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Historian and analyst RW Johnson says South Africa is out of time – the fiscal cliff is here; experts recommend that tighter alcohol and tobacco laws be put in place after Covid-19 has passed; the ANC NEC will meet today over corruption; and there’s a new trial in Cape Town for Covid treatments.

President Cyril Ramaphosa says that his government is working on a number of reforms to tackle the country’s growing unemployment rate.

Covid-19 has been a devastating pandemic in many ways for South Africa, including increased claims of government corruption, but there are positives that the country can take out of the experience says President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Facebook has launched a R8.5 million grant scheme to support small businesses in South Africa.

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Cabinet has approved a number of pieces of legislation for submission to parliament.

Opposition party the Democratic Alliance (DA) says it has been ‘reliably informed’ that there is a strong lobby within the ANC to reintroduce another ban on alcohol in South Africa.

The Automobile Association (AA) said that changing traffic laws relating to drink driving is meaningless and will be ineffective if current laws that regulate alcohol and driving are not properly implemented and enforced first.