Ninety One invests in SA corporate Covid-19 victims; Standard Bank directors' blacklist; Netcare; Mediclinic

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In today's news headlines:
* Children in South Africa began returning to classrooms on Monday as part of a gradual loosening of Covid-19 lockdown restrictions even as some parents worried not enough had been done to protect the health of pupils;
* Ninety One is raising a recovery fund to invest in South African companies struggling with the economic fallout from the spread of coronavirus;
* Shareholder and environmental activists have written to investors of Africa’s biggest bank by assets, Standard Bank, asking that they vote against the re-election of seven non-executive directors with ties to fossil-fuel companies; and
* South African hospital operators are expected to benefit from increased demand for health care services during the Covid-19 pandemic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
8 Jun 2020 1PM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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