Christo Wiese’s sneaky Santa sale
Shoprite’s chair raised eyebrows, and R2.5bn, in a share sale. He keeps control of the retailer – for now
16 January 2020 - 05:00
Another quiet December trading day, another eye-poppingly large sale of Shoprite shares by Christo Wiese.
Now what could be going on? After all, 18.9-million shares is quite a chunk of stock — and money too: R2.5bn...
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