Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio.

I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

Different countries have dealt in different ways during the pandemic with exams for their students,

postponing or plowing ahead, curtailing or cancelling.

We dig through the results and emerge with a broader view of the merits of high-stakes tests.

And as COVID's economic effects have started to bite in South Africa, an existing problem has gotten far worse.

Livestock theft.

There's a thriving market for those in the know, and after a bit of rebranding and reselling, it all looks a bit like cow laundering.

But first...

In Paris this weekend, police fired tear gas at protesters.

But violent clashes with police weren't limited to the capitals.

Demonstrations have grown since two videos

showing alleged police brutality emerged last week.

Later today, the Interior Minister, responsible for the police,

will face a parliamentary hearing into the violence.

What's fed the anger is a bill currently being debated

that would make it illegal to post or broadcast videos or photos of police if that posting is with malevolent intent.

It would bolster protections for the country's police, but it comes after a year in which police violence, both in France and around the world, has been brought to light through

videos.

Tens of thousands of people took to the streets despite lockdown, not just in Paris, but in cities

all over the country.

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