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South Africa

Virus Outbreak South Africa

Cleaning up

Post-coronavirus, Rentokil to expand in Africa to meet new hygiene demands

Rentokil Initial, the global hygiene and pest control company, aims to expand in Nigeria, Ghana and Ethiopia once the coronavirus pandemic has ... been brought under control, Nkosinathi Solomon, the company’s managing director for sub-Saharan Africa, told The Africa Report.

Hostage to Fortune

South Africa’s solar industry to suffer as rand slumps to record low

The rand’s slide to a record low against the dollar prompted by the coronavirus pandemic and the loss of the country’s last investment grade ... rating at Moody’s risks setting the country’s solar power industry back years.

Virus Outbreak South Africa

RAPID RESPONSE

South African corporates step up to fight coronavirus

The spike in demand for hand sanitiser has spurred Sasol to develop a new variant of its alcohol-based chemicals to help manufacturers fill the ... gap.

Article 8/10 of "Corona Chronicles: 30 March – 3 April"

Footfall in Freefall

Coronavirus shows African airports must cut reliance on passenger revenue

How to make money from airports without passengers? Coronavirus is showing African airports that they need to learn fast. ...

A hospital in Zimbabwe this month

Community Health

Zimbabwe is among African states least ready to tackle coronavirus

Urban areas in Zimbabwe are the most at risk to the virus in southern Africa, Dr. Ndumiso Tshuma, a public health specialist from Zimbabwe now ... working in Johannesburg, told The Africa Report.

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When God Was Angry

Coronavirus: far to go before rivalling Spanish Flu of 1918

The Spanish Flu, spread by troop movements at the end of World War One, was the planet’s worst ever pandemic, and killed nearly 2% of Africa’s ... population in six months.

Article 10/10 of "Corona Chronicles: 23-27 March"

FIGHT MODE

Moody’s downgrade forces drastic action from Sasol

For the first time in a while, Sasol will ask for leniency from its lenders, in a sign of the extraordinary times in both the domestic market ... and others around the globe.

Shoppers queue to stock up on groceries at a Pick n Pay store

Southern Lockdown

South Africa in lockdown as Coronavirus cases spike

President Cyril Ramaphosa has taken the drastic decision to shut down South Africa for 21 days, effective on Thursday when the clock strikes ... midnight, in an attempt to curb the spread of the coronavirus.

Article 5/10 of "Corona Chronicles: 23-27 March"

Empty sunbathing chairs are seen on a beach near the Hasdrubal Hotel in Hammamet

shock wave

Coronavirus: 5 economies to watch as the impact spreads

African countries have been among the last to be hit by the global coronavirus pandemic. Yet, as the cases rise and governments rightfully take ... the necessary measures to slow the spread of the virus, the continent is likely to face widespread economic fallout as business slows to a near halt.

Article 2/10 of "Corona Chronicles: 23-27 March"

DISASTROUS DEAL

South Africa: Nigeria to the PIC’s rescue?

The Nigerian government could be dragged into the Public Investment Corporation’s (PIC) efforts to recover the massive losses from the asset ... manager’s ill-fated investment in the obscure American-owned Erin Energy corporation.

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