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A South African Airways aircraft on the apron of Frankfurt Airport in 2018. Silas Stein/picture alliance via Getty Images South Africa’s National Treasury wants strict conditions attached to any guarantees it provides for loans to the country’s embattled state airline, according to two people familiar with the matter.Treasury and Department of Public Enterprises officials met…

Alarmed by a rising number of coronavirus infections among meatpacking workers in Vernon, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday gave local health officials and plant operators one week to review worker safety protocols and report back.The order, introduced by Supervisor Hilda Solis and passed by a 5-0 vote, followed reports this weekend…

164 miners from Ashanti's Mponeng mine in the Merafong district tested positive for Covid-19. Most of the miners were reportedly asymptomatic. The MEC was speaking during a visit to Ga-Rankuwa Primary School on Tuesday where he was inspecting compliance ahead of its reopening. Grades 7 and 12 pupils are expected to be the first to return to school…

take legal action against the government for allegedly centralising food distribution to the poor, News24 reported.The organisation said it would take legal action "should [the government] continue to implement regulations prescribing that the distribution of food to the poor be centralised under government control".Speaking at the weekly Gauteng Coronavirus Command Council media briefing on Thursday,…

Egypt is seeking an aid package from the International Monetary Fund to offset the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli said Sunday.In a televised press conference with the central bank governor and other ministers, Madbouli did not specify the size of the one-year financial aid package the government was seeking from…