a panel regression technique using board size, board independence, audit committee size and CEO tenure as proxies for corporate governance while controlling for firm size, reinsurance usage and leverage. The proxies used for financial performance were underwriting profits, return on assets (ROA) and returns on equity (ROE). The findings show that board size is the only corporat
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Weber, Charles. "King III report on governance : practical obstacles to the effective application with specific focus on the principles of director independence." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/97408.

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Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2014.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Newspaper headlines have continued to shock investors and society by exposing corporate scandals and by highlighting the overall decline in moral fibre of the modern employer and/or employee, locally and internationally. The King III Report on Governance aims to improve organisations’ sustainability by providing principles to enable sound decision-making for any organisation, irrespective of its size and/or structure. The objective of this research report was to investigate the challenges experienced with the application
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Horn, Roelof Combrinck. "The legal regulation of corporate governance with reference to international trends." Thesis, Link to the online version, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10019/1042.

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West, Andrew Geoffrey. "Moral relativism and corporate governance convergence." Thesis, University of Pretoria, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25575.

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This thesis investigates how the different aspects and claims associated with moral relativism can be applied to the issue of corporate governance convergence. The question of how corporate governance models may be converging around the world is considered within the law, finance and management literature. To date, however, there has been no detailed consideration from a moral perspective of whether such convergence should occur. This study investigates this question, using South Africa as a case study, through an analysis of the claims of Descriptive, Metaethical and Normative moral relativis
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Boakye, Mary-Ann. "Corporate Governance and Firm Efficiency in The Long-Term Insurance Market in South Africa." Thesis, University of Cape Town, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/28405.

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The financial crises experienced worldwide have contributed to the rising importance of corporate governance. South Africa is unique in that it has strong corporate governance structures and as a result, it would prove useful to assess the effects of these corporate governance structures on critical sectors such as the long-term insurance industry, which is the largest insurance industry in Africa. The objective of this study is to examine the effect of corporate governance mechanisms and firm efficiency in the South African long-term insurance industry using data on 73 long-term insurers from
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Mans-Kemp, Nadia. "Corporate governance and the financial performance of selected Johannesburg Stock Exchange industries." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/95957.

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Thesis (PhD)-- Stellenbosch University, 2014.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Mainstream investors are mostly interested in how they can benefit financially from a specific investment. Although this is the case, an increasing number of so-called responsible investors are also beginning to integrate environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) aspects into their investment analysis and ownership practices. Corporate governance compliance is often the first level of ESG interest for these investors. Previous researchers considered the relationship between corporate governance and various financial
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Mateteni, Nyasha. "Impact of corporate governance mechanisms on sustainability of selected microfinance institutions in Cape Town, South Africa." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2681.

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Thesis (MTech (Business Administration))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2017.<br>A highly uneven income distribution and South Africa’s economic structure has over the years produced a larger number of the so called ‘unbankable’ families or households that are not served by the commercial retail-banking sector. Microfinance institutions (MFIs) emerged as an important tool for poverty alleviation and as a substitute in providing access to credit facilities to those individuals. However, many MFIs have failed to sustain and grow their business due to malpractices and poor implementati
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Roos, Pieter. "Formulating an IT governance framework." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1017541.

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Modern organisations make substantial investments in Information Technology (IT). Corporate governance practices can no longer ignore the importance of effectively governing IT. Consequently, the third King Report on Corporate Governance (King III) makes specific provision for IT governance, which is implemented through the establishment of an IT governance framework. The purpose of this research is to develop a generic IT governance framework, suitable to any large South African organisation in the public or private sector. The literature considered for this research confirmed the extent of s
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Fabricius, Karin. "Trends and perceptions of sustainabilty reporting and corporate governance : a case study of Eskom." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1011782.

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The King II Report on Corporate Governance was released in March 2002. This report, although focusing on South African businesses, is acclaimed as a world first in setting superior governance standards. Corporate governance in South Africa is undergoing transformation due to the influence of the King II Report, and a range of other global trends such as Global Reporting Initiative guidelines and the infamous collapse of Enron due to governance failures. Non-financial reporting (also referred to as sustainability reporting) forms the main focus of this research project. The financial reporting
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Mlambo, Chipo. "The influence of corporate failures and foreign law on South African corporate governance." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/60066.

