The lockdown we have endured for 61 days was implemented to flatten the curve — slow down the rate of Covid-19 infections so that the healthcare services could prepare for the inevitable spike in infections once community transmission takes off. The evidence suggests this has been, to some extent, successful, but the consequent economic fallout has left many people facing starvation. Government has had difficulty addressing this problem, and it has been up to civil society to step into the breach, and feed the hungry. Join Norman McFarlane on What’s the Buzz as he explores how the Helderberg has risen magnificently to this challenge.
