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Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
COVID 19

Phase two of presidential employment stimulus gets R11bn boost

The stimulus package is part of the state’s Economic Reconstruction and Recovery Plan, and is a response to the Covid-19 pandemic

  • Anathi Madubela
2 min read
Higher oil prices can increase the costs of living and doing business, and South Africa’s oil imports will also likely rise in the second half of 2021, but there are a few reasons to remain positive too. (Cole Burston/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
ECONOMIC GROWTH

Will the oil price surge hurt South Africa’s recovery?

Higher oil prices can increase the costs of living and doing business, and South Africa’s oil imports will also likely rise in the second half of 2021, but there are a few…

  • Tertia Jacobs
4 min read
Tourism is one of those low-hanging fruits that South Africa should exploit to resuscitate the economy post-Covid-19.
CORONAVIRUS

Domestic tourism to the rescue

The South African tourism sector’s recovery is up to us, because local travel can save the sector

  • Patience Panashe
7 min read
Cruise control: Boat owner Bennie Janse van Rensburg says unless he obtains rent relief he may have to close his whale-watching and party-boat business.
BOATS

Durban’s cruisers may just survive the Covid crisis

Five months of no income means things are touch and go for Durban’s harbour charter industry, but with help they hope to weather the storm

  • Paddy Harper
3 min read
Isolated: Hospital was a lonely place for Justin Sylvester, who probably contracted Covid-19 when he was in New York for business. (Delwyn Verasamy)
COVID 19

The recovered remain cautious

People who have survived Covid-19 are not going through life carefree. They are still taking all the preventative measures

  • Lester Kiewit
6 min read