South Africa: The Six Mega Challenges Testing Leaders At a Time of National and Global Crisis

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The COVID-19 pandemic is an extreme crisis that puts government under severe pressure. It puts the political judgement of the president or prime minister under the most intense spotlight. Not since the height of the Cold War have the stakes been higher.

The constitutional and governance dilemmas are acute, with especially thorny dilemmas that concern the limitation of civil liberties. The judgement of political leaders will be crucial in determining how well society will cope with the pandemic and how quickly it will recover - with myriad profound social, economic, cultural and constitutional implications, and life and death consequences.

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