Letter to the editor | Dear Mr President, we need your help

Writer: Waistcoat.

Your country is tired, scared and most of all running out of hope that they will survive this struggle. I am sure you have received thousands of letters, all saying the same thing: your people need your help. They don't know what to do. What happens when the people dying of hunger become more than those dying of Covid-19? Will you then decide that we should be allowed to work?

How do you suppose these South Africans will be able to live an honest, lawful life if you take away their only income, especially when they have families to feed? How many times have you had to look your family in the eye during this lockdown and tell them you don't know if you’ll be able to pay rent this month, or put food on the table?

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