Flash Briefing: Vaccines en route to SA; Toyota: 1,500 new jobs; Eskom to charge you more for solar power; Zuma; Zim

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* South Africa’s first vaccines arrive in the country on February 1, says the health ministry.
* Toyota South Africa will start manufacturing a new model, the Corolla Cross, creating 1,500 new jobs of which 500 will be at its production plant in Durban.
* Mining companies in Zimbabwe said a central-bank requirement compelling them to surrender more foreign exchange earned from mineral exports will push their operations to the brink.
* Eskom wants South Africans with solar panels to pay more for electricity.
* Constitutional Court rules against Jacob Zuma, who refused to testify at the Zondo Commission into State Capture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
28 Jan 2021 11AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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