The South African government’s decision this week to provide no further debt guarantees to state-owned lender Land Bank underscores the mounting pressure on the public purse. And even with some positive news on the vaccine front this week, African policymakers still face the prospect of slow and limited vaccine roll-out that will hold back economic recoveries.
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