Companies hopes of government intervention during COVID-19 in Southern Africa 2020
Based on an online survey carried out between June and July 2020, 23 percent of the Southern African businesses that took part in the study wished the government provided working capital to firms during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Moreover, access to low-interest loans was the government intervention that 20 percent of the companies wanted to see. On the other hand, 11 percent of the firms wanted the government to delay the payment of bills.
