Pick n Pay's grocery business is showing some positive signs. Quilter's distribution model shines through. Sappi's fourth quarter outlook gave speculators something to latch onto. Copper 360 pulls a rabbit out of the hat with Neal Froneman.

On another ultra busy day of earnings, we saw a positive update from HCI despite pressure in other names in the stable (eMedia / Frontier Transport / Tsogo Sun). Pepkor is my pick in the clothing sector and Zeda is working out well for me. Coronation, Datatec, Santova and Stefanutti Stocks all joined the fray.

Pick n Pay's core business is still going backwards. Altron's numbers look spectacular, with positive news also coming in from Exemplar REITail, Netcare, Omnia and PPC. RMB Holdings has heavily impaired its NAV.

Afrimat is a tale of two terrible halves. Investec wants to double its private banking business. Pick n Pay's group HEPS isn't telling you what is actually happening at Pick n Pay's core business. Updates also came in from 4Sight, Nampak, Netcare, Oceana, Sanlam, Spear REIT and Tharisa.

The market paid Pick n Pay a premium to VWAP for Boxer, but a discount to spot. In a busy day for the property sector, Vukile announced a capital raise to support an expansion to Italy, Spear REIT is in talks for a deal in the Western Cape and Collins Property Group released results.

An enormous day of news saw 12 major corporate updates across multiple sectors, all covered in detail in Ghost Bites alongside the smaller Nibbles.

Vodacom released an excellent trading statement. KAL Group is achieving double-digit growth. Pick n Pay is using a s189 to try and reduce store costs. Metair has refinanced its South African debt package.

Dis-Chem is focusing on market share gains and the benefits of its rewards programme. Spar can only dream of that world, as they now scramble to find a new CEO. Major mining updates came in from Anglo American, AngloGold and Sibanye-Stillwater. enX is selling the rest of the WAI business to Trichem.