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Africa Faces ‘Hunger Pandemic’ as Coronavirus Destroys Jobs, Fuels Poverty

24 April 2020 by Alan

Cape Town in the news:

  • Africa Faces ‘Hunger Pandemic’ as Coronavirus Destroys Jobs, Fuels Poverty: Africa as a whole currently has more than 27,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus, with more than 1,300 deaths, according to the African Centre for Disease Control and Prevention.: “Cape Town” – BingNews
  • COVID-19 LIVE UPDATES | Four new Covid-19 deaths, toll rises to 79: The City of Cape Town has tried to draw those living on the streets to its controversial temporary shelter in Strandfontein amid the Covid-19 pandemic. But, a group of 60 people who occupied an empty …: “Cape Town” – BingNews
  • Mboweni says he will table new budget, press ahead with structural reforms: CAPE TOWN – Finance Minister Tito Mboweni on Friday confirmed that he would soon table a revised budget to provide for Covid-19 emergency health and socio-economic relief measures and vowed to …: “Cape Town” – BingNews
  • Ultramarathon Man Struck by COVID-19: It May Be Better to Die: CAPE TOWN, South Africa – When he fell ill following a routine operation, no-one suspected Hector Elliot had come down with COVID-19. The 47-year-old runner of ultra-marathons is not the type of …: “Cape Town” – BingNews

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