Third COVID wave upends fragile South Africa | Curio

Third COVID wave upends fragile South Africa

12 mins | Jul 28, 2021

A warning for the developing world. Fuelled by the pandemic’s effect on its largely unvaccinated population and the corresponding economic fallout, South Africa is seeing the worst rioting since 1994. Gabriele Steinhauser and Joe Parkinson explore how the COVID-19 elevated the frustrations of an impoverished majority to an explosive level.

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