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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
* 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
