The Finance Ghost
Dominique Olivier
Holy chaos: a history of papal misadventures
The papacy may claim divine authority, but its history often reads like a medieval fever dream. Power struggles, murder plots, and moral scandals played out beneath the frescoes of Rome, turning spiritual leadership into something closer to a soap opera. There have been some excellent popes, but also some shockers. Dominique Olivier will entertain and shock you in this great piece.
Ghost Bites
Ghost Bites (Lesaka Technologies | Motus | Purple Group | SA Corporate Real Estate | Sappi | Sibanye-Stillwater | Transpaco | Truworths | Vodacom)
Lesaka Technologies off to a good start in FY26. Sappi is suffering great pain, but at least they acknowledge it - unlike Truworths. Purple Group is charging up the J-curve. Sibanye-Stillwater is loving life, while Motus is also adapting well. Vodacom Please Call Me looks to be around R540 million. We saw deal news at Transpaco and SA Corporate Real Estate as well.
Ghost Stories
Ghost Stories #81: Lesaka Technologies – disrupting through distribution to build a fintech giant
With a growth strategy that is grounded firmly in the belief that Southern Africa offers one of the most exciting opportunities in the world today, Lesaka Technologies is executing from a tried-and-tested playbook of disruption in the fintech space. To explain the opportunity and how Lesaka's business model is built to win, Executive Chairman Ali Mazanderani joined me on this podcast.
DealMakers
Who’s doing what this week in the South African M&A space?
Weekly summary of Merger & Acquisition activity by South African companies
DealMakers
Weekly corporate finance activity by SA exchange-listed companies
Weekly summary of corporate finance activity by South African exchange listed companies
DealMakers
Who’s doing what in the African M&A and debt financing space?
Weekly summary of all M&A, financial and debt market activity from across Africa (excluding South Africa)
DealMakers
The Public Interest puzzle: South Africa’s merger control balancing act
SA’s merger control regime must promote inclusion without dampening growth and enforce equity without undermining competitiveness.
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