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Piet Mouton on being Jannie’s son, how to succeed in SA and those braais of yore
Business Day asks Piet Mouton why Jannie and PSG decided to be so blunt about the dementia diagnosis
Jannie Mouton’s letter to shareholders on his dementia diagnosis was shocking as much for its content as its brutal honesty. Business Day asked the scion of the family business, PSG CEO Piet Mouton, why Jannie and PSG itself decided to be so blunt. He’s a public figure and people started gossiping because, as we explained, he was here and there forgetting a name and sometimes repeating himself. It got to the stage where he was comfortable that we make some form of announcement. Was it getting uncomfortable in a small town like Stellenbosch? PSG’s his baby and he’s always believed in being open and transparent about life and things that affect him and that could possibly affect the company. People have this idea about the small Stellenbosch clique and it doesn’t quite work like that. I know people like to say we all know exactly what each other is doing but it’s definitely not the case … unless I haven’t had my invite yet. This throws into relief the fact that you have a personal and...
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