Even after further easing of South African lockdown measures last week, a quarter of the economy remains closed. And the impact of the lockdown on unemployment and insolvencies will cause long-lasting economic damage that will hold back the recovery. We now expect that GDP will shrink by 11% over the year as a whole.
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