Flash Briefing: JSE food producers perk up, mining stocks take a hit; Boeing drifts on safety deactivation

RCL and Pioneer Foods were among biggest gainers on the JSE on Monday. Mining stocks took a knock with Amplats dropping by nearly 6% with Implats not far behind. Mining analysts are concerned that a move by the government to deregister trade union AMCU could create chaos in the mining sector. President Ramaphosa’s anti-corruption strategy has claimed fresh scalps - this time by hitting graft-tainted politicians and officials where it hurts most - in the pocket. And in the US, the ongoing investigation into the Ethiopian Airlines and Lion Air crashes has seen the Boeing share price fall 10% since March 10.