Mediclinic International has seen an increase in full-year profit as more patients have visited its hospitals and spent more money per visit.

SA’s biggest food retailer Shoprite Holdings saw its shares slide after reporting a 7% rise in full-year sales that fell short of analysts’ estimates.

Woolworths Holdings says it expects full-year earnings to rise by as much as 30% helped by a recovery in consumer spending in South Africa.

Freight group Transnet reported a rise in profit on Monday and said it would spend R110.6-billion on capital investments in the next five years.