SMMEs receive funds to ease lockdown woes
by SAVIOUS KWINIKA JOHANNESBURG – FIRST National Bank (FNB) has assisted more than 1 400 South African small, medium and micro-sized enterprises (SMMEs) through funding during the ...
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Mboweni censured for restaurant employment stance
by SAVIOUS KWINIKA JOHANNESBURG – THE recent statement attributed to South African Finance Minister Tito Mboweni advocating for the catering industry to be a preserve for locals ...
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Avon launches sanitisers to address global demand
by MTHULISI SIBANDA JOHANNESBURG – SOUTH Africa’s biggest direct-selling company has introduced alcohol-based sanitisers to its product portfolio to plug the supply gap created by ...
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Zimbabweans stranded in Cape receive food donations
from DION HENRICK in Cape Town CAPE TOWN - ZIMBABWEAN-run companies based in Cape Town, South Africa have donated food to over 200 families affected by the lockdown curb the coron ...
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Tanzania exempts Dar es Salaam from any lockdown
from ALLOYCE KIMBUNGA in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania DAR-ES-SALAAM - TO lockdown Dar es Salaam or to keep it open is a tough decision the Tanzanian government has had to contend with ...
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Relaxed SA lockdown a boost to agriculture
by MTHULISI SIBANDA JOHANNESBURG –THE relaxation of the current South African lockdown is widely viewed as positive news for the agricultural industry, especially the sub-sectors ...
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US restrictions on chips hampers Africa ICT growth
by MTHULISI SIBANDA JOHANNESBURG – NEW measures by the United States (US) government to restrict the global supply of chips to Huawei Technologies could hinder Africa’s rapidly ex ...
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Multimillion-dollar taxi loan boosts SA industrialisation
by SAVIOUS KWINIKA JOHANNESBURG – A US$100 million (R1.890 billion) loan agreement between the African Development Bank (AfDB) and South Africa Taxi will empower local taxi operat ...
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No opting out of government’s COVID-19 SMS
by AKANI CHAUKE JOHANNESBURG – MOBILE users in South Africa cannot opt-out of the government’s coronavirus (COVID-19) short message (SMS) that have been sent over the past few we ...
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Vaal residents fear spread of corona pandemic
by GENEVIEVE KGAFE-MASHAMBA VANDERBIJLPARK, (Gauteng Guardian) - RESIDENTS at informal settlements near the Vanderbijlpark in the Vaal Dam area fear contracting the coronavirus (C ...
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