Each day we are informed by the health ministers and other officials that hundreds of people die each day from this pandemic. Yet we see absolutely nothing being done by the authorities, especially the health department to curb the spread of the pandemic.
I live in Somalia Park and since the outbreak of the pandemic in March, I have not seen a single nurse or doctor addressing the pandemic in my community. All we hear are threats from the minister of police, Bheki Cele.
Our government is supposed to be a caring authority, but all that people have been hearing for almost a year since the outbreak of the virus are threats of death and arrests by our government. Please Mr. Cele, help the citizens of South Africa to fight and protect themselves against the deadly pandemic.
Let us hear more about how victims of the anemic are being provided with help instead of threats to have them jailed for not wearing masks, most of whom cannot afford it because they are unemployed.
Davies Lesiba Marumo
Somalia informal settlement
