Tag: performance

Not long ago, watching television was a shared ritual. Families gathered around the same screen, tuning in to the daily soaps or the Sunday night 8 pm movie. Today, the experience has become deeply personal. Each viewer chooses what to watch, when to watch and even which ads they see. For marketers, this shift is not just a technology change; it is a change in attention. And attention is the currency that drives modern advertising.

The announcement by Tesla of the 2025 CEO Performance Award for Elon Musk signals nothing less than a reckoning with a fundamental question. What does it really cost to secure not just a top executive, but a visionary? As the board persuades shareholders to “vote yes to robots, and reject robotic voting”, the Tesla CEO pay package forces a stark trade-off.

In business, figurative sticks and stones may break no bones. Yet, a few kind words can make a big difference. Profit is the lifeblood of business, and influencing employee behaviour is central to profitability. However, not all profitable behaviour change is positive.

Perhaps this is your current situation. Being placed on a performance improvement plan can feel like a punch to the gut. It is feedback, but it also comes loaded with fear, doubt and worry. You may find yourself asking, “Am I failing? Is my job at stake? Do they even want me here?”

Long-term investors should not rely only on company results to guide smarter investment decisions. Instead, they should understand the context behind the numbers and the broader market trends that shape performance. Company financial results, often called earnings season, are watched closely by equity investors worldwide.

Governance conversations everywhere - in boardrooms, conferences, and social platforms - are often punctuated by phrases such as “best practice”, “governance with purpose” and “future-ready boards.” Yet good intentions alone rarely change outcomes.

For much of the last century, investment success depended on foresight. Investors believed they could anticipate market cycles, economic turning points and policy changes to stay ahead. But that paradigm is shifting. Today, markets no longer respond only to fundamentals such as interest rates or corporate earnings. Instead, fast-moving, unpredictable forces now dominate.

South Africa is on the brink of one of the most game-changing moves in media measurement in decades. In September, the Broadcast Research Council of South Africa (BRC) announced that it had appointed GfK, an NIQ company, to design and deploy the next-generation Total Video Measurement service.

Capitec, South Africa’s largest digital bank, announced another six months of strong growth. Headline earnings rose 26% to R8 billion in the period from March 2025 to August 2025.

South Africa’s 257 municipalities, the bedrock of local governance, are currently grappling with a severe trifecta of challenges. These challenges include worsening financial mismanagement, decaying infrastructure and rapidly eroding citizen trust. Restoring trust and performance has become a national priority.