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Articles
Tuesday, 05 August 2025 (1 Comment - view/add) Director Remuneration Disclosure: Navigating the Tension Between Transparency and Privacy » By Parmi Natesan, CEO of IoDSA Recent amendments to the South African Companies Act have brought renew...
Wednesday, 12 February 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) Advisory and Shadow Boards: Ill-fitted solutions for Governance and Inclusion in South Africa » By Parmi Natesan, CEO of IoDSA Advisory and shadow boards are increasingly being touted as innovative tools to i...
Wednesday, 27 November 2024 (3 Comments - view/add) Strengthening governance in local and provincial government: Accountability and service delivery » By Prof Parmi Natesan, CEO of the Institute of Directors in South Africa South Africa’s local and provincial government...
Wednesday, 18 September 2024 (2 Comments - view/add) Strengthening corporate governance: Unlocking value for organisations » By Prof Parmi Natesan, CEO of the Institute of Directors in South Africa Recent developments at some of South Africa's...
Friday, 30 August 2024 (4 Comments - view/add) The Fine Line: Avoiding Operational Overreach as a Non-Executive Director » By Professors Parmi Natesan and Prieur du Plessis The role of a non-executive director (NED) is a delicate balancing act...
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Media Statements
Monday, 10 November 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) Guidance papers help organisations to get started with King V » By Parmi Natesan, CEO of IoDSA and Ansie Ramalho, King Committee Chairperson The strength of the newly la...
Friday, 07 November 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) King V Disclosure Framework: Driving consistency and comparability to governance disclosures » By Parmi Natesan, CEO of IoDSA and Ansie Ramalho, King Committee Chairperson Possibly the most groundbrea...
Monday, 03 November 2025 (1 Comment - view/add) King V released: A new governance Code to navigate an increasingly complex landscape » By Parmi Natesan, CEO of IoDSA and Ansie Ramalho, King Committee Chairperson A new iteration of South Africa’s in...
Tuesday, 19 August 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) Minister’s reported threat to dissolve SA Tourism board raises governance red flags » By Parmi Natesan, CEO of IoDSA According to a recent media report[i], the Minister of Tourism has allegedly threatened t...
Tuesday, 20 May 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) SETA Board Controversy Highlights Urgent Need for Transparent Nomination Processes » By Parmi Natesan, CEO of IoDSA Even the creative reframing of the withdrawal of 20 Sector Education and Training Authori...
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Archives
Tuesday, 05 September 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Independent Professional Bodies’ Forum commits to professionalism » On 22 August 2017, members of the Independent Professional Bodies Forum signed a declaration committing themselves to...
Wednesday, 16 August 2017 (1 Comment - view/add) Message from the Chair » By Dr Prieur du Plessis I was very honoured to be elected as chair of the IoDSA board, and it is gives me par...
Tuesday, 25 July 2017 (1 Comment - view/add) Koko matter has lessons for directors and execs » Eskom’s decision to pursue disciplinary action against its suspended acting-CEO, Matshela Koko, raises important governanc...
Thursday, 20 July 2017 (1 Comment - view/add) IoDSA hails Government plan to improve board appointments on state-owned entities » Government’s undertaking to finalise a board-appointment framework for state-owned entities (SOEs) by March 2018 is warmly...
Wednesday, 19 July 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Corporate governance – a critical lever of success » By Parmi Natesan and Dr Prieur du Plessis Once often seen as a compliance burden, corporate governance is maturi...
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Members articles
Wednesday, 13 July 2022 (0 Comments - view/add) Shareholders can enhance independent monitoring by actively voting on director election proposals » By Michael Janse van Vuuren, Suzette Viviers and Nadia Mans-Kemp Corporate scandals highlight the importance of monitori...
Monday, 30 May 2022 (0 Comments - view/add) The Role of the Board in Artificial Intelligence Ethics » Authored by: Xitshembhiso Russel Mulamula, Cert.Dir, PhD Candidate (AI Governance) Artificial intellig...
Monday, 30 May 2022 (0 Comments - view/add) Groupthink as a Phenomenon on South African Boards » Authored by: Dr Brian Suckling, B.Iuris, LLB, LLM, MBA, admitted Advocate of the High Court of South Africa In 1972...
Monday, 30 May 2022 (0 Comments - view/add) ERM: From Compliance Function to Strategic Driver » Authored by: Perushka Kalipershad, Senior Manager: Governance, Risk and Compliance at the Multichoice Group, MBA, GRC prof...
Friday, 22 April 2022 (0 Comments - view/add) Can adopting a two-tier system improve SOE governance? » Authored by: Dumisani Mngadi, Analyst: Monitoring and Evaluation at the Parliament of South Africa T...
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