The coronavirus outbreak is first and foremost a human tragedy, affecting hundreds of thousands of people. It is also having a growing impact on the global economy.

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The pandemic will strengthen the state and reinforce nationalism. Governments of all types will adopt emergency measures to manage the crisis, and many will be loath to relinquish these new powers when the crisis is over.

The COVID-19 outbreak has had profound impacts on everyday life and caused great concern about what lies ahead. The farm and food sectors have already been strongly affected and there is much more to come.

The COVID-19 pandemic is fast changing the way we live our lives, without exception.

With the current outbreak of the coronavirus disease, COVID-19, global attention has been drawn to the significant health risks posed by eating wild animals. As the number of infections from the coronavirus exploded in China, the outbreak was linked to a live animal and seafood market in Jianghan District, Wuhan. The specific animal source and mode of initial transmission are not yet known.

The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reports that Covid-19's negative impacts will lead to a worldwide food crisis unless measures are taken fast to mitigate the pandemic's effects across the food system.

Food supplies shouldn't be too badly affected, but social restrictions will make it hard for many to buy and access food.

Cyril Ramaphosa believes a Chinese-style lockdown to be both effective and necessary. For all his infatuation with the Chinese surveillance state, however, South Africa does not have the means to duplicate it, nor is it able to copy rich-world alternatives to a lockdown. Is he destroying the economy for nothing?

Millions of family farmers across Africa are facing economic devastation as COVID-19 pandemic disrupts exports and global food supply chains. This is according to the Impact of Coronavirus on Africa's Agriculture April 2020 report released by Selina Wamucii that gives a most-recent and ground-up perspective on how the pandemic is affecting African farmers.

As consumers in the Global North complain about grocery stores stripped of staples, African nations are mobilising to get basic food supplies to their most vulnerable citizens during the COVID-19 lockdown.

The coronavirus pandemic has laid many things bare, none more so than how interconnected our world is. The impact of globalization is most obvious in the stuttering supply chains that threaten food security worldwide. Maintaining or reweaving these webs is going to take technology, innovation and political determination.

We are witnessing a global economic collapse without precedent in modern times. As investors we must think about what the world will look like when the pandemic has passed. This is difficult to do because the information we have is so uncertain and fragmentary. Sandy McGregor offers his thoughts on some of the features of the post-pandemic world.

Warren Buffets brutal adage that ‘only when the tide goes out can you see who is swimming naked’ seems especially true during this current crisis.

It seems as if the whole world is shutting down. Traveling is limited, and many schools have closed.

“Among the things we’ve learnt this week, perhaps we should add that South Africans love a good speech.

It’s been a nerve-racking few years for the traditional vehicle industry given the surge of ride-hailing start-ups and the expansion of Tesla.

E-commerce gives a signal as to how African farmers will access markets in the future.

They’re in global headlines every day.

Africa has so far escaped the worst health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic.