MTN nationalisation threat; Sasol delays results (again); No Eskom "haircut"; HK activists want US help.

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The fallout from last week’s xenophobic attacks on foreign nationals is now affecting some of South Africa’s major companies, especially MTN.
China’s exports to the US fell for the fourth straight month in August, down almost 16% year-on-year, after a 6% drop in July.
South Africa’s oil-from-coal and chemicals group Sasol has pushed out the publication of its annual financial results by a further six weeks.
Eskom is back in the news after the country’s Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan disclosed at last week’s WEF Africa summit that there will soon be negotiations with owners of the electricity utility’s debt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
8 Sep 2019 1PM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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