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The JSE is launching virtual annual general meetings in South Africa to allow investors to engage with shareholders during the Covid-19 pandemic.

After weeks of brutal selling, technical gauges are signalling potentially positive developments ahead for battered crypto assets.

South Africa will roll out a mass screening programme for the coronavirus and despatch about 10 000 field workers to check up on people in their homes, the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to do so.

South Africa’s largest technology and media group, Naspers, has announced it will provide R1.5-billion in emergency aid to the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic in the country.

A cable ship has been sent to fix the break in the West African Cable System off the coast of England. Repairs are expected to be completed on Saturday, 4 April.

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa will extend the validity of existing radio frequency spectrum licences due to South Africa’s Covid-19 lockdown.

South Africa has doubled emission limits for sulphur dioxide pollution that will come into effect 1 April at a time when there is growing concern about the outbreak of the coronavirus, which is more severe for those who already have respiratory problems.

Eskom moved to reassure lenders and markets on Monday that it will continue to meet its financial commitments and obligations during and after South Africa’s Covid-19 lockdown.

Netflix will reduce the bandwidth it uses to serve customers in South Africa and the rest of Africa for the next 30 days in an effort to alleviate pressure on network infrastructure during the Covid-19 crisis.

The rand plumbed a record low after the country lost its last investment-grade credit rating, and investors anticipated it may slide deeper into junk as the spread of the coronavirus decimates the economy.