FREE | These are the local stalwarts working hard to keep SA running during the coronavirus disaster
Firefighter Sipho Ngubane helps put out a fire from an overturned truck on Kliprivier Drive in Glenvista, south of Johannesburg, on the sixth day of the national lockdown. 'I have been serving South Africa for 20 years as a firefighter, and I'm proud to work during the lockdown.'While most of us are at home during the national lockdown, some South Africans are putting their lives at risk by providing an essential service.
Despite the possibility of being exposed to the coronavirus, these heroes are working hard to keep SA running during this period of national disaster. “If you can just stay at home for us, I’m so hopeful we will win this fight. We will overcome this,” said Kholofelo Chauke, a nurse who tests South Africans for Covid-19.Vusi Zwane, 39, David Zwane 42, Tony Tshabalala, 39, and Tebogo Motswedisa, 32, collect refuse in the Johannesburg CBD. 'We are working hard here to make Joburg clean and corona free,' Motswedisa says proudly, his smile visible through a protective mask.
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