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| |  | Gabriel, the shock absorber brand in South Africa, has launched an initiative for essential service workers who purchase Gabriel shocks between 25 May to 30 September 2020 and receive free replacement shocks for life. Read |  | ISSUED BY MPACT PLASTICS The safety of our communities is a top priority for us at Mpact. We have further expanded our face shield range and will be launching a respiratory mask during the course of June; ready for the re-opening of the many industries under lock down level three... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM While real office space is locked up is an ideal time to upgrade an online presence. The digital business-to-business media are providing valuable opportunities for companies and brands in high traffic, virtual environments. As the only media brand with community in our DNA, we are proud that a presence on Bizcommunity promises community and delivers community... Read |
 | The International Air Transport Association (IATA), the Airlines Association of Southern Africa (AASA) and the Board of Airline Representatives of South Africa (Barsa) are calling on the South African government to provide specific financial relief to the aviation sector... Read |
 | Following a gradual ramp-up of its local production, the Volkswagen Group South Africa (VWSA) plant in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape has resumed its manufacturing operations... Read |
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 | MALESELA LETWABA On Friday 8 May 2020, Labour Court Judge Andre van Niekerk delivered a devastating blow to the national airline's "premature" retrenchment process, which is set out to affect at least 5,000 employees... Read |
 | JAMES GELDENHUYS While it's understandable that the long-suffering South African taxpayers have had enough of watching their tax money being thrown at what they consider a lost cause, selling off any state-owned airline to the highest bidder is not really a viable solution... Read |
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 | OR Tambo International Airport has facilitated a total 1,400 landing and departing cargo flights from Thursday, 26 March up to Friday, 22 May... Read |
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 | DHL Express has acquired a minority stake in Link Commerce, the UK-based e-commerce firm that helped the logistics company develop its DHL Africa eShop platform... Read |
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 | Covid-19 has swept throughout the world, and governments globally have taken drastic measures to stop the spread in an attempt to save lives... Read |
 | AMINA J. MOHAMMED These are challenging times for Africa and the rest of our global village... Read |
 | The Covid-19 pandemic has given rise to a new kind of African consumer who is already displaying fundamental shifts in consumption and purchase behaviour... Read |
 | FAIZEL ISMAIL The African Continental Free Trade Area was launched two years ago at an African Union (AU) summit in Kigali. It was scheduled to be implemented from 1 July 2020... Read |
 | AMROTE ABDELLA The current global crisis has highlighted a number of areas, from the need for efficient information management to the need for accurate data gathering for faster medical response... Read |
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 | MARC LUBNER We're seeing much more in the way of actual help for those affected by coronavirus than I've seen for any other cause, anywhere in South Africa, ever... Read |
 | As the country moves towards Level 3 lockdown regulations on 1 June, Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, outlined some of the details of the eased regulations... Read |
 | LAUREN HARTZENBERG The ban on cigarettes and related tobacco products will remain in place, but alcohol will be permitted for sale on certain days of the week... Read |
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