South Asian countries like Sri Lanka, Nepal and India are hard at work to revive their tourism economies by easing travel restrictions.

A new free weekly TV series that will be aired online twice a week offers aspiring entrepreneurs valuable business support.

This November, the US will lift Covid travel bans for all fully vaccinated travellers. Precautions will remain to avoid spreading the virus.

The UK’s red list – which imposes extremely strict limitations on travellers – still features South Africa. But things just aren’t adding up.

South African consumers have been making more voice calls to stay in touch during lockdown new research has revealed.

A new shoe factory has brought hope of jobs with the local manufacture of footwear to compete with the millions of imports annually.

Stats SA said there were 54 000 fewer people employed in the second quarter of 2021, bringing the total number of jobless people in the country to 7.8 million. The unemployment rate increased to 34,4% – the highest it has ever been since quarterly tracking began in 2008.

Most of the insurance fraud scams in SA were in the funeral insurance space in 2020. Dishonest claimants and syndicates purchased dead bodies from morgues and stole identities in order to get their hands on the cash, according to ASISA.

‘It will end up being spent on overseas holidays, German cars, and French designer outfits’ – Jacques Broodryk on the Social Security Fund.

Nearly 1.15 million people earning R3500 a month or less are now without work due to the Covid-19 lockdown in South Africa.

Ashton in the Western Cape has a new super bridge and it’s the first of its kind on the continent. It’s being shifted into place this weekend.

Durban welcomed 34500 visitors over the recent long weekend and is looking forward to a boost in tourism in the coming months.

Meat importers have warned that a food shortage is imminent after 55% of cold storage facilities in KZN were destroyed during the unrest.

The global alcohol distributor has been providing food parcels to needy employees and residents while mopping up after the unrest.

Price gouging is a deplorable act, and according to the NCC, they are on high alert to prevent the costs of essential items from ballooning after the riots.

The Restaurant Association of South Africa is literally begging the government to allow alcohol sales and restaurants to open.

Government officials and police visited restaurants and a hotel to check for lockdown compliance and to assess the damage the rules have done.

Shoprite Checkers has agreed to manage the roll-out and foot the bill for the Covid-19 vaccine if the government provides it for its staff.