Debt is always a dangerous word — though investors might usually assume gearing hitches are mainly the realm of smaller companies and newer ventures with inexperienced management.
JSE stalwarts Nampak and PPC flipped that notion on its head — both having stretched their balance sheets with ambitious African expansion...
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