Flash Briefing: Zuma ordered to pay legal fees in corruption case; SA's uneducated civil servants; J&J blood clot fears

Loading player...
* In a victory for taxpayers and a blow for corrupt politicians, South Africa’s second-highest court has rejected an appeal by former president Jacob Zuma to get the state to pay his costs in a corruption case.
* Around 35% of senior managers in government do not have the necessary qualifications or credentials for their position, reports MyBroadband.co.za.
* Botswana’s health ministry has asked the country’s health regulator to probe two deaths of people who had recently taken a Covid-19 vaccine made by the Serum Institute of India Ltd. on behalf of AstraZeneca.
* US health officials recommended a pause in the use of Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine on concerns about rare and severe blood clotting side effects.
* Capitec - South Africa’s largest bank in terms of customer numbers - is resuming dividend payments after recovering from the severe Covid-19 lockdown. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
13 Apr 2021 11AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

Other recent episodes

Zuma in crisis: Disgruntled MKP members to vote ARU - Jabulani Khumalo

In his latest interview with Chris Steyn, the real founder of MKP, Jabulani Khumalo, comes out in support of The African Renaissance Unity Party (ARU) founded to lobby for the interests of traditional chiefs and their communities. With Khumalo's battle to reclaim control of the party - “hijacked” by former…
27 Jul 10AM 17 min

Eva Crouwel - When the State comes to your Gate….

An anti-immigration raid on a private housing estate in the Western Cape is causing a furore. In this interview with Chris Steyn, Eva Crouwel, a property owner on High Riding Estate, describes how police in a fleet of about six vans - accompanied by Home Affairs officials - descended on…
27 Jul 7AM 10 min

BN Daybreak: SA-Israel tension; Nvidia-OpenAI deal; US tariffs; Fed rate outlook; Energy Risks

In today's BizNews Daybreak, we explore global market pressures, starting with new US Section 301 tariffs affecting South Africa and 60 other economies. Former Israeli adviser Mark Regev discusses strained Pretoria-Israel relations and ICJ genocide charges. Furthermore, we preview upcoming central bank rate decisions, Nvidia’s potential $250B OpenAI data center…
26 Jul 11PM 14 min