Flash Briefing: Explosive Covid report: Wuhan virologists hospitalised in Nov 2019; Netcare; Telkom; Rand; Guptas

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* South Africa’s government spent R49 billion on contracts linked to the Gupta family.
* South Africa’s biggest healthcare service provider Netcare on Monday reported a 62% drop in profit for the six months to March 31.
* Telkom, the country’s third largest mobile operator, promised to revise its plans to suspend its dividend after t reported a jump in annual profit on Monday.
* Three researchers from China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology became sick enough in November 2019 that they sought hospital care, according to a previously undisclosed U.S. intelligence report. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
24 May 2021 11AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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