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Coronavirus: Photo Essay

13 days of lockdown in pictures

It has been 13 days since President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announced lockdown took effect bringing South Africa from Port Elizabeth to Musina and Stompneus Bay to Butterworth to a grinding halt. The lockdown has sent the entire country into physical distancing and isolation. For the privileged and those with secure jobs, the impact has been an inconvenience where some of the biggest moans have been no surfing or walking dogs. For the poor the impact has been less access to piece jobs, food and shelter. We share below a selection of photos from around the country, telling a small part of the story in images from great photographers. We will continue to share photo essays as the story of our country is shared in images.
13 days of lockdown in pictures A South African resident of Ocean View Nadia Petersen poses for a photograph after her feeding program finished for the day in Ocean View, Cape Town. Petersen started the feeding program from her home in Ocean View which is one of the gang and crime hot spots in the city. Many impoverished residents rely on the one meal a day they receive from her due to the lack of jobs caused by the lockdown. Donations for Nadia Petersen's feeding scheme have been received from individuals across Cape Town who bring it to her home at 21 Mzar Crescent Ocean View.(Photo: EPA-EFE/NIC BOTHMA)
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Displaced people who were moved from all around the Western Cape on 5 April 2020 to a temporary shelter at Strandfontein Sports Field in Cape Town. (Photo: Gallo Images / Brenton Geach)
A general view of displaced people who were moved from all around the Western Cape to a temporary shelter at Strandfontein Sports Field in Cape Town.  (Photo: Gallo Images/Brenton Geach)
epa08341143 Homeless people wait for food to arrive as part of an outreach with an NGO at the informal settlement called "Marikana' on day 8 of the 21 day national lockdown following President Cyril Ramaphosa declaration of a National Disaster as a result of Covid-19 Coronavirus, Pretoria, South Africa, 03 April 2020. There are an estimated 10 000 homeless in Pretoria area. The national lockdown declared by President Ramaphosa on 23 March 2020 will start Thursday 26 March 2020 at midnight and continue for 21 days.(Photo: EPA-EFE/KIM LUDBROOK)
Displaced people wait for food to arrive as part of an outreach with an NGO at the informal settlement called "Marikana'. There are an estimated 10 000 homeless in Pretoria area. (Photo: EPA-EFE/KIM LUDBROOK)
Homeless men eat breakfast at a homeless shelter in the Municipal hall in Lyttelton on day-8 of the 21 day national lockdown.(Photo: EPA-EFE/KIM LUDBROOK)
Displaced men eat breakfast at a homeless shelter in the Municipal hall in Lyttelton. There are an estimated 10 000 homeless in Pretoria area. (Photo: EPA-EFE/KIM LUDBROOK)
epa08340495 Homeless man Werner Wolter (58) reads a book in the back of one of the two cars he lives in with his partner Vanessa, for the past month near a railway track in Lyttelton on day-8 of the 21 day national lockdown following President Cyril Ramaphosa declaration of a National Disaster as a result of Covid-19 Coronavirus, Pretoria, South Africa, 03 April 2020. Werner and thousands of others are amongst the most vulnerable to the effects of the Covid-19 Coronavirus not having safe environment's to live in for the national lockdown. There are an estimated 10 000 homeless in Pretoria area. The national lockdown declared by President Ramaphosa on 23 March 2020 took effect from 26 March 2020 at midnight and continue for 21 days.(Photo: EPA-EFE/KIM LUDBROOK)
Werner Wolter (58) reads a book in the back of one of the two cars he lives in with his partner Vanessa, for the past month near a railway track in Lyttelton. Werner and thousands of others are amongst the most vulnerable to the effects of the Covid-19 not having safe environment's to live in for the national lockdown. (Photo: EPA-EFE/KIM LUDBROOK)
epa08340459 South African Yogi Marcelle Webster teaches her students via an online yoga class in Cape Town, South Africa, 02 April 2020. Yogi Marcelle Webster took her business online at the start of the increased movement restrictions by government and has seen a rise in new students as more and more South Africans in lockdown seek means of staying healthy mentally and physically. The South African government is enforcing a 21 day total lockdown to try stem the spread of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 which causes the Covid-19 disease.(Photo: EPA-EFE/NIC BOTHMA) ATTENTION: This Image is part of a PHOTO SET
South African Yogi Marcelle Webster teaches her students via an online yoga class in Cape Town. Webster took her business online at the start of the increased movement restrictions by government and has seen a rise in new students as more and more South Africans in lockdown seek means of staying healthy mentally and physically. (Photo: EPA-EFE/NIC BOTHMA)
epaselect epa08339347 A girl hugs her friend as African foreign nationals from various African countries are moved by South African police out of the Central Methodist Church where they had barricaded themselves in taking refuge since October 2019, in Cape Town, South Africa, 02 April 2020. Police had to break the barricaded door of the church to get hundreds of foreign nationals out who took refuge there fearing xenophobic attacks. The refugees were moved by bus to a secure location for the lockdown over COVID-19. The South African government is enforcing a 21-day total lockdown to try stem the spread of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 which causes the COVID-19 disease.(Photo: EPA-EFE/NIC BOTHMA)
A girl hugs her friend as displaced people from various countries are moved by the South African Police out of the Central Methodist Church in Cape Town where they had taken refuge since October 2019, They were moved by bus to another location for the lockdown. (Photo: EPA-EFE/NIC BOTHMA)
epaselect epa08339209 A mother and child, part of a group of African foreign nationals from various African countries, are moved by South African police out of the Central Methodist Church where they had barricaded themselves in taking refuge since October 2019, in Cape Town, South Africa, 02 April 2020. Police had to break the barricaded door of the church to get hundreds of foreign nationals out who took refuge there fearing xenophobic attacks. The refugees were moved by bus to a secure location for the lockdown over COVID-19. The South African government is enforcing a 21-day total lockdown to try stem the spread of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 which causes the COVID-19 disease.( Photo: EPA-EFE/NIC BOTHMA)
A mother and child, part of a group from various countries, are moved by South African police out of the Central Methodist Church where they had been taking refuge since October 2019, in Cape Town. The group were moved by bus to another location for the lockdown over COVID-19.( Photo: EPA-EFE/NIC BOTHMA)

