Gross domestic product in South Africa shrank by more than half from April to June compared with a year earlier, battered by the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, the country's statistics agency said. "South Africa's economy contracted by 51% in Q2 2020" compared with the second quarter of 2019, Statistics South Africa said. The unprecedented fall came after a strict lockdown, imposed on March 27, caused most economic activity to cease. sn/ri