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This dissertation discusses how South African Corporate Governance has been influenced by corporate failures and foreign law, through comparing international jurisdictions. The dissertation comprises of five chapters, beginning with an introductory Chapter One. The introductory chapter provides a background and sets out the research problem and questions to be answered as well as the methodology used in this study. Chapter Two introduces the concept of corporate governance and is divided into two parts. Part one focuses on principles of good corporate governance as set out by the King Report o
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Jalavu, Zisanda Beatrice. "An internal audit's perspective on the role of social and ethics committees." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/11998.

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This thesis reveals the results of a study during which the 2014 integrated reports, sustainability reports and websites of the twelve JSE listed companies, were selected and evaluated. The aim of the thesis was to explore the responsibilities and duties of the S&E Committee; in the South African governance context as well as to assess the usefulness of disclosures made in the integrated reports regarding the social and ethics as part of corporate governance. Content analysis was used to identify the information and an interview was held with the expert in the field of social and ethics govern
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Mokoena, Lazarus Docter. "The importance of corporate ethics and values :building a sustainable strategy model for effective implementation of good corporate governance within a state-onwed enterprise in South Africa." University of South Africa, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/164.

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Sithole-Somfula, Busiswa. "Exploring e-governance effectiveness in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1021178.

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E-governance is a comprehensive and well-thought out notion as it brings forth a change in the way governments communicate to citizens and to each other. Since the RSA government relies on regular consultations with the citizens in order to improve service delivery, e-governance approaches inspires citizens to be active agent of local democracy by means of providing information and participation on issues that matters the most to the society. The effectiveness of e-governance takes into account four systemic intentions which are as follows: Increased government accountability; Increased govern
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Atal, Maha Rafi. "When companies rule : corporate political authority in India, Kenya and South Africa." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2019. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/289776.

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This thesis examines the role of corporations as political authorities, focusing on corporate land acquisition and corporate provision of services and infrastructure. It considers these activities as "Company Rule," a political project to secure corporate control of territory and population, shaping power relations between corporations and the people they govern. The thesis asks what motivates companies to rule, and whether Company Rule can achieve political legitimacy. The thesis makes four main contributions. First, it develops a framework for analysing the political agency of corporations,
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Asafo-Adjei, Marang Akua. "Regulation of executive directors remuneration in South Africa : the road to achieving good corporate governance." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15188.

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The purpose of this dissertation is thus to evaluate the extent to which the existing legal and regulatory instruments in South Africa have effectively regulated director’s remuneration as a means of ensuring that those in control are accountable to the owners and do not remunerate themselves excessively with the owners’ money. The research will embark on a comparative analysis with international jurisdictions being Australia and the United Kingdom with the objective of determining how these countries have regulated executive director remuneration and the lessons that South Africa can lear
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Mekwe, L. P. "A critical review of corporate governance reforms relating to South African state-owned enterprises." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/5171.

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Magister Legum - LLM<br>Corporate governance reform is an important aspect of broader reforms aimed at securing an environment attractive to both domestic and foreign investors and that enhances the benefits of investment to society. Of particular relevance is the relation between corporate governance practices and the increasingly international character of investment. If a country decides to reap the full benefits of the global capital market, and if it decides to attract long-term patient capital, good corporate governance arrangements must be credible, well understood across borders and ad
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Khangale, Thabelo George. "The effective application of corporate governance in non-profit companies with specific reference to Milk South Africa NPC." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/78064.

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This study explored the effective application of corporate governance in Milk SA NPC. The study is made up of five chapters, starting with an introductory chapter one. The introductory chapter provides general overview and background on corporate governance in the South African context. It also sets out the research problem as well as the research questions of the study. Chapter two introduces the principles and practices of corporate governance recommended by the King IV report on Corporate Governance in South Africa for the non-profit organisations. Chapter three explores Milk SA’s mechanism
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Mutiro, Newton Sly. "The perception of corporate services in a Metropolitan Municipality on King III good governance compliance." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/1000.

