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Sunday, May 10, 2020

South Africa - Is the lockdown authoritarian creep or ‘proportionate response’? [Daily Maverick, 4 May 2020]

Title:
Is the lockdown authoritarian creep or ‘proportionate response’? 

Author:
Steven Robins

Published:
Daily Maverick, 4 May 2020

From the article:
"Covid-19 has once again revealed that South African society is deeply divided: The middle class who want the opening of the economy and an end to authoritarian restrictions on their personal liberties; and the poor who want jobs, grants and additional welfare state interventions to support their precarious lives."

To read this article:
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-05-04-is-the-lockdown-authoritarian-creep-or-proportionate-response/