Food Parcels

While fighting the Covid-19 pandemic, graft and mismanagement continues unabated, leaving civil society bewildered and angry

“Each day of this lockdown highlights our broken, and uneven society. What we cannot do is retreat into our silos and see the world solely from our view of it. “

If the government relaxes its total ban, there’s more chance of people modifying their behaviour, for example, not sharing cigarettes or drinking from the same bottle

Northern Cape residents who receive social grants say they’re being excluding from receiving food assistance packages

Readers write in about the black middle class, and food parcels.

A large section of the electorate feels handouts are tantamount to vote buying – except for the perception that the practice is not that effective.