Economics

South African Businesses’ Pain From Coronavirus Lockdown in Charts

A pedestrian crosses a road in the the Central Business District of Johannesburg on April 6.

Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg
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South Africa’s economy has effectively been shut for almost four weeks by a national lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus and the impact on businesses and their workers is dire.