Inside Covid-19: SA's new Covid-19 tracing app; vaccine trials; small business test challenges - Ep 79

Loading player...
In this episode, BizNews founder Alec Hogg interviews Guarang Tanna, the national health department expert behind the launch of mobile app Covid Alert SA, which is aimed at tracing people who have come into contact with individuals who have tested positive for Covid-19. BizNews partners at the Wall Street Journal investigate the challenges researchers have faced in recruiting participants for Covid-19 vaccine trials. And, a small business owner discusses the expenses and struggle of having to test and monitor employees for Covid-19. - Jackie Cameron Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2 Sep 2020 2PM English South Africa Investing · Business News

Other recent episodes

Jacques Broodryk: Trump hits SA officials with “bombshell” visa restrictions

In this interview with Chris Steyn, Jacques Broodryk, the Chief Spokesperson for Community Safety at AfriForum, hails the announcement by the Trump administration of visa restrictions for those “responsible for, or complicit in, the enactment or implementation of laws or policies that enable uncompensated land seizures, race-based discrimination, and/or the…
16 Sep 7AM 16 min

Leon Kluge: The botanist turning South Africa's flowers into gold

Leon Kluge pulled off a hat-trick no South African had managed before: three straight gold medals at the Chelsea Flower Show, the world's most prestigious garden show. But this year's win very nearly didn't happen. Storms and flooding tore through the Western Cape days before the harvest, cutting farmers off…
15 Sep 12PM 42 min