SAVE-P signs contract for 2 000 ventilators, looks to assist India, rest of Africa . The Solidarity Fund has concluded a contract with the South African Emergency Ventilator Project (SAVE-P) to produce 2 000 new ventilators that will be donated to the national Department of Health.

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SAVE-P signs contract for 2 000 ventilators, looks to assist India, rest of Africa . The Solidarity Fund has concluded a contract with the South African Emergency Ventilator Project (SAVE-P) to produce 2 000 new ventilators that will be donated to the national Department of Health.

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R1bn Sukuma Fund tweaks strategy as it prepares to disburse remaining funds to Covid-hit small firms . The R1-billion Sukuma Fund, formed in March to support small businesses through the Covid-19 pandemic with funds donated by the Rupert Family and Remgro, expects to have committed the outstanding R400-...

With IMF loan granted, govt has a chance to embed pro-growth economic reforms . North West University Business School economist Professor Raymond Parsons says the timing of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF’s) loan to South Africa again emphasises the extent to which the coun...

Without infrastructure and manufacturing, AfCFTA will fall short – senior African policymaker . An Ethiopian senior minister and special adviser to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has cautioned that, without major infrastructure investment and the development of manufacturing capacity, African countrie...

Power tariff set to rise to 128c/kWh in 2021 after Eskom wins Nersa battle over R69bn equity injection . In a scathing judgment made on July 28, the court declared as illegal the National Energy Regulator of South Africa’s (Nersa’s) decision to deduct a R69-billion equity injection into Eskom from its all...

Approvals for Gazetted list of infrastructure projects valued at R360bn to be fast-tracked . The Presidency’s Investment and Infrastructure Office head Dr Kgosientso Ramokgopa reported on Monday that the publication of an initial list of 50 Strategic Integrated Projects and 12 Special Projects...

Cautious optimism in used-car market, says AutoTrader . There is reason for “cautious optimism” when it comes to the used-car market in South Africa, says AutoTrader CEO George Mienie.

“Prices have begun to increase – albeit slightly – while cars are also...

African Continental Free Trade Area could boost regional income by $450bn by 2035 . The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) could, a new World Bank report asserts, boost regional income by 7%, or $450-billion, by 2035 and help offset the negative effects of the Covid-19 pande...

Metrorail recovers R1.3m in stolen feeder wire . Metrorail’s Gauteng Protection Services this week recovered stolen feeder wire worth an estimated R1.3-million.

Metrorail’s Rapid Response Unit intercepted a truck carrying four pallets of Passenger ...