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Covid caution infects investors

Balancing act: The SABMiller PLC Alrode brewery and bottling plant in Johannesburg. South Africa’s ban on alcohol sales in 2020, introduced to prevent Covid-stressed hospitals having to handle injuries caused by drunkeness, put projects worth about R12.8-billion on hold. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg/Getty Images)
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Capital expenditure has been on the decline for years, but Covid-19 sent investment in machinery, factories and the tools of industry into a tailspin.

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Sarah Smit
Sarah Smit
Sarah Smit is a general news reporter at the Mail & Guardian. She covers topics relating to labour, corruption and the law.

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