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How Did COVID-19 Border Closures Between South Africa and Zimbabwe Impact Informal Cross-Border Traders?

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How COVID‑19 Border Closures Affected Zimbabwean Traders Opening: Lives Interrupted On 15 March 2020, Beitbridge Border Post — the key land‐border crossing between South Africa and Zimbabwe — effectively sealed for non‑essential human traffic when 35 of South Africa’s 53 land borders were closed to limit the spread of COVID‑19. ACCORD+2News24+2This seemingly technical public‐health decision rippled into the lives […]

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