The political protest quickly devolved, becoming an outlet for the frustrations of an impoverished majority long shut out of the country’s economy. South Africa is struggling to emerge from a record contraction of 7% last year. Each surge of Covid-19 and the subsequent lockdowns are putting more pressure on the divided nation, where 43% of workers were without a job at the end of March.

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://www.biovolttech.org/post/third-covid-wave-upends-fragile-south-africa-a-warning-for-developing-world