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Thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Master of Technology: Business Administration in Project Management in the Faculty of Business at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology 2013<br>Good governance has been and is a growing phenomenon for almost all business organisations regardless of size, profit margins and purpose for existence. Government, quasi-government, non-governmental organisations and even civic organisations have adopted a project-based approach to business. The City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality is one such organisation that
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Drake, Hannine. "The legal regulation of the external company auditor in Post-Enron South Africa." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/2301.

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Thesis (LLM (Mercantile Law))--University of Stellenbosch, 2009.<br>The worldwide increase of corporate failures on the scale of Enron and WorldCom has sparked a renewed international trend of corporate governance review. With the external company auditor blamed at least in part for many corporate failures, corporate governance reform also necessitates a review of the statutory regulation of the company auditor. In particular, the lack of auditor independence when auditing clients has been under the legislator’s spotlight. The problems associated with unregulated or poorly regulated audit
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Parker, Nazima Begum. "Employee perception of public sector compliance with corporate governance principles : case of the Western Cape Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport, South Africa." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/982.

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Thesis (MTech (Business Administration))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2009<br>Greater emphasis has in recent years been placed on the fiduciary duties of managers vis-a-vis Chief Financial Officers, Accounting Officers and political representatives. The exposure has given rise to the shift in focus to overarching activities promoting social responsibility, ethics, discipline, transparency, fairness, independence and most importantly, accountability. Previous research (Burger & Goslin, 2005) focused on the rising incidence of mismanagement of public funds within government departme
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Yortt, Anna. "The application of a corporate governance matrix to the JSE top 40 companies in South Africa." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/6426.

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Thesis (MBA (Business Management))--University of Stellenbosch, 2009.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Corporate governance in South Africa (SA) has been promoted since 1994 with the release of the King report which was the first code of corporate governance in the country. This has since been updated in 2002, and most recently in 2009. In previous independent assessments of corporate governance in South Africa, the country has been commended for its corporate governance standards. As a large institutional investor the Public Investment Corporation (PIC) actively encourages high standards of corporate go
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Mashasha, Tamsanqa Munyaradzi. "The critical implications of Ubuntu for contemporary management theory." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013116.

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Since the dissolution of apartheid, corporate governance in South Africa has evolved from being a soft mainly ethical issue to a hard knowledge-based technological issue, recognised as pivotal to the success and revitalisation of the country’s capital markets and, ultimately, the prospects of the corporate economy. These high stakes have produced a succession of measures aimed at transforming corporate governance in the economy. As such, South Africa’s corporate managers are consistently faced with the seemingly unassailable obstacle of discerning and implementing technologically progressive a
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Van, Schalkwyk Frederik Edwin. "The role of the company secretary in corporate governance : a South African specific problem conceptualisation and commentary." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/785.

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Thesis (MBA (Business Management))--University of Stellenbosch, 2007.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie studie stel ondersoek in na die rol van die maatskappysekretaris in korporatiewe bestuur. Tien kernrolle word geidentifiseer, relevant in terme van die historiese ontwikkeling van die amp asook die Suid-Afrikaanse definisie van korporatiewe bestuur, om getoets te word teen die realiteite van die praktyk by wyse van 'n opname van maatskappysekretarisse by gelyste maatskappye. Die projek sluit af deur te vind dat sekretarisse in die algemeen in staat is om uitvoering te gee aan hul rol om by
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Khabeng, Kagiso Ivan. "Assessment of organisational culture of a business unit." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/8573.

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Thesis (MBA)--University of Stellenbosch, 2010.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This research assesses the current organisational culture as well as the future preferred organisational culture of a business unit in a large information and communications technology company. In this study the researcher also assesses the management skills and competencies in comparison with the preferred future culture of the organisation. The research is based on the competing values framework of assessing organisational culture. The data was collected using the two instruments, namely the organisational culture asse
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Jugnandan, Shreeya. "'It's a long story…' - Impression Management in South African Corporate Reporting." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/32455.

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Research in the field of impression management has presented evidence that suggests as a company's performance declines, the readability of its financial reports also declines in order to confound the user. In an attempt to determine whether similar impression management strategies are implemented amongst South African listed public companies, a mixed-effects linear regression model was applied to analyse data over the period 2016- 2018. Performance was regressed to the report readability measures over time, where readability was divided into the aspects of length (through the word count) and
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Singh, Shanta Melina. "An evaluation of the King III report as a governance framework for the not-for-profit sector in South Africa." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/8328.

