Various philanthropic entities linked to billionaire Allan Gray have made R180m available to assist with the economic, educational and medical shortages created by the coronavirus pandemic.
Farr said each entity would have its own area of responsibility, aligned to its specific mandate.
According to the group, in the first phase of the donation, the following immediate funding will be made available: R50m to support small businesses dealing with the fallout from Covid-19; R10m to fund a Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey - a survey of a nationally representative sample of 10,000 South Africans every month over the next six months, helping to create a six-wave panel survey to track changes in social and economic outcomes over the period; and
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