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CapeTalk listener
The economic and social costs of the lockdown are becoming apparent.
For days on end now, Cape Town has been struggling with land invasions on a scale that feels unprecedented.
In Dunoon, Mfuleni, Strand, Khayelitsha, Kraaifontein and elsewhere – it’s happening all at once.
Every day, there’s a report of stores being looted, and cars being stoned – it’s beginning to appear anarchic.
Is Covid-19 a perfect storm for social and political unrest in South Africa, one of the most unequal societies in the world?
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'Cape Town seems overwhelmed by land invasions. That’s not how you govern!'
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'In South Africa right now children are starving, eating wild plants to survive'
Lester Kiewit interviews policing policy analyst Eldrid de Klerk.
… cannot survive a continued lockdown… for those who lost jobs; [where will] tomorrow’s meal come from? …
Eldrid de Klerk, policing policy analyst
… it [land invasions] seems to be an orchestrated campaign, to the benefit of only a few…
Eldrid de Klerk, policing policy analyst
Listen to the interview in the audio below.
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