From a dual income to dololo earnings: this couple's rent, food & chronic medication is at stake

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From a dual income to dololo earnings: this couple's rent, food & chronic medication is at stake
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She has a rare autoimmune disease and can't afford the necessary blood tests

She's in the hotel industry and he works in fitness. So when lockdown regulations were implemented, both were hit hard by the sudden loss of income.

It's their health or a roof over their heads and they've made the decision to try to keep their home and cars ... for the moment. Her medical aid plan doesn't pay for the tests and she's had to skip them altogether since she has received no income. She knows this is putting her life in danger, but with no money coming in, she says she has no choice.

In the unit, was furniture and goods from another life which they planned to use when they got a bigger house together. The future, already bleak, now means they could sell some of the goods in storage to try to make extra money.“I worry that my hotel might close or that I might get retrenched when we go to level 1 and we are allowed to open. I won't be able to survive until October without an income so I'm considering a career change. At 37. Who would have thought.

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