covid-19

  1. pratlou

    Big office landlords are cutting rent by up to 47% to keep tenants

    The largest office landlords in the country are still making steep cuts to rentals in an effort to retain tenants. One, Burstone (previously Investec Property Fund), says negative reversions in the year to March averaged 28.5%. Meanwhile, the majors, Growthpoint and Redefine, which have 1.6...
  3. Vorastra

    [UK] Boris Johnson considered ‘raid’ on vaccine plant in the Netherlands

    https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/dec/04/dutch-media-report-claim-boris-johnson-planned-raid-on-vaccine-plant-in-2021
  4. Hanno Labuschagne

    Covid-19 tenderpreneur's Lambo and Porsches up for auction

    Covid-19 tenderpreneur's Lambo and Porsches up for auction The South African Revenue Service (Sars) is auctioning off a fleet of luxury vehicles seized from infamous Covid-19 tenderpreneur Hamilton Ndlovu, Sunday Times reports. Five of Ndlovu's most valuable cars are going under the hammer...
  5. Jan

    South African consumer confidence at levels last seen during Covid-19 pandemic

    South African consumers getting pounded Consumer confidence is at levels last seen amid the Covid–19 pandemic and in the second quarter of 2022 when deadly floods devastated KwaZulu-Natal, and the economic effects of the Ukrainian war started to manifest. This is according to the Bureau of...
    • Jan
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    • bureau of economic research (ber) consumer confidence covid-19 eskom inflation load-shedding
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  6. Agent67

    ConCourt shoots down govt appeal over BEE in Covid-19 tourism funds case

    https://www.news24.com/fin24/economy/concourt-shoots-down-govt-appeal-over-bee-in-covid-19-tourism-funds-case-20230208
  7. Hanno Labuschagne

    Biggest iPhone factory hit by violent protests

    Biggest iPhone factory hit by violent protests Hundreds of workers at Apple Inc.’s main iPhone-making plant in China clashed with security personnel, as tensions boiled over after almost a month under tough restrictions intended to quash a Covid outbreak. Workers at the Foxconn Technology...
  8. Hanno Labuschagne

    Post Office cannot pay staff's medical aid contributions while carrying partial cost of grants

    Post Office cannot pay staff's medical aid contributions while carrying partial cost of grants The South African Post Office (Sapo) was subsidising the government's R350 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grants even while it couldn't afford to pay medical aid contributions for its employees...
  9. Agent67

    Dlamini-Zuma preparing to END State of Disaster

    https://www.thesouthafrican.com/news/breaking-dlamini-zuma-end-state-of-disaster-laws-what-date/amp/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=The%20South%20African%20Daily%20Newsletter%20Wednesday%202%20February%202022&utm_content=The%20South%20African%20Daily%20Newsletter%20Wednesday%202%20February%202022%...
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    • cogta covid covid-19 covid-19 lockdown lockdown nkosazana dlamini-zuma state of disaster
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  10. RedViking

    Do you get the yearly flu vaccine? (Mandatory Vax Supporters) (Poll)

    Do you support "mandatory vaccinations" and do you get the yearly flu vaccine as well?
  11. B

    Opening personal bank account online

    Hi everyone I'm interested in opening a personal savings account online without having to go into a branch or to a shop indoors. This must include a debit card and internet banking. I know discovery bank already offers this service and they have the debit card delivered to you. Are any...
  12. Jan

    School dropouts up by at least 30% in South Africa's lockdown

    School dropouts increased drastically during lockdown in South Africa Between 650,000 and 750,000 children aged seven to 17 were not attending school as of May this year, compared to the 400,000 to 500,000 figure from before the national lockdown. This is according to the National Income...
    • Jan
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    • covid-19 covid-19 coronavirus covid-19 lockdown debra shepherd schools
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  13. LCBXX

    Planning for December (Lockdown)

    Given that the ANC government response to the pandemic can only be stricter lockdown regulations as infections rise, would it be unreasonable to assume that the ANC will again close beaches & 100m restrictions around water bodies, come December 2021?
  14. Hanno Labuschagne

    What we know about Covid-19 variants

    What we know about Covid-19 variants The World Health Organisation recently renamed Covid-19 variants using letters of the Greek Alphabet to replace the common usage of linking a variant to the country where it was first detected. This was done because naming Covid-19 variants based on the...
  15. Jan

    Experts calls for immediate level 5 hard lockdown for Gauteng, MAC and SAMA disagree

    Level 5 hard lockdown for Gauteng called for The government is considering a move to a higher lockdown level in South Africa, with some experts calling for a hard lockdown in Gauteng. Business Day reported that Gauteng’s provincial command council is meeting today to discuss the possibility of...
    • Jan
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    • angelique coetzee coronavirus covid-19 glenda gray richard friedland shabir madhi
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    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  16. Hanno Labuschagne

    Experts call for tougher lockdown rules in South Africa as third wave hits

    Experts call for tougher lockdown rules in South Africa as third wave hits South Africa needs to put stricter lockdown measures in place, especially around indoor and mass gatherings, to limit the spread of COVID-19 amidst rising infections. ‪This is the view of Marc Mendelson, professor of...
  17. Chris

    These graphs illustrate how COVID-19 wreaked-havoc on South African tourism

    These graphs illustrate how COVID-19 wreaked-havoc on South African tourism South Africa’s hard lockdown to contain the spread of the coronavirus came into force a year ago, upending lives and businesses across the continent’s most industrialized economy. Yet few industries suffered more than...
  18. J

    Ramaphosa's statements about COVID-19 vaccine hoarding explained

    Ramaphosa's statements about COVID-19 vaccine hoarding explained President Cyril Ramaphosa recently warned against vaccine nationalism, where rich countries hoard COVID-19 vaccines for their own citizens and disadvantage poor countries. Speaking at the World Economic Forum’s digital Davos...
  19. J

    COVID-19 forces South African companies to adapt

    COVID-19 forces South African companies to adapt The COVID-19 pandemic, which first hit South Africa in March 2020, has hit local telecommunications companies hard and forced them to adapt the way they work. Over the past year, South Africa has recorded over 1.3 million confirmed coronavirus...
  20. J

    Smartwatches can help detect COVID-19

    Smartwatches can help detect COVID-19 Smartwatches can help determine whether you have been infected by the coronavirus before you even start showing symptoms. This is according to a report by CBS News which cited studies from Mount Sinai Health System in New York and Stanford University in...
  21. J

    Concerns over COVID-19 vaccines being stolen in South Africa

    Concerns over COVID-19 vaccines being stolen in South Africa The South African government is concerned that South Africa's stock of COVID-19 vaccines may be stolen. The Department of Health told City Press that there is a risk of COVID-19 vaccines being stolen and sold on the black market at...
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