Edcon, the retail group that was handed a lifeline by landlords and the Public Investment Corporation (PIC), says its profitability is improving, as it hives off noncore assets.​

Partly in the interests of saving 140,000 direct and indirect jobs, mall owners, the PIC and other investors chipped in to rescue the struggling owner of Edgars, Jet and CNA...

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