Friday marked the first of a few unhappy anniversaries with regards to the country’s encounter with Covid-19. It was on March 5 that the first case was detected in SA. Three weeks later the country was in total lockdown.

On the economic and health front, the impact has been devastating. On Saturday, the number of confirmed cases stood at about 1.5-million, with more than 50,000 people having died. ..

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