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South Africa: COVID-19 Lockdown Exposes Fault Lines of Inequality
Daily Maverick, 6 May 2020
Stark contrasts emerging from the first days of Level 4 lockdown highlight the extreme disparities that form the foundations of South African society. Read more »
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South Africa: COVID-19 - a Hard Truth - Poverty Kills
Daily Maverick, 6 May 2020
Covid-19 is the great leveller. Or is it? As a friend of mine said recently, "With Covid-19, we're all in the same storm - but not the same boat." Veteran health and gender rights… Read more »
COVID-19 Lockdown Exposes Inequality, Poverty in Africa
Stark contrasts emerging from the first days of Level 4 lockdown highlight the extreme disparities that form the foundations of South African society, write Carin Runciman, Charles Hongoro, Narnia Bohler-Muller and Kate Alexander for the Daily Maverick. This comes after the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa said the outbreak aggravates the plight of women on the continent.
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As the number of COVID-19 cases continues to rise in Africa and Southern Asia, and the global economy enters a synchronized recession unseen since the Second World War, the world's ... Read more »
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The COVID-19 outbreak has set off the first recession in the Sub-Saharan Africa region in 25 years, according to the latest World Bank analysis of the region's economies. The ... Read more »
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The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), in a new report on the coronavirus pandemic, says over 300,000 Africans could lose their lives due t Read more »
