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The fight continues
Restrictions imposed over the past 2 years brought most economic activity to a standstill and plunged millions of South Africans into unemployment. | LEON LESTRADE African News Agency (ANA)
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Hairdresser Delso Phacule, from Soweto, and Patricia Mdingi, from Durban (below), were among the millions of small business owners hard hit by the pandemic. | NOKUTHULA MBATHA | SHELLEY KJONSTAD African News Agency (ANA)
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