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. 
Pa anthu 20 aliwonse pa anthu 100 mu athu okwanira 4500 omwe anatenga nawo gawo mu kafukufuku anati iwo anakhala opanda ntchito chifukwa cha mliliwu ndipo anthu 37 pa anthu 100 aliwonse anakakamizidwa kusiya kapena kuima pa maphunziro awo. Pa anthu 8 ena aliwonse pa anthu 100 anatsitsilidwa malipilo. ndipo anthu 18aliwonse pa anthu 100 anabwerera kwawo komanso anthu 10 aliwonse pa 100 anati amayenera kusamalira abale awo kutengera pa zotsatira za kafukufuku yemwe anatumidwa ndi bungwe la ku Johannesburg la Chikowitz Family Foundation lomwe emwe anayambitsa bungweli, Ivor amayendetsa gulu lalikulu lazomangazmanga.