What we learnt from recording acts of kindness as Covid-19 unfolded in SA
Noting people’s selflessness from the start of lockdown has resulted in a book about how many held each other up
In the face of SA’s stark inequalities (https://www.imf.org/en/News/Articles/2020/01/29/na012820six-charts-on-south-africas-persistent-and-multi-faceted-inequality) it was clear many people were likely to fall into even more desperate circumstances once the reality of Covid-19 restrictions set in. Many immediately lost jobs (https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/161431626102808095/pdf/Building-Back-Better-from-COVID-19-with-a-Special-Focus-on-Jobs.pdf#page=12) or saw their businesses collapse (https://businesstech.co.za/news/business/397963/the-numbers-that-tell-the-real-story-about-how-business-is-collapsing-in-south-africa/), and a host of other restrictions led to unprecedented changes in how we lived...
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