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OFM Business Hour - Chamber calls for empathy during Covid-19

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Certain sectors and small traders still see no light at the end of the lockdown tunnel and as far as the Chamber is concerned the relief fund from the government have not reached the businesses that need it most. Level 3 restrictions are also still affecting their community projects due to skeleton staff at some of the stakeholders as well as various other challenges. Rose Nkhasi; President of the Free State Goldfields Chamber of Business, encourages empathy from businesses and the public when fighting the pandemic.
28 Jul 2020 2PM English South Africa Business · Daily News

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