SA's proud moment in space history: Musk's SpaceX docks; DA exposes ANC plan to grab your savings to fund Covid-19

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In today's news headlines:
* South African Elon Musk’s dream to develop commercial space travel became reality when his company SpaceX successfully docked a commercial capsule at the International Space Station on Sunday;
* As South Africa moves to level 3 of Covid-19 containment, President Cyril Ramaphosa highlighted how the bulk of the masks, ventilators and testing kits were still being procured from China and distributed across the continent, according to the Sunday Times;
* The South African government has approved only 11% of applications for Covid-19 relief funding for small, medium, and micro-sized enterprises (SMMEs), according to a report from Rapport (source: MyBroadband.co.za); and
* The DA says a leaked ANC discussion document on post-Covid economic recovery specifically proposes for the first time the amendment of Regulation 28 to prescribe pension fund investments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
31 May 2020 2PM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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