CORONAVIRUS OP-ED: Micro kindnesses are laying the foundations for a transformed South Africa By Jess Auerbach
I returned to South Africa in December 2019, after a decade away which included a US PhD. My partner and I had planned to move into our home on 31 March 2020, but one of the strictest national lockdowns was announced of all the global roll-outs, and we were stranded.
By chance, the next day we met our “new” elderly neighbour in the complex we were moving into. When she heard what had happened, with no questions asked and having known us for only a few minutes, she offered us the keys to her home. As she was living alone, she had decided to spend the lockdown with relatives. Within a few days, my mind put itself back together, my hands stopped bleeding from stress and I was able to return to my research.
And yet there are also other sides to the experience. People are now in contact who in normal circumstances would never know of the other’s existence. Urgently formed Community Action Networks are linking not only neighbours, but neighbourhoods in ways that bridge the divides of apartheid urban planning.
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