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Mopani transitions copper operations to care and maintenance 
By: Martin Creamer Updated 5 hours ago Copper mining company Mopani Copper Mines plc said on Tuesday that it had placed its mining operations on care and maintenance and a number of... →
SMMEs urged to apply for Covid-19 Tourism Relief Fund
By: Yvonne Silaule Updated 7 hours ago As part of government efforts to ease the financial burden of the coronavirus on the local tourism sector, the Department of Tourism has launched... →
De Beers contributes $2.5m Covid-19 funding to Botswana, Namibia
By: Martin Creamer Updated 7 hours ago Diamond mining and marketing corporation, the De Beers Group, on Tuesday announced that it would contribute $2 500 000 across Botswana and Namibia... →
DA's Van Damme says she will personally counter Covid-19 fake news
By: African News Agency Updated 7 hours ago Democratic Alliance MP and the party's spokesperson on communication policy Phumzile van Damme said on Tuesday she would invite the public to... →
Covid-19 no joke, says premier Mokgoro during taxi hygiene drive
By: News24Wire Updated 7 hours ago North West premier Job Mokgoro on Tuesday distributed protective personal equipment, sanitisers, gloves and disinfectants to taxi operators in... →
Joburg issues permits to informal food traders after lockdown regulations amendment
By: News24Wire Updated 7 hours ago The City of Johannesburg has commenced issuing permits to informal food traders following the amendment of Covid-19 lockdown regulations. This came... →
Gold Fields promoting widespread human welfare during lockdown
By: Martin Creamer 7th April 2020 Gold mining company Gold Fields, which has placed its South Deep gold mine in Gauteng on care and maintenance for the 21-day lockdown period, is... →
More Covid-19 recoveries in Zambia – health ministry
By: African News Agency 7th April 2020 The Ministry of Health in Zambia has announced that the total recoveries of Covid-19 patients now stands at five after two more patients tested... →
South Africa should not approach IMF for help, ANC and allies say
By: Reuters 7th April 2020 South Africa should not approach the International Monetary Fund or World Bank for help, even as it grapples with the impact of the coronavirus... →
China must step up on Africa debt relief, Ghana finance minister says
By: Reuters 7th April 2020 China must do more to help ease the debt burden of African countries facing economic calamity from the coronavirus pandemic, Ghana's finance... →
"We are at war": Kenya halts movement to areas worst hit by coronavirus
By: Reuters 7th April 2020 President Uhuru Kenyatta barred movement into and out of Kenya's four regions most affected by the new coronavirus on Monday, including the capital... →
Covid-19 relocations must include human rights safeguards – Amnesty International
By: Thabi Madiba 7th April 2020 In celebrating World Health Day on Tuesday, Amnesty International South Africa has cautioned government to ensure that in curbing the spread of the... →
Daily Podcast – April 07, 2020
By: Sane Dhlamini 7th April 2020 Making headlines: Government planning Covid-19 mercy repatriation flight from Brazil, Mpumalanga communities receive boreholes and storage tanks to... →
Covid-19 preventing shareholders from attending Anglo AGM
By: Martin Creamer 7th April 2020 Shareholders will not be permitted to attend this year’s annual general meeting (AGM) of Anglo American because of Covid-19 restrictions – but they... →
Ground-breaking R488m fund seeks to catalyse green-economy SMMEs
By: Terence Creamer 7th April 2020 An innovative new fund has been launched in South Africa to incentivise fund managers to invest in small, medium-sized and microenterprises (SMMEs)... →
Standard Bank notes SARB’s hold-back guidance on dividends, bonuses
By: Martin Creamer 7th April 2020 Africa’s biggest bank by assets, Standard Bank Group, said on Tuesday that it had noted the contents of the guidance of the Prudential Authority of... →
Government planning Covid-19 mercy repatriation flight from Brazil
By: News24Wire 7th April 2020 The government is preparing to evacuate South Africans who can get to its embassy in Brazil ahead of a flight out on Wednesday morning, with a... →
Mpumalanga communities receive boreholes, storage tanks to curb Covid-19 spread
By: Yvonne Silaule 7th April 2020 Residents of Jerusalem and Mshadza, in the City of Mbombela, in Mpumalanga have been provided with six 10 000 l water storage tanks and six... →
Lockdown: Santaco to announce an independent relief fund for taxi industry
By: News24Wire 7th April 2020 The South African National Taxi Council (Santaco) is expected to announce an independent relief fund for the taxi industry on Tuesday to support... →
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson admitted to intensive care unit
By: News24Wire 7th April 2020 United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been moved to intensive care after his coronavirus symptoms worsened, according to government... →
