Mind the gap: why isn’t social distancing among the poor being policed?

While many middle-class South Africans waited patiently outside the sliding doors of popular retail outlets – trying to keep 1m from each other – the majority of poor South Africans were crammed shoulder to shoulder to access their monthly lifeline.

Coronavirus has revealed that SA’s social inequality is a deadly factor – one that hit home for Bheki Cele.

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