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Flash Briefing: Israelis want to buy SA’s Clover; ESG gathers momentum; Impala back in black
In South African related news, a consortium led by Israeli group Central Bottling Company has made a R4.8bn offer to acquire control of South Africa’s dominant dairy business Clover.
By Alec Hogg
In today's global business headlines:
- Further evidence of the rapidly changing political world this morning comes from El Salvador where a former advertising executive swept to victory in the first round of the presidential election. Nayib Bukele, 37, who stood on an anti-corruption ticket, overturned three decades of two-party rule with 54% of the votes, more than 20 points clear of his nearest challenger, the head of a right-wing coalition. Further south, after another weekend of mass protests in Venezuela, an air force general has become the most senior military chief yet to abandon president Nicolás Maduro and to throw his support behind the 35-year-old head of the National Assembly, Juan Guaidó. Last month a clutch of countries, including the US, officially recognised Guaidó as Venezuela's real leader. The EU has given Maduro until later this week to call an election or face further action.
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