Flash Briefing: Zuma ordered to pay legal fees in corruption case; SA's uneducated civil servants; J&J blood clot fears

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* In a victory for taxpayers and a blow for corrupt politicians, South Africa’s second-highest court has rejected an appeal by former president Jacob Zuma to get the state to pay his costs in a corruption case.
* Around 35% of senior managers in government do not have the necessary qualifications or credentials for their position, reports MyBroadband.co.za.
* Botswana’s health ministry has asked the country’s health regulator to probe two deaths of people who had recently taken a Covid-19 vaccine made by the Serum Institute of India Ltd. on behalf of AstraZeneca.
* US health officials recommended a pause in the use of Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine on concerns about rare and severe blood clotting side effects.
* Capitec - South Africa’s largest bank in terms of customer numbers - is resuming dividend payments after recovering from the severe Covid-19 lockdown. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
13 Apr 2021 11AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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