COVID-19 and the labour market: Estimating the effects of South Africa’s national lockdown
Timothy Köhler, Haroon Bhorat, Robert Hill and Benjamin Stanwix
23 April 2021
By the end of November 2020, South Africa accounted for the highest number of confi rmed cases per capita – with approximately 800 000 cumulative cases, representing over a third (36%) of total cases on the continent. In response, like most governments around the world, South Africa implemented a national lockdown to prepare the necessary health infrastructure as well as to delay and minimise the spread of the virus.
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