Zoom, booze ban and lending a helping hand: How South Africans are surviving the lockdown

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The SaturdayStar spoke to ordinary South Africans about how they battled through 2020 and how they survived. lockdown

The Saturday Star spoke to ordinary South Africans about how they battled through 2020 and how they survived.The first inkling of what was to come was from a friend Dr G at the funeral of a mutual friend in early March 2020.

So we stayed put in our flat, with our two younger boys. We had internet, so online schooling, work and a bit of social interaction could happen. The early days were quite a positive experience, but as the pandemic grew and the numbers rose, I felt the anxiety of how I would respond to this virus.Wendy was the first to get it when she went home to KZN to check on her elderly mum.She avoided transmitting the virus to her mum or us at the flat, and proved that the prevention protocols, if properly observed, work. Distance, mask up, sanitise.

Parents, children, partners and roommates alike sighed a breath of relief as they hurtled-off leaving behind the tensions of their relationships. We joined online quizzes – hosted as fundraising events for the Community Action Groups that sprung up across Cape Town. Our legislature staff quickly got us organised for online meetings and we were back in committees and sittings of the Western Cape Legislature connecting virtually.

 

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