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Tag Archives: COVID-19
Didiza says more than 15,000 small-scale farmers have been approved for Covid relief
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintCitizen Reporter, 17 May 2020 The fund intervention of R1.2 billion aims to address the effects of the coronavirus and ensure sustainable food production post the pandemic. Read More
Ramaphosa: Coronavirus with us for a year or more to come, and is the new daily reality
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintCitizen Reporter, 11 May 2020 In his weekly letter to the nation, the president says that as the lockdown is gradually eased, we will have to remain extra cautious while accepting the ‘reality’ that infections will rise. Read More
Mpumalanga EFF lays corruption charge over food distribution
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintSipho Mabena, The Citizen, 9 May 2020 Premier Refilwe Mtshweni-Tsipane has also come under immense criticism for causing food parcel anxiety, frustration and division in the Dr JS Moroka local municipality. Read More
Business confidence plunges to all-time low as coronavirus upends economy
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintJan Cronje, Fin24, 7 May 2020 South Africa’s business confidence plunged to an all-time low in April, as the nationwide lockdown imposed in late March to slow the spread of the coronavirus upended the country’s economy. Read More
Hunger stalks villagers as they struggle to survive in face of Covid-19
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintPoloko Tau, City Press, 6 May 2020 The heart-rending downcast faces of the peckish villagers at his door and the disheartened voices on the other end of the phone – all making desperate pleas for food – have been overwhelming … Continue reading
Lockdown, stalled economy could mean tax loss of up to R285bn – Kieswetter
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintJan Cronje & Khulekani Magubane, Fin24, 5 May 2020 The commissioner of the SA Revenue Service, Edward Kieswetter, has warned that the combined impact of SA’s struggling economy and the lockdown could mean a loss of up to R285 billion … Continue reading
