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Lingerie firm’s bra conversion helps bust coronavirus
A lingerie firm in Japan has repurposed its production to make masks to help combat the Covid-19 pandemic. According to News24, Atsumi Fashion, based in
UN human rights body singles out SA’s ‘toxic lockdown culture’
South Africa has been singled out by the United Nations Human Rights Office as one of a number of countries to have created a ‘toxic
Texas to begin reopening
The state of Texas in the United States is to start opening up its economy on Friday – the day on which South Africa aims
Death toll could be 60% higher than reported – analysis
The Financial Times has published analysis of mortality statistics that shows the global coronavirus death toll could be 60% higher than reported. The analysis of
No to ‘unfettered’ e-commerce
Trade and industry minister Ebrahim Patel has rejected suggestions to allow ‘unfettered’ online trading. This would amount to ‘unfair competition’, he said at a briefing
Cele says sorry to Muslims for ‘blasphemous remarks’
Police Minister Bheki Cele has apologised to South Africans Muslims for ‘blasphemous remarks’ allegedly made by police officers arresting about 24 Muslim worshipers in Mpumalanga
Two thirds of township residents have no money for food – survey
As business leaders raced to meet today’s noon deadline for comment on the regulatory detail of the level 4 lockdown due to start on Friday,
New airline from ‘ashes of SAA’?
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has suggested that South Africa ‘will need a new national carrier’ and that his cabinet colleague, public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan