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Buhari unveils $34bn budget to help battered economy
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has unveiled spending plans of 13 trillion naira ( $34bn; £29bn) for next year to help the economy recover after it was battered by the Covid-19 pandemic.
WATCH – Ramaphosa’s full speech on South Africa moving to lockdown level 2
Watch the full speech as South African president Cyril Ramaphosa announces that the nation will move to lockdown level 2 after the outbreak reached it peak and a 41.6 percent drop of daily Covid-19 infections was achieved.
WATCH – UDM leader Bantu Holomisa calls for SA cabinet to be dissolved
South African opposition party United Democratic Movement (UDM) leader Bantu Holomisa has called for cabinet to be dissolved and replaced by a caretaker administration as a measure to curb unbridled government corruption on Covid-19 related funds.
SA needs ’a few more days’ before deciding on lockdown level 2, says ministerial advisor Prof Salim Abdool Karim
The chairperson of the ministerial advisory committee on Covid-19, Professor Salim S Abdool Karim, says the country needs a few more days before it can decide whether it should ease the lockdown.
COSATU says it will support a lift in alcohol ban with strict rules – VIDEO
Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) has thrown its weight to support the alcohol ban to be lifted to save hundreds of thousands of workers that depend upon the liquor sector.
