Business calls for quick move to level 2 as a matter of urgency

Business has proposed SA move quickly to open virtually the entire economy, the latest sign of souring sentiment in boardrooms over a national lockdown that threatens cascading corporate failures.

"We need to accelerate economic activity as a matter of urgency," Martin Kingston,  an executive member of Business for SA (B4SA), which was formed in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak to assist the government with policy responses, told Business Day on Sunday...