Flash Briefing: E-tolls may be scrapped in Gauteng; You can now agree Covid is manmade, on Facebook; post offices shut

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* South Africa’s rising coronavirus infections, which jumped by 33% on Wednesday, puts pressure on President Cyril Ramaphosa to reintroduce stricter lockdown measures, reports Bloomberg.
* South Africa is planning to scrap electronic road tolls in Gauteng.
* The insolvent SA Post Office is shutting about 130 offices.
* Congo earthquakes shake-up tin exports, prices surge;
* Facebook Inc. has ended its ban on posts asserting Covid-19 was man-made or manufactured, a policy shift that reflects a deepening debate over the origins of the pandemic that was first identified in Wuhan, China. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
27 May 2021 9AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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