Flash briefing: Ant IPO derailed; US elections; Mbeki in Trump smear; Sibanye accused of BEE 'theft'; Mozambique EU aid

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* China put the brakes on Ant Group Co.’s $35 billion share sale in Shanghai and Hong Kong, derailing the world’s biggest initial public offering.
* Analysts are cautious about how soon the U.S. will know the results of election voting.
* The name of former SA president ‘Thabo Mbeki’ has been used to smear Donald Trump as Americans cast their votes.
* South Africa’s mining minister has accused Sibanye-Stillwater of breaching regulations on Black ownership targets at its gold operations and said the miner had stolen its compliance rating, reports Reuters.
* The European Union will give Mozambique 100 million euros ($116 million) in budget support, resuming aid to the southeast African nation after a scandal over undisclosed debts prompted a four-year freeze, says Bloomberg.
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3 Nov 2020 10AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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