[ad_1] The rand benefited from the sell-off of the dollar in trade on Thursday (Oct 1), adding a percentage against the dollar in one stage. “Hopes for additional stimulus from the US government in the form of a Covid-19 aid package added pressure on the dollar yesterday,” said Bianca Botes, …
Read More »The government’s list of high-risk countries deals a severe blow to South Africa
[ad_1] The risk-based approach regulating international travel published by the national government yesterday (September 30, 2020) is a severe blow to the tourism and hospitality sector in the Western Cape, says the minister of finance and economic opportunities of the province, David Maynier. Maynier said that the survival of the …
Read More »A lot of love and support for Chrissy Teigen and John Legend after the loss of an unborn baby
[ad_1] Fans around the world have filled social media with messages of love and prayers for Chrissy Teigen and John Legend, who announced that she suffered a miscarriage. On Instagram on Wednesday, the model said she was hospitalized for “excessive bleeding” and that despite the best efforts of doctors, they …
Read More »Microsoft Outlook is down all over the world
[ad_1] Microsoft’s Outlook email service has suffered a global outage affecting the web, desktop and mobile email platforms. Microsoft confirmed that users around the world are having trouble accessing their Exchange Online accounts. “We have collected additional data from the affected infrastructures to determine the impact on our Exchange online …
Read More »Capitec results show frighteningly uneven impact of Covid-19
[ad_1] In August, the income received by Capitec’s banking clients had returned to the “normal” levels last seen in March. Compare this to the 25% decline it saw in its base of 14.6 million active retail banking customers in April due to the Covid-19 lockdown. The pace and robustness of …
Read More »SA Borders Open But Travelers From High-Risk COVID-19 Countries Still Banned
[ad_1] Countries on the high-risk list include the United Kingdom, the United States, India, Russia, France, and the Netherlands. Passengers wearing protective masks arrive at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg on March 2, 2020, amid concerns about the spread of the COVID-19 epidemic caused by the new coronavirus. Image: …
Read More »Why the groundwork is being laid for Jürgen Klopp’s Liverpool successor without anyone noticing
[ad_1] Pepijn Lijnders is a serious man. That shouldn’t really be in doubt. Liverpool’s assistant coach is arguably at one of the simplest and most difficult jobs in world football. How do you design the kind of intensity that this Liverpool generates so consistently? Even more complex is how he …
Read More »New Zealand Rugby continues to support Sanzaar despite SA departure
[ad_1] Wellington – New Zealand Rugby (NZR) continued to insist on Wednesday that the Sanzaar alliance that governs southern hemisphere rugby was still healthy even after SA dropped out of the Super Rugby tournament after 25 years and fired a farewell shot blaming its colleagues in Wellington. The SA Rugby …
Read More »World’s first man to be cured of HIV dies of cancer
[ad_1] The International AIDS Society (IAS) said Brown gave the world hope that an HIV cure was possible. Although for the past six months Brown had been living with a recurrence of leukemia, which affected both his spine and his brain, he remained HIV-free. Adeeba Kamarulzaman, president of the IAS …
Read More »The government relied on WHO guidelines to determine high-risk countries for COVID-19
[ad_1] At a joint ministerial meeting in Pretoria on Wednesday on new transport regulations under lockdown level 1, the minister said that data from countries allowed in the country would be reviewed every two weeks. FILE: The Minister for International Relations and Cooperation, Naledi Pandor, at a press conference on …
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