From Business Insider South Africa:
Covid-19 update: SA deaths climb to 238
What you can now buy online but not in stores – including jewellery, furniture, and t-shirts
If your surname starts with N or later, you may have to wait an extra day to buy booze
If you use a Telkom DSL line, you just got unlimited data – with no obvious catch
5G in SA is now cheaper than its closest 4G rival – but you have to live in the right place
Medical schemes have new rules, and prescriptions too – here’s what you need to know
Govt has changed the rules about moving house
Wild lockdown: Caracal spotted on Cape streets
You won’t receive a speeding fine during Level 4 – but they’ll catch up with you later
Big Vodacom balloons could soon offer Mozambique 4G signal in the middle of nowhere
Today's headlines:
1. Yesterday, government eased the restrictions on e-commerce – which can now sell all products, except for alcohol and cigarettes - in Level 4. Read more.
2. The government and SAA’s business rescue practitioners have reached an agreement to discuss plans to start a new airline, Business Day reports.
3. The lockdown has contributed to a 26% increase in MTN’s data revenue in the first quarter, but revenue from voice was down 6.3%. Read more.
4. Sasol, one of the country's biggest emitters of greenhouse gases, has invited bids from independent power producers for the supply of renewable energy to its local operations in a move to reduce emissions. Read more.
5. New US data shows that another 3 million people filed for unemployment benefits last week – bringing the total to more than 36 million people since the pandemic started. But Wall Street shrugged it off, and strengthened overnight, thanks to a rally in banking stocks.
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Fact of the day
Smallpox remains the only human disease to be eradicated globally, and it took 184 years between the development of the first-ever vaccine in 1796 to its eradication in 1980. Read more.
