“Don’t hold your breath.” That was the message to banks by Pick n Pay CEO Sean Summers this week, answering the question from investors on whether the retailer will be borrowing money again.

Summers has 4.2-billion reasons for his bravado — a brave face he could only dream of when he returned to lead the group in late 2023, tasked with catching a “falling knife”...

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