South Africa has extended the lockdown until the end of the month.The government says some gains have been made in slowing down the spread of COVID-19.<\/p>\n
But there is widespread concern about the devastating effect the crisis and the lockdown are having on the already struggling economy and the jobs of millions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
South Africa has extended the lockdown until the end of the month.The government says some gains have been made in slowing down the spread of COVID-19. But there is widespread concern about the devastating effect the crisis and the lockdown are having on the already struggling economy and the jobs of millions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":553,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[266,267,249,250],"class_list":["post-549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","tag-africa","tag-business-economy","tag-coronavirus-pandemic","tag-south-africa"],"yoast_head":"\n