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Safeguarding consumers & local businesses during COVID-19 pandemic

5 May 2020 by Alan

Safeguarding consumers & local businesses during COVID-19 pandemic:

It comes as no surprise that at a time when the country finds itself at its most vulnerable, there will be companies and individuals that will take the opportunity to profiteer for their own gain and take advantage of the current state of national disaster, finding ways of exploiting consumers by selling COVID-19 related items and passing them off as locally made and/or safe to use against the spread of the pandemic.

: SAnews – South African News seshnee

COVID-19 pushes by-election dates:

As the pandemic continues to plague the entire nation, the Electoral Court has since been forced to postpone the by-elections that were set for June due to COVID-19.

: SAnews – South African News Gabisile

Public cannot collect social grants at labour centres:

The Employment and Labour Department has referred the public wishing to collect their R350 social grant to the Social Development Department.

: SAnews – South African News keamo


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