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Vol 61 No 13

Published 25th June 2020


South Africa

Making free with repression

After a strong start mobilising people against the pandemic, Ramaphosa faces multiple complaints against the security forces and a looming economic meltdown

Civil rights activists, opposition politicians and business leaders are mounting legal and moral challenges to the lockdown, claiming it is being used as a cover for human rights violations and corruption. Ten weeks of emergency restrictions are undermining the social contract.

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