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Thanks for nothing, Tongaat

Tongaat-Hulett can't just suffer alone. No, the entire sugar industry has to suffer with it, thanks to the way that the industry works and the need for sugar levies. The South African Sugar Association (SASA) raised a special levy because the business rescue practitioners at Tongaat Hulett are not paying the company's statutory obligations in this regard. The impact on RCL Foods is a whopping R234 million.

The only sweet outcome here is for the lawyers, as litigation is underway regarding the lawfulness of the decision by the business rescue practitioners. In the meantime, the rest of the industry is suffering.

For this reason and a few others, RCL Foods expects HEPS for the year ended June 2023 to be at least 30% lower than the corresponding period. The share price literally shrugged this news off, so institutional holders clearly knew this was coming.

Yesterday also saw the release of very encouraging metallurgical results from Copper 360, as well as (more) bad news for Murray & Roberts in Australia. Sometimes I think there should just be a moratorium on South African businesses trying to do anything in Australia at all, as the success rate is awful.

Get all the details in Ghost Bites>>>

Little to report from Independence Day

The US market was out of action yesterday as they celebrated Independence Day. With such little liquidity in the market, the rand strengthened to R18.61 against the dollar. TreasuryONE expects volatility to ramp up towards the end of the week, with the US non-farm payroll number looming on Friday.

Looking at oil, supply cuts in Saudi Arabia and Russia added to the calls that a recession is on the horizon, with the data needing to be watched closely to confirm or deny this.

Have a great Wednesday!