Nesan Nair, portfolio manager at Sasfin Wealth & Karl Gevers, portfolio manager at Benguela Global Fund Managers

South Africa is ranked among the top 15 emitters of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) per capita in the world, making us the most polluted non-oil producing nation. The deadline for paying the carbon tax for the 1 June – 31 December 2019 period is looming at the end of October.

But questions are being raised about the imposition of this tax against the backdrop of South Africa’s Covid weakened economy. A new book has just been published to help guide you through the carbon tax maze, a Concise Guide. Michael Avery speaks to co-authors Andrew Gilder, and Olivia Rumble, directors at Climate Legal and Mansoor Parker, an Executive at ENSafrica in the Tax department, about how one navigates that maze later on.

Charles Douglas, co-head of M&A at Bowmans

Johanna McDowell, CEO of the IAS and partner in SCOPEN Africa

Alan Winde, Premier of Western Cape

John Dludlu, CEO of Small Business Institute

Tertius Wessels, advocate and legal director of Strata-G Labour Solutions

Henry Bidddlecombe, investment analyst at Anchor Capital

Steven Schultz, CEO of Momentum Securities & Makwe Masilela, CIO of Makwe Fund Managers

In this weekly feature Michael Avery gets up close and personal with South Africa’s business and political economy leaders, to uncover what makes them tick, keeps them up at night and keeps them going through the Covid storm. Michael Avery’s guest this week is currently the longest serving bank CEO in the country having now served for roughly ten years in that position. He attended St John’s College (Harare) and completed his schooling at Maritzburg College, before graduating from Natal University (Pietermaritzburg) in 1987 where he received the Jack Armstrong award as the best final year student. He concluded his two year tenure as Chairman of The Banking Association of South Africa in June this year and is currently the Deputy Chairman of Business Leadership South Africa. Michael William Thomas Brown, Nedbank CEO, just Mike to most, shares his thoughts on the Treasury Loan Guarantee Scheme, the Basel pendulum of bank regulation swinging too far and what he’d do to fix Eskom.