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HealthSouth Africa

South Africa re-opens

Adrian Kriesch
May 19, 2022

South Africa was the only country on the continent to provide financial support to unemployed people. For some, the monthly assistance of 20 euros let them launch a new business. Including one man who opened an ice cream parlor in Soweto Township.

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