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title: "Academic pandemic: matric exams, Covid-19 and lockdown (Video)"
description: "If anything, 2020 was a whirlwind. The cherry on the cake? Leaked matric papers. This isn’t new – but what makes this year different? Street Talk speaks to tertiary students about the ongoing lack of government support and how the pandemic sparked a sense of hyper-vigilance."
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# Academic pandemic: matric exams, Covid-19 and lockdown (Video)

> If anything, 2020 was a whirlwind. The cherry on the cake? Leaked matric papers. This isn’t new – but what makes this year different? Street Talk speaks to tertiary students about the ongoing lack of government support and how the pandemic sparked a sense of hyper-vigilance.

By Street Talk · Published 1 February 2021, 15:51 SAST

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