Ramaphosa rolls out mass screening and tracing Covid-19 programme; corporate SA steps up

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President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that the government will be rolling out an extensive screening and tracing programme all over the country for Covid-19. He said there were now 1,326 cases of coronavirus in South Africa with 3 fatalities. In addition to the R1bn each donated by the Rupert, Oppenheimer and Motsepe families; Naspers has pledged R1.5bn in the fight against the coronavirus while the Chinese billionaire, Jack Ma has donated medical equipment to the country. - Linda van Tilburg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
30 Mar 2020 2PM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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