Sasol SA plants threatened; Gvt panel's EWC recommendations; Zille joins IRR; Trade talks resume

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South Africa’s oil-from-coal and chemicals multinational Sasol disclosed over the weekend that some of its plants in Secunda and Sasolburg are under threat because of the need to comply with stricter sulphur dioxide emission standards.
Trade talks between the US and China begin again in Shanghai this week, but with lower expectations for the kind of sweeping deal that appeared possible two months ago.
Former Western Cape Premier Helen Zille has joined the Institute of Race Relations, a liberal think tank founded in 1929.
Ms Zille and her new colleagues at the IRR will have plenty to get their teeth into after a government-appointed panel into expropriation of land without compensation yesterday recommended a raft of controversial proposals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
28 Jul 2019 1PM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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