Flash Briefing: Masondo's debt-for-climate-swap proposal; Broke ANC's campaigning strategy; J&J booster trial in SA

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*Talks are underway with Johnson & Johnson about running a booster trial in South Africa after the company’s Covid-19 vaccine was used in a mass trial of almost half a million health workers in the country.
*David Masondo, South Africa’s deputy finance minister, suggested that investors forgive about R146bn of sovereign debt in exchange for the national power utility meeting climate targets.
*The ANC says it will resort to tried-and-true campaigning methods, given that it cannot afford to splash out for the coming elections. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
8 Sep 2021 9AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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