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South Africa extends relief grants to help poor amid virus

by Mogomotsi Magome
| October 15, 2020 10:06 AM

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced Thursday that his government will extend relief grants to 6 million of the country’s unemployed who have been hurt by the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 outbreak.

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