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Flash Briefing: Covid-19 vaccine blow for SA; cryptocurrencies climb; big week for rand, will Moody's downgrade SA?

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* South Africa said a delivery of 1.1 million Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccines has been delayed pending further safety checks, the latest blow to the country’s stop-start inoculation program.
* The South African Rand faces a potentially big week with a US employment report and Moody’s country rating review expected on Friday., says Reuters.
* BizNews Premium partner The Wall Street Journal says The NFT craze has put Ethereum—the blockchain-based computer network that backs it—on the map again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
3 May 2021 3PM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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