The International Monetary Fund board has announced it has approved a massive increase in its ability to provide interest-free loans to low income countries to help them recover from the Covid-19 pandemic's economic destruction

The International Monetary Fund board has announced it has approved a massive increase in its ability to provide interest-free loans to low income countries to help them recover from the Covid-19 pandemic’s economic destruction

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22 July 2021

Liesl is the Smile 90.4FM News Manager. She has been at Smile since 2016, with nearly 20 years experience in the radio industry, including reading news, field reporting and producing. In 2008 she won the Vodacom Journalist of the Year Award, Western Cape region. liesl@smile904.fm

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