Shack tactics: Covid-hit townships need a leg-up, not more red tape
The missing link is an enabling state to harness the energy and resourcefulness of locals with money-spinning ideas
04 October 2020 - 17:22
Evidence from the National Income Dynamics Study – Coronavirus Rapid Mobile (Nids-Cram) survey shows just how hard the Covid-19 lockdown has hit poor communities. Unemployment among people living in urban townships and informal settlements appears to have more than doubled. Almost half of households thus ran out of money to buy food, causing extensive hunger and social distress...
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