'Lockdown still hitting SA citizens hard financially'
CATEGORY: Media and COVID-19
DATE: 30 October 2020
AUTHOR: Head Topics
DATE: 30 October 2020
AUTHOR: Head Topics
While the general economic impact of Covid-19 in South Africa has received much attention, citizens have expressed “strong concerns” about the financial consequences of the pandemic according to the democracy survey conducted by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC).
The survey, the second the HSRC has done with the University of Johannesburg (UJ) since the start of the lockdown, found 87% of South Africans were “very concerned about the financial situation of all citizens, while 85% voiced strong concerned for themselves”.
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