From the outset of South Africa’s Covid-19 pandemic, the government’s response has been presented as a clear choice between containing infections and keeping the economy alive. Source: BusinessTech
South Africa is due to receive its first consignment of the Covid-19 vaccine – one million doses of the Oxford University-AstraZeneca vaccine from the Serum Institute of India (SII) – on Monday. Source: BusinessTech
President Cyril Ramaphosa will address the nation at 20h00 on Monday (1 February) to discuss developments in relation to the country’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. Source: BusinessTech
Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Basic Education will travel to a number of schools across the country this week to assess their readiness for the 2021 academic year. Source: BusinessTech
South African ISP Supersonic is launching a new wireless uncapped Internet service called Unlimited Air Fibre, with packages starting from R399 per month. Source: MyBroadband
South Africa’s largest health club chain Virgin Active says that a move to an adjusted level 3 lockdown restrictions at the end of December 2020, has led to lower usage rates and an increase in member terminations. Source: BusinessTech
FNB’s eBucks Rewards programme is South Africa’s leading multi-partner rewards programme that has spent the past 20 years driving good banking behaviour and rewarding customers with R14.2 billion in eBucks since inception. To date, customers have redeemed R13.3 billion in eBucks through a network spanning 30 partners nationwide. Source: BusinessTech
While South Africa’s first batch of one million Covid-19 vaccines arrive in the country on Monday (1 February), economists warn that the process is far more complex than rolling them out to the population. Source: BusinessTech
Department of Health deputy director-general Dr Anban Pillay says that South Africa’s key politicians could be among the first in the country to receive a Covid-19 vaccine as a way of reassuring the public of its safety. Source: BusinessTech
MyBroadband Media’s new automotive website TopAuto has reached 90,000 South African readers in its first month. Source: BusinessTech
