By the time South African CEOs feel the economic impact of geopolitical tension, it will be too late. The reality is that the global landscape is changing fast and South […]
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Shareholder Disputes Don’t Start in Court
They start with poor governance which quietly strip executives of control. It wasn’t an emergency meeting. It wasn’t even a difficult one, on paper. The numbers were acceptable. The strategy […]
BarnOwl Newsletter: December 2025
BarnOwl — December 2025 Newsletter December 2025 Newsletter In this month’s newsletter: Latest BarnOwl Insights BarnOwl Info Sharing Insight BarnOwl Spotlight Session Insight Latest BarnOwl Insights Why […]
Seeing What Others Miss: The Executive Advantage in Managing Risk and Opportunity
South African executives like to believe they are in control. Dashboards are monitored. Committees convene. Reports are filed. And for a while, these assumptions feel correct. The business runs. Targets […]
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BarnOwl Info Sharing Insight: The Cornerstone of Effective and Efficient Internal Audit Functions
Presented by: Dirk Strydom, Technical and Quality Assurance Services (QAS) Manager, Leadership Academy for Guardians of Governance Thank you very much Dirk for your excellent presentation on ‘The Cornerstone of […]
Why Governance Matters
In a country plagued by corruption, does corporate governance still matter; or is it our only defence? Every day brings news of yet another corruption scandal. Case after case, well-placed […]
King V Isn’t About Compliance. It’s About Not Losing Your Business.
There is a familiar weariness in corporate South Africa when the word governance appears in a meeting agenda. You see the shoulders shift, the sighs surface, the coffee cups get […]
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When AI Meets Risk: South Africa’s Next GRC Frontier
Artificial intelligence isn’t coming for risk management, it’s already here, sitting quietly inside your spreadsheets, dashboards and audit trails. The question is no longer if it will shape your GRC […]
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BarnOwl Newsletter: September 2025
Governance is the New Reputation: Why South African Leaders Can’t Afford to Get it Wrong
South Africans trust Woolworths more than Eskom. Not because of rotisserie chicken, but because we instinctively know where good governance lives and where it hasn’t. In politics, governance failures show […]