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Covid-19 studies paint horrifying picture of jobs, food crisis

16 July 2020 - 06:00

By Ernest Mabuza

An elderly woman sits among hundreds of people standing in line to collect food parcels at the Iterileng Informal settlement near Laudium in Pretoria on May 20.

Image: Sebabatso Mosamo/Sunday Times An elderly woman sits among hundreds of people standing in line to collect food parcels at the Iterileng Informal settlement near Laudium in Pretoria on May 20.

A dozen academic papers have laid bare the damage wrought by Covid-19 on employment, healthcare and food security.

This the grim breakdown.

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