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The use of malus and clawback provisions has increased in recent years due to the demand for tighter controls on incentive-based compensation. The alignment between executive pay and individual performance creates a culture of responsible decision-making and accountability within an organisation. This paper seeks to evaluate the current state of governance legislation on the clawback of remuneration in the South African context. A systematic literature review was conducted to provide descriptive insight on the technical and procedural approach applied to the clawback of remuneration. These findings were then compared to other countries so that similarities, differences, and areas of further research could be identified. Through detailed content analysis, it was found that the South African governance regime lags behind its international counterparts regarding remuneration clawback. Due to the absence of relevant statutory guidelines, discretion is frequently applied, leading to inconsistent treatment of clawback amongst listed companies. The use of clawback as a risk-mitigation mechanism is also relatively new in South Africa and comparative studies provide useful insight on the technicalities and administration processes applied abroad. The lessons learnt and strategies applied internationally serve as a benchmark for the development of clawback legislation in South Africa. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article deals with the question how cultural borders are being negotiated through the protagonists in Gunther Geltinger's road novel Benzin (2019). In doing so, it presents two antithetical positions from Postcolonial Studies regarding cultural borders. Firstly, the paper examines the role of Edward Said's influential but dialectical notion of the "orient" versus the "occident" in the 18th and 19th century, while analyzing to what extent it is applicable to the border between the 'global north' (Europe) and the 'global south' (Africa). Secondly, it outlines the widely influential work of Homi K. Bhabha, who sees borders not as a place where negotiations stop, but where negotiations emerge and form new, hybrid identities. Thirdly and most importantly, the article is concerned with the cultural borders in Gunther Geltinger's novel Benzin, which are being shown as more solid than permeable. In this way, the novel thematizes the persistent feelings of guilt and cultural bias of European tourists in present day South Africa. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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