“We are not coping, to be honest, but there is nothing we can do” – Although families are scared of Covid-19 and are staying at home, they want schools to open so that the children will get something to eat
Although families are scared of Covid-19 and are staying inside at home, they want schools to open so that the children will get something to eat
Gubevu, a pensioner who survives on the government’s R1 860 old-age grant, said the meal his children received at school relieved some pressure as they did not have enough resources to provide enough food for their children. We are sometimes forced to get food from the local shops on credit because we cannot allow our children to starve while we are waiting for social grants to be paidGubevu said it was easier during school term as he and his wife would sit at home without eating much, only having a cup of tea every now and then. But now, since the children were at home all the time, they had to ensure there was food.
“But as a family we can’t wait for schools to be reopened so that the children can go back to school and life can get back to normal again.” “Sometimes you don’t know whether they are really hungry or just bored. My youngest child opens the fridge, takes whatever she wants and eats. Mbokodo’s family of seven – her three sisters, aged 33, 30 and 14, and three children, aged 12, 11 and four – had an income of only R1 720 in child-support grants for all the children.
“My sister is now stuck here at home and cannot go to sell in Johannesburg as before. I just hope our government will look after us and make a plan about getting us food,” Mbokodo said.
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