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South African state of COVID-affairs, cocoa wars

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s speech to the nation last night suggests that, for now at least, the government is continuing to prioritise the economy over battling a second wave of COVID-19. Meanwhile, West African cocoa producers and major chocolatiers are locked in a war of words that threatens to upend the cocoa market.

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