In this bumper edition of Ghost Bites, you'll get updates from Boxer and Canal+ as two different consumer-focused companies. Kumba Iron Ore, Merafe and Mpact bring us numbers from the "real economy". Vodacom is having a grand old time in Egypt.

A huge day of news saw updates across many sectors on the JSE. Absa, Harmony, Hudaco, PBT Holdings, Sephaku, Resilient REIT and Thungela gave detailed updates. Sun International's revenue is on track. Gemfields is in serious trouble. Fortress had no problem raising the capital.

Pepkor and Shoprite have shown us what success in retail looks like. Vukile is acquiring a property in Spain. DRDGOLD agreed a multi-year wage deal, but it comes at a cost. MC Mining is suspending operations at Uitkomst Colliery to preserve cash.

A huge day of news saw the HCI stable (including Deneb, eMedia, Frontier Transport and Tsogo Sun) release results. Growthpoint released a quarterly update. Nampak is a great turnaround story, while Accelerate Property Fund is also coming right. Numbers came in from KAL, Life Healthcare and Novus as well, while Sirius Real Estate announced another acquisition.

The Foschini Group had a hideous day. Metair and Sirius released juicy investor day presentations with loads of detail. BHP and South32 released quarterly updates. Look out for Oasis Crescent, Reinet and Zeder as well.

CA Sales, RCL Foods, Santam and Sea Harvest all released solid numbers. Bidvest, Bell Equipment and Brimstone are struggling to various degrees. Sun International posted a resilient set of numbers. Blue Label has given more details on the Cell C restructure.

We are now firmly in earnings season, with numbers from Harmony, Impala Platinum, KAP, Libstar, Rainbow Chicken, Sibanye, South32, STADIO, Trellidor and Truworths. Important updates also came in from Altron, Equites Property Fund and Metrofile.

There's no sign of recovery in the Aspen share price. Conversely, Blue Label just keeps aiming for the stars. Exxaro, Spur, Octodec and WBHO all had positive stories. Curro is suffering with a slow and steady decline in numbers.