Ramaphosa orders Stella to apologise; Netcare Covid-19 hotspot; SA property owners help small business; Nedbank
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In today's news headlines:
* President Cyril Ramaphosa has placed the Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, on special leave for violating lockdown regulations and ordered her to apologise to SA. Listen;
* A Netcare hospital in KwaZulu-Natal has been identified as a Covid-19 hotspot, with Netcare Group CEO, Dr Richard Friedland, confirming on Wednesday that 47 staff at St Augustine’s Hospital had tested positive for Covid-19;
* UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has thanked well-wishers for their support as Downing Street said he was "stable and responding to treatment" as he headed towards a fourth night in hospital while being treated for coronavirus;
* South Africa’s property owners will provide relief to retail tenants hardest hit by a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of Covid-19. The initiative, which focuses on small-, medium- and micro-sized enterprises, will be rolled out by landlords nationally, reports Reuters; and
* Nedbank reaffirmed its 2019 dividend, but said it was weighing future dividend payments after South Africa’s central bank urged lenders to preserve cash during the coronavirus crisis.
* President Cyril Ramaphosa has placed the Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, on special leave for violating lockdown regulations and ordered her to apologise to SA. Listen;
* A Netcare hospital in KwaZulu-Natal has been identified as a Covid-19 hotspot, with Netcare Group CEO, Dr Richard Friedland, confirming on Wednesday that 47 staff at St Augustine’s Hospital had tested positive for Covid-19;
* UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has thanked well-wishers for their support as Downing Street said he was "stable and responding to treatment" as he headed towards a fourth night in hospital while being treated for coronavirus;
* South Africa’s property owners will provide relief to retail tenants hardest hit by a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of Covid-19. The initiative, which focuses on small-, medium- and micro-sized enterprises, will be rolled out by landlords nationally, reports Reuters; and
* Nedbank reaffirmed its 2019 dividend, but said it was weighing future dividend payments after South Africa’s central bank urged lenders to preserve cash during the coronavirus crisis.
