South Africa and the rest of sub-Saharan Africa are in the midst of 'a perilous moment', according to the IMF. The snail's pace of vaccinations and the fastest growth in infections in the world is widening the 'dangerous divergence' in the global economy.
The race to vaccinate and achieve Covid-19 resilience and thus economic resilience continues apace. Sadly, the rate at which South Africa and the rest of sub-Saharan Africa are vaccinating is now by far the slowest in what is becoming a three-speed global vaccination roll-out.
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