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CAPE TOWN- While much of the world is still in some form of lockdown, an American food and hospitality company has sought to win back the trust of restaurant diners by creating a new position called a Covid-19 czar.  Restaurant Associates, based in New York have recently elevated its senior ...
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CAPE TOWN - Data from the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) shows that South Africa’s influenza season is late due to the national lockdown. The lockdown period has been unable to successfully reduce the infection rate in the country, but inadvertently stopped the spread of the Flu which kills ...
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By Rita Cool The full impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is as yet unknown, but individuals have already begun to have their lives disrupted by the country’s economic shutdown, with retrenchments, salary cuts and forced unpaid leave making them take stock of their financial position. The basic principles of financial ...
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By Faryn Pearson As part of the South African government’s COVID-19 relief interventions, businesses have been given a four month holiday from the Skills Development Levy. While this will undoubtedly help some companies stay afloat and mitigate massive job losses, it will have major consequences down the line. One potential ...
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CAPE TOWN -  Consumer spending increased slightly since the start of the level 4 lockdown according to data released by FNB. However, despite the increase in consumer spending, activity is still averaging significantly lower compared to pre-lockdown levels, said Chief Executive of FNB Retail Raj Makanjee. “Since the first announcement ...
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CAPE TOWN - Juggling the financial responsibilities of caring for a much-loved parent, your own needs can fall by the wayside and with the Covid-19 pandemic one would like to keep home and protect their parents as much as they can. Here are ten tips to help guide you in ...
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DURBAN - Shopping malls are among drivers of Covid-19 infections in the country. Earlier this month an epidemiological assessment of the Nelson Mandela Bay metro had identified that funerals, shopping malls, Sassa offices and private hospitals were Covid-19 hotspots. “In the metro, Shoprite in KwaDwesi, Checkers in Newton Park and ...
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CAPE TOWN - While many South Africans celebrated on social media following the news by President Cyril Ramaphosa to lift the ban on the sale of alcohol, others who live in fear are saying ‘we don’t need alcohol on the Cape Flats.’ Bridgetown community leader and founder of the Nantes ...
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DURBAN - As the world is currently fixated over the Coronavirus, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the current focus on Covid-19 risks pushing aside other health crises in the minds of the public. When the world eventually moves past the Covid-19 crisis, some experts predict the virus ...
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DURBAN - While the South African Council of Churches has welcomed President Cyril Ramaphosa's announcement that religious activities may resume under Level 3, most South Africans took to social media to weigh in on the matter. EFF MP Mbuyiseni Ndlozi who has expressed his dissatisfaction since Ramaphosa announced that the ...
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