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By Reuters Staff 1 Min Read A man walks past a closed branch of South African drug retailer Clicks in Cape Town, South Africa, September 9, 2020. REUTERS/Sumaya Hisham JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African drugstore chain Clicks Group said on Thursday group turnover rose by 7.8% in the 21-weeks ended Jan. 24 and it has decided to close its entertainment business Musica with effect from May 31. Group turnover rose to 14.6 billion rand ($955.24 million), as customers focused on preventative healthcare to boost their resistance levels with immunity-building vitamins and supplements. ($1 = 15....

The health department is set to release a storage and distribution tender for Covid-19 vaccines. This is for phases 2 and 3 of the vaccine rollout. The first batch of SA's vaccines are expected to arrive on 1 February. The Department of Health will issue a tender to store and distribute Covid-19 vaccines on 5 February, it said on Thursday, in an effort to speed up a vaccine rollout that opposition leaders and scientists have said is too slow. The qualifying bidders would be involved in phases 2 and 3 of the country's vaccine programme, the department's director-general, Sandile Buthelezi, tol...

SA to issue Covid-19 vaccine storage, distribution tender In an effort to speed up a vaccine rollout that opposition leaders and scientists have said is too slow. By Nqobile Dludla, Reuters 28 Jan 2021  13:50  Image: Bloomberg South Africa’s health ministry will issue a tender to store and distribute Covid-19 vaccines on February 5, it said on Thursday, in an effort to speed up a vaccine rollout that opposition leaders and scientists have said is too slow. The qualifying bidders will be involved in phase two and phase three of the country’s vaccine programme, Director General Sandi...

South Africa's Clicks Group said on Thursday it had decided to close its Musica entertainment business due to the shift to digital consumption of music, movies and games, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

With the cheaper, more efficient option of streaming content being on the market, compact disc sales will never be the same. (Photo: Jan Hakan Dahlstrom/ Getty) Musica has for the last 29 years been South Africa’s leading music and entertainment retailer. Its operation will, however, come to an end in the first quarter of 2021.  There’s more to this story Subscribe to News24 and get access to our exclusive journalism and features today. Subscribe