Nearly 20% of the 4,500 respondents said they became unemployed because of the pandemic and 37% were forced to stop or pause their education. Another 8% saw their pay docked, 18% had to move back home and 10% said they had to care for family members, according to the survey, which was commissioned by the Johannesburg-based Ichikowitz Family Foundation, whose founder, Ivor Ichikowitz, runs Paramount Group, an aerospace, security and military contractor.
Abagera kuri 20% babajijwe 4.500 bavuze ko babaye abashomeri kubera icyorezo naho 37% bahatirwa guhagarika cyangwa guhagarika amashuri. Abandi 8% bahagarikiwe umushahara , 18% bagombaga kuguma mu rugo naho 10% bakavuga ko bagomba kwita ku bagize umuryango, nk'uko ubushakashatsi bwashyizwe ahagaragara na Fondasiyo ya Ichikowitz ikorera mu mujyi wa Johannesburg, washinze Ivor Ichikowitz i Paramount Group ibigaragaza, habayeho ihindagurika ry'ikirere, umutekano muke  hamwe no kubura ba rwiyemezamirimo.