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South Africa is one of the hardest-hit countries in Africa with over 740,000 infections.

The country recorded 60 more virus-related deaths on Wednesday, bringing the death toll to 20,011.

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Massmart said it had lost at least R5.7 billion of sales because of Covid-19 restrictions by 27 September.

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