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Virus lockdown plunges South Africa deeper into recession

by Associated Press
| September 9, 2020 12:03 AM

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s economy has sunk deeper into recession, with its gross domestic product for the second quarter of 2020 plummeting by 51%, largely as a result of COVID-19 and the country's strict lockdown, according to statistics released Tuesday.

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