De Ruyter denies Sasol wrongdoing; Cosatu’s PIC plan for Eskom; Trillian's Gupta stash where-about; brave Saffer

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* The incoming head of Eskom, Andre de Ruyter, has denied that he engaged in “questionable stock sales” months before resigning from Sasol to join Nampak as CEO in 2013.
* Cosatu is proposing that more than half the debt of state-owned Eskom be put into a special purpose vehicle and is urging the government to strike a deal with the Public Investment Corp to help cut Eskom’s debt.
* A server of financial services firm Trilllian containing more than 3 million documents has revealed where the Guptas millions went between 2014 and 2017.
* The story of the South African that chased the London Bridge attacker with a narwhal tusk. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
22 Dec 2019 2PM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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