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Bridgestone’s Port Elizabeth tyre plant will close on 15 November – Port Elizabeth in the News

3 November 2020 By Port Elizabethan

Bridgestone’s Port Elizabeth tyre plant will close on 15 November: Bridgestone’s Port Elizabeth tyre plant will close on 15 November. Efforts by Eastern Cape premier Oscar Mabuyane to try to avert the closure of Bridgestone’s 84-year-old tyre plant in Port Elizabeth …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

Bridgestone closes Port Elizabeth plant – 252 workers affected: Bridgestone South Africa (BSAF) has finalised the process to close down its tyre manufacturing plant in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape. The plant’s last day of operation will be 15 November, and follows …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

Bridgestone closes Port Elizabeth plant: B The plant’s last day of operation will be 15 November. This follows a consultation with workers and unions. In August, the company announced its proposal to close the Port Elizabeth facility and …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

PE Flying Squad arrest well known gang leader: Port Elizabeth: Media Statement South African Police Service Office of the Provincial Commissioner Eastern Cape PORT ELIZABETH – A well known gang leader was arrested on Sunday evening, 01 November 2020 by PE Flying …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

Aspen agrees to vaccine manufacturing deal with Johnson and Johnson: Aspen Pharmacare said on Monday it had reached a preliminary agreement with Johnson & Johnson to commercially manufacture its Covid-19 vaccine candidate, sending its shares higher.
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

Hard life for Fairview’s horse grooms: They want the government to provide services to their informal settlement but it’s on private land. Nevertheless there is hope that a pending land transfer will change things …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

Myrtle the flying turtle touches down in PE: The green turtle was discovered last week stranded on the East London shore by extreme adventurer Peter van Kets and his daughter and, thanks to a collective effort, she made it through to the experts …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

Aspen agrees to make Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine in South Africa: Africa’s biggest drugmaker has the capacity to produce 300 million doses a year at the plant in Port Elizabeth if the shot is approved, the company said in a statement on Monday. J&J’s experimental …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

South African firm Aspen Pharmacare and Johnson & Johnson strike vaccine deal: In a statement issued on Monday, Aspen said that if ongoing trials bring international health authorities to endorse the J&J vaccine as effective and safe, it would be produced at Aspen”s …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.


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