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Coronavirus: South Africa's economic victims

Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.

The spread of coronavirus around the world is massively damaging business. With so many countries relying on exports to China, the economic impact of coronavirus has been huge. In South Africa, we find that parts of the fishing industry are battling to survive.

Plus, Saudi Arabia has announced it is suspending the Umrah pilgrimage to Mecca because of fears over Coronavirus.

And Liberia's government imposes a nine-fold increase in taxes on its fisherman, that it deems fair, but the fishermen say is too much.

(Photo: South African fishermen on a boat. Credit: BBC)

53 minutes

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Wed 4 Mar 202017:06GMT

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  • Wed 4 Mar 202017:06GMT

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