When the reality of life under lockdown began to hit South Africans in March last year, we responded much as many other people in the world – we binge-watched Netflix; made sourdough starters and a host of baked goods we never thought we could before; dusted off the recipe books; learned to navigate the technical glitches of Zoom calls and waited in expectation for our weekly “family gatherings”, where we hoped President Cyril Ramaphosa would finally have some good news...