Some African governments are enforcing lockdowns brutally

Stay home or be whipped


DURING APARTHEIDThe EconomistThe Economist Today in South Africa, policemen who wanted to control crowds often reached for the —a vicious, three-foot-long whip traditionally made of rhino hide. That symbol of brutality was banned in 1989. But it is back in use as police enforce a 21-day lockdown meant to slow the spread of covid-19.

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