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Airlines in South Africa Adjust Flight Times Due to New 9 pm to 6 am Curfew
On Monday night, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced an extension of the curfew restricting movement in the country between 6 am and 9 pm.

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As a result of the new curfew times and other restrictions to slow the rate of Covid-19 infections in South Africa, domestic airlines have announced new adjustments to flight schedules to comply with the lockdown regulations.
On Monday night, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced an extension of the curfew restricting movement in the country between 6 am and 9 pm.
Due to these new restrictions, domestic and regional airlines in South Africa had adjusted their early morning and evening schedules so that passengers can comply with the country’s new curfew with minimal disruption to their travel plans.
Yesterday, Airlink said it would be adjusting its schedule of early morning and evening departures and that the adjustments would affect flights originally due to takeoff before 8am and arrive after 8pm.
A statement from Airlink read “These schedule adjustments will provide customers departing on morning flights with sufficient time to commute to airports and complete the necessary health, security and immigration checks without breaking the curfew. It will also enable passengers landing on evening flights to complete the arrival procedures and commute to their homes or accommodation by the 9pm curfew,”.
Managing director and chief executive Rodger Foster said the safety and well-being of the airline’s customers, crew and staff was of utmost priority.
“Thanks to our stringent application and adherence to bio-security protocols, we have been able to demonstrate that flying is the safest way to travel and that we can continue to support and enable business, tourism and trade without spreading the coronavirus,” Foster said.
The new adjustments made by Airlink will apply at least until January 15 when the government is due to review the efficacy of its adjusted level 3 restrictions.
Another airline Flysafair, also announced early yesterday that due to the curfew change it had been forced to change several flights at short notice.
“All flights scheduled to have departed before 7am will now only depart after 7am. Your flight will take place but at a later time. New times will be communicated via SMS and email. No actions are required from you on your booking other than to take note of the new departure times,” the airline said.
Following the National Coronavirus Command Council’s media briefing yesterday, the airline announced that its departure and arrival time will now be between 8am and 8pm, and it also discouraged travelling to hot spots.
The airline also said that passengers who show passport stamps or boarding passes to officials relating to international travel will not be penalised when moving during the hours of the curfew.
“We have now made adjustments to our schedule for December 30 and 31. Customers affected are being alerted via SMS and email using the details we received when customers made their bookings,” Flysair said.
Kulula and Mango airlines also announced that they too would reschedule their flight times, re-accommodate their affected customers and communicate with them in due time.
“Due to the reinstatement of the adjusted level 3 lockdown restrictions and newly imposed daily curfew from 9pm-6am, there will be an impact on our flight schedule. Affected customers will be re-accommodated and contacted in due course,” Kulula said.
Yesterday, Mango advised its customers to plan for flight readjustment and to arrive at the airport at their original flight times.
“We understand this has left guests confused as to how their flights may be affected. Please note that airlines have equally been caught off guard in this respect and are working hard to make additional arrangements,” Mango said.
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East Africa Business News
Zambia, IMF Plan on Credit Extension Meet in February
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13 hours agoon
January 22, 2021
Fredson Yamba, Zambia’s Secretary to the Treasury, says his country will next month hold a virtual meeting with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to negotiate an extended credit facility.
The virtual meeting will be held from February 1 to March 3, 2021, Yamba said.
According to Yamba, the meeting comes in the wake of a request by the Zambian government last November for a formal programme and a visit by an IMF team in December.
The meeting will be held under the Extended Credit Facility window which provides financial assistance to countries with protracted balance of payments challenges, a situation which the southern African nation faces.
The programme discussions will centre on the government’s objectives to attain fiscal and debt sustainability and on key pillars in the country’s economic recovery programme, he said in a release.
“In line with the need to stabilise the economy and gain traction on its reform agenda, the government as espoused in the economic recovery programme, 2020-2023, and prior cabinet approvals have prioritised having a formal programme with the IMF,’’ he added.
The talks, he said, will also focus on the need to scale up social protection programmes and undertake the much-needed reforms in the agriculture and energy sectors.
Zambia is seeking a financing agreement with the international lender to tackle its battered economy, which is getting worse by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Business News
Nigeria Bourse Drops N51Bn on MPC Rate Adjustment Fears
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14 hours agoon
January 22, 2021
The Nigerian Stock Exchange market capitalisation on Friday dropped further by N51 billion on sustained profit taking due to fear of rate adjustment by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC).
