Tsogo Sun hikes its interim dividend 10% to 34c per share despite adjusted headline earnings for the 6 months to end-September being static at 88c per share.

PPC warns of a credit rating downgrade and said it was in the advanced stages of a capital raising exercise for up to R4bn, tanking its shares.

Sun International pulls out all the cost- cutting stops to offset tough trading conditions in its SA market but is tripped up by a poor start at its new casino in Panama and foreign exchange losses in Nigeria.