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Thesis (MBA)--University of Stellenbosch, 2010.<br>In June 2009, there were 56 244 not-for-profit organisations registered with the Department of Social Development in South Africa. In addition, there are about 100 000 informal (non-registered) not-for-profit organisations in South Africa. The budget allocation of these organisations varies from R100 thousand to R20 million. The South African not-for-profit sector comprises of three types of organisations, namely the Section 21 companies, trusts and voluntary associations. The Non Profit Organisations Act, No. 71 of 1997, came into effect on
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Adendorff, Christian Michael, and S. Radloff. "The development of a cultural family business model of good governance for Greek family businesses in South Africa." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002779.

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Never in the history of the South African nation has the entrepreneurial spirit been more alive. Since the opening of international doors, after the 1994 elections, South Africa has experienced the explosive growth of transnational entrepreneurship. An enduring aspect of the explosion of such economic activity is the need for "good governance" and the need for governance education in South Africa and the rest of the continent has never been greater. The size of the family business component of the South Aftican economy suggests that it is the predominant way of doing business in South Africa.
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Kuboya, Daniel. "Critical analysis of executive remuneration and company performance for South African listed companies." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/97417.

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Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2014.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Executive remuneration in South Africa has continued to attract public outrage and generate much debate among various stakeholders due to the perceived non-alignment of compensation packages awarded to senior executives and company performance. This research examines the relationship between executive compensation and financial performance of South African listed companies. Furthermore, the study investigates the link between executive pay and sustainability performance measures such as environmental, social and governance
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Tolom, Sindiswa. "Analysis of ICT governance initiatives as a mechanism to enhance corporate governance, with particular reference to Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1020999.

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Developing countries such as South Africa have a tremendous potential for rapid and sustainable economic and social development by leveraging the benefits and advantages of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and applying it appropriately within the local government sector. As such, the Local Government Turnaround Strategy’s (LGTAS) vision states that: Each municipality must have the necessary ICT infrastructure and connectivity; and that ICT systems must be put in place across all municipalities to accelerate service delivery, and improve efficiency and accountability. However, tec
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Stevens, Angela Gail. "Enforceable accountability: a corporate governance mirage for South African state-owned companies." Doctoral thesis, Faculty of Law, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/33996.

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This research examines the operational and financial shortcomings of South African State-Owned Companies (‘SOCs') which is shown to primarily stem from a lack of enforceable accountability. The resolution of this accountability issue begins with the identification of SOCs. An analysis is undertaken of the predominant statutes with which SOCs are required to comply: the Public Finance Management Act and the Companies Act. An examination of these statutes, together with relevant case law and secondary sources, reveals contradictory, convoluted and confusing provisions relating to the definition
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Farndell, Mark. "The role of governance: family owned butchery." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/1509.

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The importance of SME family businesses is evident in society. Coming out of a recession, the innovation, labour absorption and employment creation capabilities of SMEs and family businesses globally, and in emerging economies with high levels of unemployment and poverty, is incredibly important for environmental sustainability and societal harmony. Good governance is empirically proven to improve long-term sustainability of organisations, and poor governance is linked to the demise of many businesses – large and small, family and non-family businesses alike. This research, by means of a thoro
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Owens, Jeffrey, Rick McDonell, Riël Franzsen, and Jude Thaddeus Amos. "Inter-agency Cooperation and Good Tax Governance in Africa." Pretoria University Law Press (PULP), 2017. http://epub.wu.ac.at/6292/1/2018_Inter%2Dagency_Cooperation_and_Good_Tax_Governance_in_Africa.pdf.

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In 2015, the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU) and the African Tax Institute at the University of Pretoria launched a project to identify the links between corruption, money laundering and tax crimes in Africa. The project promotes the concepts of good tax governance and the importance to economic development of a tax system that is transparent and free of corruption. The project explores how law enforcement agencies and tax authorities can best cooperate to counter corruption and bribery. The project was initially aimed at three focus countries, namely, Ghana, Nigeria a
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