Business for South Africa Member Update
SOUTH AFRICA RECEIVES SIGNIFICANT PPE ORDER FOR FRONTLINE HEALTHCARE WORKERS South Africa has received a significant order of personal protective equipment (PPE), which includes 2 million surgical masks and 216 000 KN95 respirators. This critical stock is intended for the sole use of frontline doctors, nurses and community health care workers, to protect them in…
Update on Risk Adjustment Measures and Economic Relief Interventions on COVID-19
28 Apr 2020 The President announced a National Lockdown on 23 March, a difficult decision – in whose absence the health, social and economic consequences would have been far worse today. The declaration enabled our nation to have an integrated and coordinated response to deal with the spread of the Corona virus, and set into…
Port Operations in 2020 Online Meeting
S p e c i a l I n t e r e s t G r o u p “Port Operations in 2020” Zoom Meeting7 M a y 2 0 2 0 Proudly hosted by: Many thanks to great sponsors making the Transport Forum possible: Venue: Zoom meeting Cost &Register: Participation is…
Claim your COVID-19 financial assistance from the ETI scheme next month
Government has announced that it will utilise the Employment Tax Incentive (ETI) programme to offer companies assistance in paying workers who earn less than R6500 a month over the next four months. You will be able to claim from R750 per month per eligible employee to a maximum of R1750 per month per eligible employee. ETI has…
JEM Eats Meal Delivery From 1st May 2020
I’m thrilled to let you know that JEM Catering with our JEM EATS is back and doing meal delivery from 01 May! WHOLESOME, FRESH MEALS. 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗨 !! 𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝟬𝟭 – 𝟬𝟯 𝗠𝗔𝗬 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗡 !!R250 Meal for 4 We’ve started with a shortened menu for this week to take you through our first weekend…
Request For Comments: Schedule Of Services To Be Phased In
REQUEST FOR COMMENTS: SCHEDULE OF SERVICES TO BE PHASED IN AS PER THE COVID-19 RISK ADJUSTED STRATEGY
Minister Of Finance: Media Briefing 24th April 2020
Remarks by Minister Of Finance, Mr Tito Mboweni, During The Media Briefing To Outline R500Bn Economic Support Package 24th April 2020 Introduction We are, as a nation, facing extraordinary times and enormous economic challenges.We have, however, got the human and other resources, and the resilience as a nation to overcome this challenge. Led by the…
Business For South Africa Expresses Support For The New Economy
Business for South Africa (B4SA) – the alliance of volunteer resources from across South African business bodies and organisations, member companies large and small, including professional services firms – expresses its full support for President Cyril Ramaphosa’s historic and significant R500 billion fiscal stimulus package, which is equivalent to some 10% of the country’s GDP….
Business for South Africa Update – 23 April 2020
Manufacturing Businesses: Please Complete This Survey THE MANUFACTURING CIRCLE CALLS FOR SECTOR-WIDE PARTICIPATION IN COVID-19 HEALTH, SAFETY AND HYGIENE PROTOCOLS COMPLIANCE CAMPAIGN Manufacturing in South Africa continues to be adversely affected by the uncertainty surrounding the resumption of economic activity. The Manufacturing Circle is calling on all small, medium, micro-enterprises, and large manufacturing firms to…
SACCI Media Statement on President Ramaphosa’s Address
Media Statement on President Ramaphosa’ s address Friday 24 April 2020 The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SACCI), welcomes President Ramaphosa’ s approach in finding a balance between a continuous mitigation against the Covid 19 pandemic, and the need to look at and consider a phased, risk-adjusted programme of re-entry into the economy….
Nedbank Covid-19 Loan Scheme for Small and Medium Enterprises
The Covid-19 Loan Scheme for Small and Medium Enterprises was announced by the President on 21 April 2020. We will be ready to receive applications from Tuesday, 28 April. For details of the scheme, qualifying criteria and documents required, please visit https://www.nedbank.co.za/content/nedbank/desktop/gt/en/business/covid-19-relief1/COVID19LoanScheme.html. To apply, please contact your Business Manager. Only complete applications will be considered.