South Africa leader faces thorny test over virus lockdown
South African children sit 2m apart as they wait for a meal in the informal settlement of Masincedane, which is a beneficiary of the 9 Miles Project and Hope Southern Africa Covid-19 feeding scheme in Cape Town. – EPA pic, May 31, 2020.
ADMIRED by some but berated by others for imposing a tight lockdown, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa faces a fresh leadership test over his handling of the Covid-19 outbreak. Africa’s most industrialised nation is preparing to reopen its economy tomorrow as it moves into level three of a five-tier lockdown, in force since March 27, sowing bitter divisions.
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