The JSE is facing weaker Chinese markets on Friday as the impact of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s state of the nation, in which he announced a state of disaster at Eskom to tackle SA’s energy crisis, on local markets remains to be seen.

The Hang Seng in Hong Kong declined 2.04%, while the Shanghai composite and Shenzhen component indices in mainland China were 0.67% and 0.88% lower...

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