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S. Africa begins ‘unprecedented’ military-patrolled lockdown

Suspects are lined up against a wall as the South African police arrest them because they defied the lockdown order during an operation in Johannesburg. – AFP pic, March 27, 2020.

SOUTH Africa came under a nationwide military-patrolled lockdown today, joining other African countries imposing strict curfews and shutdowns in an attempt to halt the spread of the coronavirus across the continent. Some 57 million people are to be restricted to their homes during South Africa’s three-week total lockdown which began at midnight.

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