CR self-isolates; SAA to fly again, on taxpayers' backs; stock markets tumble around world

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* President Cyril Ramaphosa has begun a period of self-quarantine following the positive Covid-19 diagnosis of a guest at a charity dinner he attended.
* South Africa is to spend at least R17bn more on its failed national carrier SAA.
* Stocks tumbled in the US and Europe as rising coronavirus infections and tougher lockdowns added to worries about the economic hit from the pandemic.
* South Africa’s main stock index plunged the most in seven months Wednesday after Finance Minister Tito Mboweni’s budget update Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
28 Oct 2020 1PM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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