SA reports nearly 20 000 Covid-19 cases, an Omicron-wave record

Regulator must make a decision by February 25.

Zimbabwe reporting record daily cases and its highest ever test positivity rate.

It’s almost as if Omicron never happened.

Even as as omicron is driving up the number of people testing positive for the virus. 

As trade flows fell after a new wave of Covid-19 infections led to renewed restrictions among the nation’s major trading partners.

In early trade the rand was at R15.82 against the dollar, roughly 0.2% stronger than its previous close.

Money-managers say the asset class is ripe for a big selloff next year.

London’s divorce courts have been a popular destination for high-value legal fights, with judges typically prepared to order a more equal share of a couple’s assets

The debate about mandatory vaccines has reached fever pitch as efforts to contain Covid-19 accelerate.

The new lineage has about half the gene variations of the original and can’t be detected with typical screening.

Scaling back a more than four-decade link between two of Europe’s biggest consumer-goods companies.

That could be good news for bulls hoping the latest rebound has room to run. 

After more than 90 nations imposed travel bans on the country right before its summer holiday season because of the discovery of the coronavirus omicron variant.

Of the 13 147 new cases recorded 64% were in Gauteng.