BN Daybreak: US-SA trade ultimatum; Baloyi on Sasol's profit pivot; Knysna's crisis; Lafarge cleanup

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Wall Street dipped as investors braced for retail earnings from Home Depot, TJX and Walmart. In Knysna, Ron Weissenberg says a R70-80 million provincial intervention has barely dented entrenched corruption despite Hawks investigations. From BNC#9, Theo de Jager detail 14 Washington meetings pushing the US to link trade to farm-murder action, BEE exemptions and Expropriation Act changes. Sasol's Simon Baloyi and Afrimat's Andries van Heerden share their turnaround stories, from R60bn capex plans to cleaning out corruption at Lafarge.
18 Aug 12AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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