The Elangeni Green Zone, which is situated on a plot of land behind the Elangeni Hotel at North Beach, began as a project by the eThekwini Municipality to encourage the homeless to create their own jobs. Read more

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According to First National Bank’s property broker survey, motives for selling property points to financial pressure among property owner-occupiers remaining “elevated” even after lockdown has been eased. Read more

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Many of SA’s already vulnerable domestic workers have been left in acute distress by the pandemic and lockdown, with their incomes cut and costs soaring. Read more

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Landlords need to find other uses for space if they cannot find tenants Read more

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JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's retail industry is feeling the pain from the coronavirus pandemic on two fronts -- store closures during lockdown and the sharply reduced purchasing power of households. Read more

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Pick n Pay partnered with global supply-chain solutions company CHEP to trial and launch innovative retail-ready packaging (RRP) platforms in its stores across the country Read more

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New Jersey, US — The US government will pay Johnson & Johnson (J&J) more than $1bn for 100-million doses of its potential coronavirus vaccine, as it stocks up on vaccines and drugs in an attempt to tame the pandemic. Read more

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