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In this episode of Discourse ZA, managing director of Nova Economics Kay Walsh and Professor Ronelle Burger discuss the current status of the COVID19 pandemic in South Africa. Have government decision-makers accomplished what they set out to do? What is the economic impact of the lockdown on South African households? How does one perform an economic cost-benefit analysis when there is so much uncertainty? --- Kay Walsh is the managing director of Nova Economics — a specialist economic and strategy consultancy. Kay is a runner, keen reader, nature-lover, and is passionate about finding ways to promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa. Her focus in recent years has been on developing solutions to business and policy challenges in the energy, financial services, and health sectors. You can follow her on Twitter at @KMBWalsh. Nova Economics: https://novaeconomics.co.za/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/kmbwalsh  --- Ronelle Burger is a professor at the Economics Department of Stellenbosch University. She loves writing, drawing and reading. She also loves her job because it enables her to spend her days designing and assessing programmes and policies to address health inequalities. You can read more about her research findings and papers on the Stellenbosch University’s Economics Department website and you can follow her on Twitter at @Ronelle_B. Research: https://www.ekon.sun.ac.za/rburger Twitter: https://twitter.com/Ronelle_B --- Follow us on Social Media: YouTube: https://bit.ly/2u46Mdy  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/discourseza/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/discourseza  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/discourseza/   Subscribe to the Discourse ZA Podcast: iTunes: https://apple.co/2V5ckEM Stitcher: https://bit.ly/2UILooX Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2vlBwaG RSS feed: https://bit.ly/2VwsTsy