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The hidden victims of the South African shutdown

8 December 2021

5:52 AM

8 December 2021

5:52 AM

I sit in a National Park in South Africa, looking at an empty restaurant in which a robust staff, hired on for the peak international travel season, stand idle and bored. Many will likely be let go next week as the tourism declines yet again. Many were out of work for a year and only just hired back.

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