Ten must-read Covid-19 articles of the week
From confusion over cigarettes and alcohol to the humanitarian disaster that may await Africa when the pandemic is over, the news was not all good
1. The growing unease at the use of the Disaster Management Act to limit freedom of movement and ban the sale of alcohol and tobacco products has led to a change in the discourse around the Covid-19 lockdown. Residents questioned it from day one, businesses soon followed, but, as Michael Fridjhon writes (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/national/2020-05-07-news-analysis-tobacco-and-alcohol-bans-wilt-under-constitutional-scrutiny/), even legal experts have now joined in.
2. Businesses and workers are already buckling under the lockdown, but the uncertainty of what awaits us over the long term has led to some proposing fundamental changes. “It’s time to think creatively about what we can do and where we can take our country, continent and planet,” writes former deputy finance minister Mcebisi Jonas (https://www.businesslive.co.za/fm/features/cover-story/2020-05-07-mcebisi-jonas-africa-faces-horrifying-humanitarian-disaster/)...
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