A busy week for JSE-listed company results kicks off on Monday with Sasol, AngloGold Ashanti and Advtech.Sasol said on July 25 it expected to report that its headline earnings per share (HEPS) for the year to end-June declined by up to 21%.The chemicals group said low oil prices, worsened in local currency by the rand strengthening against the dollar, offset record production from its Secunda plant and its operations in Eurasia.Though its HEPS would decline, Sasol said its basic earnings per share (EPS) would double due to the R9.9bn impairment of its Canadian shale gas assets it booked in its 2016 financial year results.AngloGold Ashanti said on August 1 it expected to report an interim headline loss per share of between $0.19 and $0.23 for the six months to end-June.The results would include an $86m impairment of some of its South African gold mines and a $46m provision to settle a silicosis class action suit.Private education group Advtech, which issued a trading statement on Aug...
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