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Flash Briefing: Tesla, Musk power up Bitcoin; Nedbank profited from state capture; SA changes Covid vaccine plans; Rand

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* Elon Musk and Tesla have powered up cryptocurrency values, with Tesla revealing a US$1.5bn stake in Bitcoin.
* Nedbank profited out of state capture, paying a Gupta-linked entity R95m to suck up work from state entities, a crack team of investigative journalists has revealed.
* Telkom's revenues have improved, through mobile services.
* The rand was trading around R14.90 for a US greenback. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
8 Feb 2021 10AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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