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Covering covid-19 in Africa: ‘The virus cannot stop this life and energy’ – The Guardian
The Guardian’s Africa correspondent on life in a country that has fought and faced down more than one epidemic
In the evening I went for a run, down to the gate from my guesthouse, past a huddle of round huts and through the fields of sugar cane to the lake. A dog barked, a child howled, someone laughed, and tinny music played somewhere in the gathering darkness.
Eshowe, a small town in South Africas KwaZulu-Natal province, is a place of astonishing natural beauty. The run did not last long. I stopped and watched as weavers, glossy starlings and sunbirds swooped through the trees, catching the last rays…
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