Flash Briefing: ANC to force transparency on pay; Heineken-Distell takeover; legal action to eject Cubans

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* South Africa is finalising legislative changes that aim at narrowing the earnings gap between company executives and the lowest-paid workers, according to Trade and Industry Minister Ebrahim Patel.
* Heineken, the world’s second-largest brewer, is in talks about a takeover of South African wine and spirits maker Distell Group Holdings Ltd.
* Labour union Solidarity has announced it will serve court papers on the Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation, Lindiwe Sisulu, over the use of Cuban engineers to help fix the country’s water crisis.
* Namibia has banned all imports of poultry and poultry products from South Africa after further outbreaks of avian influenza were detected in the neighbouring country, the agriculture ministry said on Monday.
* South Africans should expect loadshedding all through winter, says Eskom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
18 May 2021 1PM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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