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Social sciences, humanities equally at heart in fighting crisis

TOMORROW marks 339 days of lock-down in South Africa. While almost 1.5 million people have been infected by Covid-19 and 50 000 have succumbed to the virus, the arrival of the approved vaccines in the country have also brought a ray of hope and to date almost 40 000 people have been vaccinated.

Undoubtedly, the effects on the country have been devastating

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