Flash Briefing: SA business confidence plummets to apartheid lows; SA wants to swap Covid-19 vaccine

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* South African business confidence hit a 35-year low in 2020, says the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry - calling on the government to rethink economic policy and hurry up with vaccine roll-out.
* Standard Bank snaps up shares in Angolan subsidiary;
* The SA govt wants to swap the Covid-19 vaccine it has ordered from India for one that better protects against the variant responsible for 90% of cases;
* Gold Fields expects earnings per share to jump by more than 300%. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
10 Feb 2021 10AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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