The Coronavirus has highlighted all the cracks in an economy that does not have the muscle to withstand an ongoing lockdown.
Debate is raging around what President Cyril Ramaphosa and his government are going to do after the initial 21-day period. Will they extend the lockdown or reopen the economy?
Political analysts, Professor Richard Calland and Lawson Naidoo of the Paternoster Group, share their insights around the country’s lock down, and offer four scenarios and their likelihood of happening, as the government weighs the costs and benefits of extending the lockdown.