<span style="color: #222222;">In South Africa, the workers took to the streets in Pretoria to protest against rising inflation and power cuts.<br />''<br />''Local media reports, that hundreds of people marched toward the President's House.  The protesters called on President Cyril Ramaphosa and his government to bring rising prices and the rising cost of living under control. </span><br />''<br />''The trade unions also blame the government for the cracks in the economy. South Africa was hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic with an estimated 2 million jobs lost, bringing its unemployment rate up to 35 percent. Inflation has hit 7.8 percent and the soaring cost of fuel has led to rolling blackouts as the state-owned power company Eskom struggles to meet electricity demands.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">The national statistics agency said that the price of food and nonalcoholic beverages had gone up 9.7 percent and electricity tariffs were up 7.5 percent.</span><br />