Editor's Note

by Marylou Greig

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Analysis Q1-Q3 2025

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M&A Rankings Q1-Q3 2025

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GCF Rankings Q1-Q3 2025

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Pathfinders Networking Event 8 October 2025 (Cape Town)

Sponsored by Bowmans | Photo spreads​​

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Nominations Criteria: 2025 Awards (Thursday, 19 Feb 2026)

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THORTS

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South Africa’s equity capital markets – in terminal decline or turning a corner?

by Richard Stout | Standard Bank 

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Business Rescue Practitioners: the dealmakers of the future

by Tobie Jordaan and Jess Osmond | Bowmans 

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Assessing the risk of the culture to be acquired

by Lindy Taylor | 5th Discipline

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​The perils of oversimplifying technology due diligence in acquisitions

by Rakhee Dullabh and Ridwaan Boda | ENS

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Control AltX delete? Is there still a place for the JSE’s Growth Board?

by Johann Piek | PSG Capital 

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Beyond the ESOP: A shift toward practicality in public interest enforcement

by Shawn van der Meulen, Lebohang Noko and Gina Lodolo |Baker McKenzie​​​

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South Africa’s retail revolution

by Ben Lowther and Mike Adams | RMB​

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Blank shares and board powers - Navigating section 36(1)(d) of the Companies Act

by Ian Hayes and Storm Arends | CDH