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This is not an April Fool's Day joke. The Department of Energy has published the latest fuel price adjustments for April 2020 and is the biggest 'drop' South Africa has ever seen... read
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ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM
Bizcommunity has always been the place where virtual business gets done and is fully set up to seamlessly enable your business communications through the 21-day national lockdown, starting at midnight on 26 March 2020... Read
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Any car or driver's licence that expires during South Africa's national lockdown will remain valid... Read
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Africa Oil & Power (AOP) is making its website and social platforms available to help share news and information from all organisations involved in the African energy sector... Read
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JEAN EWANG
In the wake of the announcement of the national shutdown, the Minister of Employment and Labour has announced the introduction of measures in response to coronavirus (Covid-19) and its impact on UIF contributors... Read
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KAYLA SHADIACK
As a consequence of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, there are a number of labour law considerations that South African businesses will have to consider... Read
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ISSUED BY SUMITOMO DUNLOP
Dunlop is asking South Africa to play our part by staying home, as the world fights the Covid-19 pandemic... Read
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Companies likely to lose up to €1tn in brand value as a direct impact of Covid-19 outbreak, effects to be felt well into next year... Read
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BRENDAN SEERY
I am not going to call this column "advertising in the time of coronavirus" because I will personally try to drown in hand sanitiser the next person who uses the by now cliched phrase stolen from Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Love in the Time of Cholera... Read
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Sanral's routine road maintenance (RRM) and toll operations have been declared an essential service by government and will therefore continue during the lockdown period... Read
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Commercial & Industrial
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The Covid-19 lockdown will have an impact on the nation's pockets, but consumers shouldn't bank on payment holidays from their financial institutions... Read
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WesBank has reaffirmed its commitment to help customers whose financial position is adversely impacted by Covid-19. Read
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Fuel & Energy
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The Engen Refinery is undergoing a temporary controlled shutdown due to the forecasted lower demand for petroleum products during the national lockdown... Read
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Safety
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While office workers can work remotely in order to protect themselves and others from the coronavirus during the 21-day national lockdown, this is not always possible for fleet drivers... Read
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SAMUEL AYOKUNLE OLOWOSEJEJE
Nigeria may have to implement a nationwide lockdown to stem the rise in Covid-19 cases. Such a drastic measure would alter the country's energy consumption pattern. This would further burden an already dilapidated power supply system... Read
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DR VICTOR OLADOKUN
Africa urgently needs a globally coordinated ubuntu plan in response to Covid-19, a fiscal stimulus that recognises our shared and connected humanity... Read
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The African Development Bank's new $3bn Fight Covid-19 Social Bond is the largest dollar-denominated social bond ever launched in international capital markets to date... Read
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Equatorial Guinea is waiving oil & gas services fees in the wake of the oil price drop caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Oil prices currently remain at around $20 a barrel, their lowest level since 1991... Read
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YOLANDI ESTERHUIZEN
With South African businesses facing an unprecedented crisis, many are worried about whether they will be able to afford to pay their employees... Read
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Nielsen has found that global consumers are adapting their purchase behaviour to cope with the rapidly evolving situation we find ourselves in during the Covid-19 pandemic... Read
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MAMPHELA RAMPHELE AND GEORGE LINDEQUE
The crisis of the Covid-19 pandemic offers our country an opportunity to recapture the spirit of ubuntu demonstrated by empathy, responsibility and solidarity... Read
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IAN RHEEDER
"South Africa's economy has seen better days. With the addition of the coronavirus outbreak, the current state-of-affairs is not looking promising. Exploiting this recession may be the only strategy for survival," says Ian Rheeder, chartered marketer and head of Markitects Consulting... Read
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CHANELL KEMP
President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a nationwide lockdown in response to the rapid increase in the number of Covid-19 coronavirus cases in the country.... Read
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With South Africa headed into a 21-day lockdown this week, combatting the threat of the Covid-19, has been made a key national priority. Never before in our democracy have we seen a national lockdown taking place, but the gravity of the current situation absolutely demands it... Read
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FoodForward SA has launched a R50m appeal to extend its outreach footprint and get food to a wider network in order to mitigate the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic... Read
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ALLON RAIZ
The scale of the national Covid-19 lockdown is unprecedented in living memory. The repercussions - personal, professional, national and international - will reverberate for years to come... Read
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It is often said that the elderly and those with impaired immune systems are most at risk due to Covid-19, but small businesses are just as vulnerable... Read
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As South Africa enters the nation-wide lockdown, black entrepreneurs can look forward to funding of between R500,000 and R10 million in concessionary loans... Read
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As failing South African parastatals continue to put huge pressure on the economy and negative international sentiment makes corporate investors nervous... Read
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