Flash briefing: Court rules against strict BEE; manufacturing green shoots; Comair blow; Aspen gets Covid vaccine deal

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* A court has ruled against strict requirements of BEE in government tenders.
* South Africa's manufacturing sector is showing signs of improvement.
* The National Union of Metalworkers of SA is threatening legal action over the retrenchment process under way at Comair. This could scupper the business rescue process and trigger liquidation.
* Aspen Pharmacare has agreed to manufacture the Covid-19 vaccine being developed by Johnson & Johnson at a factory in South Africa. The continent’s biggest drugmaker has the capacity to produce 300 million doses a year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2 Nov 2020 12PM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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