2,000 Covid-19 deaths; Tito's shake-up budget; Tsogo Sun rescues Marriott hotels; back-to-work for hairdressers
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In today's news headlines:
* Almost 93,000 people in South Africa have tested positive for Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic;
* Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has told Parliamentarians that the Treasury plans to unveil “very serious and unusual changes” to its expenditure plans this week;
* Tsogo Sun has come to the rescue of thousands of jobs after Marriott announced it was closing three hotels;
* A bank set up by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa has awarded $1bn (R17.5bn) worth of emergency loan assistance to South Africa; and
* Hairdressers, tattoo artists and nail technicians are some of the people who can officially get back to work, with the government gazetting the rules of business at the weekend.
* Almost 93,000 people in South Africa have tested positive for Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic;
* Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has told Parliamentarians that the Treasury plans to unveil “very serious and unusual changes” to its expenditure plans this week;
* Tsogo Sun has come to the rescue of thousands of jobs after Marriott announced it was closing three hotels;
* A bank set up by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa has awarded $1bn (R17.5bn) worth of emergency loan assistance to South Africa; and
* Hairdressers, tattoo artists and nail technicians are some of the people who can officially get back to work, with the government gazetting the rules of business at the weekend.
