‘Long Covid’, with symptoms of brain fog, fatigue and shortness of breath lasting for six months or more, is set to become the biggest health challenge facing business and the healthcare system beyond the immediate crisis of the Covid-19 pandemic, says Prof Renata Schoeman, head of the Health Care Leadership MBA programme at the University …
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New vehicle sales in South Africa continued to build their momentum during June 2021, despite the continued impacts of the pandemic on the industry and the country’s economy. Source: BusinessTech
Ethekwini, the South African municipality that includes the port city of Durban, has become the first in the country to seek proposals for private power generation. Source: BusinessTech
Signed into law by president Cyril Ramaphosa in 2019, the Property Practitioners Act (PPA) is currently awaiting official commencement in South Africa, says law firm Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr. Source: BusinessTech
It was confirmed last week that the first stage of the four-phased implementation of the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (Aarto) Act would begin in July. Source: BusinessTech
South Africa will need to make serious tax changes to be able to afford its proposed National Health Insurance (NHI), says think tank the Free Market Foundation. Source: BusinessTech
Transport minister Fikile Mbalula says that he is working alongside the Department of Employment and Labour to address issues around foreign workers in South Africa. Source: BusinessTech
The Restaurant Association of South Africa (RASA) says it has been alerted that president Cyril Ramaphosa will be addressing South Africa in the coming days on the country’s Covid-19 lockdown. Source: BusinessTech
The labour market remains depressed and the best antidote to ending lockdowns and restrictions is Covid-19 vaccines and getting people vaccinated, say Nedbank economists. Source: BusinessTech
South Africa’s commercial hub of Gauteng, which includes Johannesburg and Pretoria, risks running out of coffins as Covid-19-related deaths surge. Source: BusinessTech
