Curro’s shift from for-profit to public benefit could be the model the country didn’t know it needed, hitting the sweet spot where private sector nous meets public sector need and everyone wins.
When Jan Mouton, son of Jannie Mouton and spokesperson for the family foundation, explained to Daily Maverick why they were offering R7.2-billion for Curro Holdings, he kept insisting on one word: donation. Not “buyout”, not “takeover”, not “acquisition”.
“This is the biggest donation in the history of South Africa,” Mouton said, his voice catching somewhere between corporate announcement and missionary evangelism.
“The…
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