Business Cheers Plans to Reopen South Africa’s Economy
- Easing of lockdown will allow 8 million people back to work
- Lockdown grows unsustainable in face of mounting job losses
Commuters walk through the Rea-Vaya Thokoza Park bus station in Johannesburg, on May 14.
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South African business leaders lauded the government’s plan to substantially ease a nationwide lockdown that’s crippled the economy, even as the number of the coronavirus cases grows exponentially.