South Africa’s state-owned asset manager pays its average employee R1.7 million a year

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South Africa’s state-owned asset manager pays its average employee R1.7 million a year
South Africa's largest asset manager has less than 500 employees that oversee over R3 trillion in funds, which results in one of the best paid workforces in the country.
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