Well, just as we are back in routine again at last and I've been able to work and write and do some of what I did before... the blessed Minister just announced schools will close for 4 weeks. Marvellous. The teen only gets two weeks off however.
I feel like singing "Life is fun" which is the youngest's favourite song right now. Gotta make the most of it.
I'm feeling grrrr.
It might also be the glimpse into Khayelitsha today, full of people who would ordinarily be working, or at school. The smoke from shacks that burned down. The melted tar on the roads from protests. Plastic tied to stakes, waving in the wind to mark out land grabs. The scrawny dogs nosing around for food. The eyes watching me as I delivered aid for a family, silently commenting "you are not like us".
There is injustice in it all. The corona shows the crumble.
The 2020 mid-year population estimate has SA at 59,6 million people (http://www.statssa.gov.za/?p=13453). Including me.
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