 

 

epa08334524 A member of the SANDF (South African National Defense Force) help a homeless woman as they escort her to a staging area nearby before she was moved to one of the homeless shelters in the city during the national lockdown following President Cyril Ramaphosa declaration of a National Disaster as a result of Covid-19 Coronavirus, Johannesburg, South Africa, 27 March 2020. (issued 31 March 2020) The military aided by South Africa Police Forces paroled the streets of downtown and gathered the homeless and street peoples who need to be relocated to shelters. Although the homeless are being given shelters by the local city authorities they are not forced to stay in them. (Photo: EPA-EFE/KIM LUDBROOK ) ATTENTION: This Image is part of a PHOTO SET
Members of theSouth African National Defence Force escort a homeless woman to a staging area nearby before she was moved to one of the homeless shelters in Tshwane. (Photo: EPA-EFE/KIM LUDBROOK ) ATTENTION: This Image is part of a PHOTO SET
epa08332453 A paramedic attends to a patient on the pavement in central Johannesburg, South Africa, 30 March 2020, on day 4 of the 21-day national lockdown following president Cyril Ramaphosa's declaration of a National Disaster as a result of the ongoing coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. It is unknown what caused the patients condition. The national lockdown declared by Ramaphosa started on 26 March 2020 and will continue for 21 days.(Photo: EPA-EFE/KIM LUDBROOK)
A paramedic attends to a patient on the pavement in central Johannesburg. It is unknown what caused the patient's condition.(Photo: EPA-EFE/KIM LUDBROOK)
06042020 News Vanderbijlpark: Health authorities were conducting swab tests and screening residents of vanderbijlpark,the coronavirus pandemic has caused most country to be on lockdown,Veronica du Plessis getting tested by a health worker. (Photo: Felix Dlangamandla )story Brumilda Swartbooi
Vanderbijlpark: Health authorities were conducting swab tests and screening residents of Vanderbijlpark, Veronica du Plessis is tested by a health worker. (Photo: Felix Dlangamandla)
A healthcare worker checks a man during door-to-door screening for Covid-19. (Photo: Gallo Images / Die Burger / Jaco Marais)
A health worker screens a resident during door to door screening of COVID-19 in Bishop Lavis, Cape Town. President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that South Africa launched an aggressive coronavirus screening program and at least 10,000 field workers will be going door-to-door to conduct mass screenings and testing for the COVID-19. (Photo: Gallo Images/Die Burger/Jaco Marais)
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - APRIL 06: A beggar sits down holding a placard on empty streets on Day Eleven of National Lockdown on April 06, 2020 in Cape Town, South Africa. According to media reports, President Ramaphosa declared a 21 day national lockdown to try to curb the spread of COVID-19. (Photo: Gallo Images/Jacques Stander)
A homeless woman sits down holding a placard on empty streets in Cape Town. (Photo: Gallo Images/Jacques Stander)

 

 

2020-04-05 NETWERK24 NUUS Die Shoprite Liquor Shop in Langa is Sondag beroof na inwoners van Langa die drankwinkel oopgebreek het en drank gesteel het. Winkel personeel en sekuriteit kon gelukkig keer dat die winkel nie heeltemal geplunder word nie. Gemoedere loop hoog oor die verbod op drankverkope met verskeie drankwinkels wat nou al beroof is. (Photo: Jaco Marais )
The Shoprite Liquor Store in Langa was robbed on Sunday when a group smashed windows and gained entry. Some personnel and security personnel managed to stop the group before more was stolen. (Photo: Jaco Marais )
BELLVILLE, SOUTH AFRICA - APRIL 06: A general view of church refugees at Paint City on Day Eleven of National Lockdown on April 06, 2020 in Bellville, South Africa. According to media reports, the refugees who occupied the Central Methodist Mission church were removed by the police from the church, after five months of occupation and protest. (Photo: Gallo Images/Jacques Stander)
A general view of church refugees at Paint City, Belville. The refugees who occupied the Central Methodist Mission church were removed by the police from the church, after five months of occupation and protest. (Photo: Gallo Images/Jacques Stander)
2020-04-05 NETWERK24 NUUS Mense staan en wag om in die Capricorn Pick n Pay in te gaan tydens die nasionale inperking. Winkelbestuur het 30 trollies, 2 meter uitmekaar neergesit om aan te dui wat die afstand tussen die mense moet wees.(Photo: Jaco Marais)
Shoppers wait to enter the Capricorn Pick 'n Pay in Muizenberg, Cape Town during the lockdown. Management placed 30 trollies 2 metres apart. (Photo: Jaco Marais)

 

 

 

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