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The Starbucks disaster in South Korea cost a CEO his job, a brand its market, and thousands of customers their loyalty. The strangest part isn't that somebody made the mistake; it's that so many people didn't catch it before it went public. Dominique Olivier walks us through several corporate marketing catastrophes that should never have happened.

This episode of the Ghost Bites podcast on YouTube and Apple Podcasts / Spotify features Argent Industrial, Aspen, Coronation, Ninety One, Prosus, South32 - and a dog in a superhero cape!

Kumba is a victim of the rand (and several other things). A big step forward for Nedbank in East Africa. Reinet's underperformance vs. British American Tobacco is incredible to witness. Sasol's business performance metrics for FY26 look encouraging.

This episode of the Ghost Bites podcast on YouTube and Apple Podcasts / Spotify features Argent Industrial, Aspen, Coronation, Ninety One, Prosus, South32 - and a dog in a superhero cape!

With the August / September earnings season behind us, it's helpful to look at share price moves over the past 30 days on the JSE to see how sentiment has shifted. The PGMs have driven the Top40 higher, while insurance has taken a breather.

At the halfway mark in 2025, we've lived through some huge geopolitical shifts. The world's gaze has shifted beyond just the US market. Many investors choose to stick with what they know in times like these. This means homegrown favourites on the JSE. But which stocks have been the big winners thus far this year, and what do they have in common?