Economic downturn hurts South Africa’s migrant workers

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Food prices in South Africa are up. Crops yields are down. Tourism and migration are virtually nonexistent. John McDermott, the Africa correspondent for The Economist, takes us there. His story comes to us from “The Intelligence” podcast from Economist Radio.

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