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Business & Finance

BRICS development bank approves $1bn COVID-19 loan for South Africa

  • "The loan will support the Government of South Africa in its efforts to contain the economic fallout of the pandemic and start economic recovery," the bank said in a statement.
Published April 8, 2021 Updated April 8, 2021 07:20pm
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JOHANNESBURG: The New Development Bank of the BRICS group of nations has approved a $1 billion loan to the South African government to support an economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, the bank said on Thursday.

"The loan will support the Government of South Africa in its efforts to contain the economic fallout of the pandemic and start economic recovery," the bank said in a statement.

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