While the UK remains steadfast in keeping South Africa on its Red List, Germany and the USA have announced the welcome news that they will welcome travellers from South Africa, report Businesstech and fin24.
Each of these two countries still have some entrance requirements, but these are mild compared to the rigorous regulations demanded of local travellers by the UK Government.
Heartening news for restaurants which have closed down or face this dilemma as a Covid Third Wave threatens is that the Rupert Family Fund and Remgro will make R100 million available to ‘struggling restaurants’, reports Fin24.
The monies have been made available in partnership with FEDHASA, the Hospitality industry association. The R100 million is money left over from Rupert’s R1 billion Sukuma Fund, which Johann Rupert pledged at the start of the Covid-19 Lockdown in March 2020.
Last week fin24 wrote that the Government has announced emergency regulations to control excessive price increases of medical, food, and beverage items most needed during the Corona Virus COVID-19 pandemic. Punitive fines could be levied against companies violating these regulations. Continue reading →
Our country had been Loadshedding for the past eleven years, and it is almost second nature by now to plan our day according to the timing of the almost daily Loadshedding. Following on from our most severe Loadshedding in December 2019, at Stage 6, municipalities in our country have now been tasked to prepare for Loadshedding up to Stage 8, BusinessTech reported yesterday. Continue reading →