Strange Covid-19 lockdown rules: CR backs NDZ, business figure slams govt; 5G goes live in SA; Absa R6bn relief
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In today's news headlines:
* President Cyril Ramaphosa has defended strict and strange lockdown rules imposed to curb the spread of the coronavirus as citizens grow increasingly irked over seemingly illogical restrictions;
* Business entrepreneur Mike Abel joins media personality Gareth Cliff in penning an open letter to the president to re-think the finer details of the Covid-19 containment lockdown;
* Absa has granted nearly R6bn in #Covid19 virus relief to about 375.000 account holders;
* Mobile operator Vodacom Group said on Monday it has switched on Africa’s first live 5G mobile network in three cities in South Africa: Cape Town, Pretoria and Johannesburg; and
* Bonds gained and the rand rallied, after South Africa’s exit from a major global fixed-income index was finalised, as a key risk disappeared.
* President Cyril Ramaphosa has defended strict and strange lockdown rules imposed to curb the spread of the coronavirus as citizens grow increasingly irked over seemingly illogical restrictions;
* Business entrepreneur Mike Abel joins media personality Gareth Cliff in penning an open letter to the president to re-think the finer details of the Covid-19 containment lockdown;
* Absa has granted nearly R6bn in #Covid19 virus relief to about 375.000 account holders;
* Mobile operator Vodacom Group said on Monday it has switched on Africa’s first live 5G mobile network in three cities in South Africa: Cape Town, Pretoria and Johannesburg; and
* Bonds gained and the rand rallied, after South Africa’s exit from a major global fixed-income index was finalised, as a key risk disappeared.
