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SA Express provisionally liquidated
This comes after practitioners lodged the application in the Pretoria High Court on March 25, 2020
South Africa seeking $5bn from multilateral lenders to fight virus: Treasury official
Africa’s most advanced economy is talking to several multilateral lenders including the BRICS bank.
Cuba sends doctors to South Africa to combat coronavirus
Caribbean nation has sent 216 healthcare workers to South Africa, the latest of more than 20 medical brigades it has sent worldwide
Retrenchments at embattled SAA put on hold
If agreement cannot be reached then the business rescue practitioners are compelled to apply for an urgent court order application in the high court to liquidate the business
SA airlines set to lose $2.2bn, plea for government support
The business rescue practitioners (BRPs) of South African Airways (SAA) have confirmed that they would be able to pay SAA salaries in April, as they have also done each month since the airline went into business rescue in December last year. But the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) has informed unions and the SAA BRPs
SMEs are at the heart of the $26.6bn stimulus, says industry
Business is pleased with the package announced by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, but says speedy access to the funds is paramount
Samsung ships Galaxy XCover Pro ruggedised phone
Vendor touts the push-to-talk feature
Shutting SAA would destroy transformation in SA aviation, pilots say in open letter
Unions representing about 60% of the 4,700 employees at SAA have slammed the proposal
President Cyril Ramaphosa unveils $26.6bn support package for South Africa's economy
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced a R500bn ($26.6bn) support package for the economy as the country battles the novel coronavirus
Glencore to reopen its Zambia copper mines pending agreement with government
Glencore’s announcement of the temporary shutdown on April 8 sparked a backlash from the Zambian government
U.S. crude futures turn negative for first time on scant storage, weak demand
Weak economic data from Germany and Japan cast doubt on when fuel consumption will recover
Total working with Mozambique to manage COVID-19 cases at LNG site
Mozambique’s Health Ministry says the number of coronavirus cases in the country stands at 34
Intel see chip demand up
Vendor says demand for processors has soared due to work-from-home rush
South Africa's e-commerce sector requests government to allow home deliveries of non-essential goods
The request is driven by uAfrica’s Andy Higgins and stems from the heavy trade and transport restrictions put in place during the national lockdown
SAA business rescue practitioners plan way forward after government cuts off funding
The SA government says it won't provide additional funding to sustain SAA's business rescue process
South Africa cuts off funding to state-owned airline SAA
SA government refuses SAA business rescuers' request for further funding
New features coming to WhatsApp
WhatsApp currently allows users to find the content of chats by using a simple search tool
COVID-19: The U.S. a sick superpower
The United States is the world’s superpower and thus I have watched its response to the coronavirus crisis with some intrigue. Given my observations, and the realities of America’s response to the coronavirus crisis, I have concluded that the United States is a sick superpower. America sickness is evidenced by: Trump being Trump; politicians acting
Coronarivus pandemic makes African free trade 'more important than ever'
Infrastructure investment is the foundation on which the objective of intra-Africa trade growth must be built upon
Pandemic devastates growth prospects in West African states
Burkina Faso has slashed its expectations of GDP growth for 2020 from 6.3% to 2%