Trade union National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) says that it has received a section 189 notice from Unitrans Passenger stating the company plans to close its business. Source: BusinessTech
South Africa’s biggest companies are in talks with government to help finance and facilitate the rollout of coronavirus vaccines in a program they estimate will cost R12 billion ($802 million), an alliance of the country’s largest business organisations said. Source: BusinessTech
MSI recently launched its range of RTX 3000-series notebooks at a virtual event, bringing RTX 3080 performance to the mobile workstation market. Source: MyBroadband
Train-maker Gibela says it is looking for eligible candidates for the 210 bursaries it is offering this year, for post-matric study in an array of engineering-related fields. Source: BusinessTech
A R200 billion ($13 billion) loan program, one of the linchpins of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s plans to shore up a South African economy devastated by the coronavirus pandemic, may not even reach 10% of its target. Source: MyBroadband
Transport group Greyhound has announced that its Greyhound and Citiliner bus operations will close in February 2021. Source: BusinessTech
MTN customers in South Africa have complained of issues when trying to activate the eSIM in their wearable devices – here is how to fix the problem. Source: MyBroadband
Moderna Inc. offered to supply its coronavirus vaccine to South Africa, in what would be its first deal to sell shots to an African nation, a person familiar with the talks said. Source: BusinessTech
The Banking Association of South Africa (BASA) says that as of 16 January 2021, R17.84 billion in loans had been approved by banks and taken up by small businesses under the Covid-19 loan guarantee scheme. Source: BusinessTech
Clinicians can now self-register to get their Covid-19 inoculation, as government prepares for its historic vaccination rollout in the next coming weeks. Source: BusinessTech
