Santam war with clients; Covid-19 vaccine shows promise; Prosus may lose EBay deal; Curro; Denel

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In today's news headlines:
* Financial services group Santam is at war with its clients, with anger growing over its refusal to pay up for business interruption insurance.
* The Covid-19 vaccine in development by the University of Oxford is showing progress in the high-stakes pursuit to defeat the deadly disease.
* Prosus, spun out of Naspers, has a competitor for the Ebay classified business, with Ebay reportedly nearing an agreement to sell its classified advertising unit to Norwegian online marketplace Adevinta ASA.
* Shareholders in private schooling group Curro have voted in favour of a proposed R1.5bn rights offer.
* Denel chief executive is to step down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
20 Jul 2020 1PM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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