The MPC of the Central Bank of Nigeria first meeting of year has been slated for Jan. 25 and Jan. 26.
Specifically, the market capitalisation lost N51 billion or 0.24 per cent to close at N21.448 trillion compared with N21.499 trillion posted on Thursday.
Also, the All-Share which opened at 41,099.15 shed 97.16 points or 0.24 per cent to close at 41,001.99.
Mr Ambrose Omordion, the Chief Operating Officer, InvestData Ltd., attributed the persistent bearish trend to fear of likely rate cut by MPC.
“Historically, February is a dicey month for the stock market, despite being the period for early filers of full year earnings reports.
“The recent slow or profit booking is as a result of positive close of 2020 and fear of rate adjustment at the forthcoming MPC meeting, ahead of earnings reporting season,” Omordion said.
He said that the fear was heightened by the latest FGN Bonds which reopened on adjusted and juicier rates for long tenored bonds.
Omordion noted that the relative stability in the market was due to dominance of domestic institutional investors.
An analysis of the price movement chart indicates that 32 stocks recorded price depreciation, relative to 21 gainers.
Lafarge Africa topped the laggards’ table, dropping N1.95 kobo to close at N26 per share.
MRS trailed with N1.20 kobo to close at N11.20 kobo, while Livestock Feeds dipped 28k to close at N2.52 per share.
NEM Insurance lost 26k to close at N2.43, while United Bank for Africa dipped 25k to close at N8.70 per share.
On the other hand, Flour Mills led the gainers’ table, increasing by 40k to close at N32 per share.
NCR followed with 28k to close at N3.12, while Cutix added 20k to close at N2.26 per share.
Champion Breweries garnered 17k to close at N1.95, while United Bank for Africa improved by 10k to close at N5.55 per share.
Also, the volume of shares traded closed lower as investors bought and sold 591.46 million shares valued at N5.07 billion in 5,787 deals.
This was against 1.12 billion shares valued at N6.39 billion exchanged in 7,404 deals on Thursday.
Transcorp was the most active stock, exchanging 169.28 million shares worth N195.89 million.
Japaul Gold followed with an account of 47.28 million shares valued at N44.95 million, while UBA traded 36.64 million shares worth N321.81 million.
FBN Holdings exchanged 34.31 million shares valued at N250.82 million, while Zenith Bank sold 25.71 million shares worth N680.79 million.
West Africa Business News
Chevron Nigeria Denies Responsibility for Bayelsa Oil Spill
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20 hours agoon
January 22, 2021
Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) declared on Friday that reported leaks near its operational areas at Funiwa offshore facilities off the Atlantic coast was not from its facilities.
It even pledged to support regulators in tracing the source.
Fishermen around the Atlantic Ocean coastline reported an oil leak suspected to be from the Funiwa fields on Sunday.
Chevron, the operator of the field, has, however, denied responsibility for the leakage.
Esimaje Brikinn, General-Manager, Policy, Government and Public Affairs, Chevron, in an update, said that the oil firm remained committed to tracing the source of the spill, as part of a joint effort by operators in the area to investigate the leakage.
“The observed spill has been reported by CNL to the appropriate regulatory agencies.
“For spills found within an operator’s operational area, the operator is required to contain the spill, followed by a Joint Investigation Visit by all stakeholders for assessment and further action.
“No spill has been observed within CNL’s operational area, but we are monitoring this incident.
“CNL operates in strict compliance with the relevant laws and regulations governing the Nigerian petroleum industry and remains committed to the safety of people and the environment,’’ he stated.
Chevron and two other companies operate independently near the spill location.
It was gathered that the National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) had summoned all the oil firms operating in the shallow waters near Koluama in Bayelsa in a bid to identify the source of the leaks.
Mr Musa Idris, Director-General, NOSDRA, in a telephone interview, said that the spills regulatory agency would dispatch its officials to the incident site.
Meanwhile, Chief Young Fabby, a community leader in Koluama 1, one of the impacted communities said that a joint team of Bayelsa government officials, oil firms operating in the area have scheduled a visit to the spill site for Friday.
“With the Joint Investigation Team visiting today, more facts will emerge. We are expecting the team to commence clean-up and remediation activities though the incident took place sometime around Saturday and oil discharge noticed since Sunday.
“There was high tidal currents at that time and it spread the oil ashore to the mangroves; we are ready to show the investigation team round when they arrive,” the community leader stated.

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