Hunger stalks villagers as they struggle to survive in face of Covid19: “People are unable to fend for themselves due to the Covid-19 lockdown regulations. They are now dependent on government and Good Samaritans for their daily bread”
It all started in March with small groups of people coming to his house in Matsila village just outside Makhado in Limpopo.
"People from my community came knocking on my door, some from as far afield as Thohoyandou,” the chief said. "It is very sad when you can only give a very few [people] and watch others go back home empty-handed,” he said. These donations were, according to Matsila, just a drop in the ocean given the escalating numbers of the needy.“There are people whose livelihoods depend on them going out daily and working just so that their families do not go to bed hungry. But now they can’t, given the lockdown regulations.
“That number will soon triple. My plea to our people out there is, please think of the less fortunate during this time and assist in your areas with the little that you can. Help put a meal on the table for many,” Matsila said. “Many villages have no water while they are surrounded by dams and rivers with pipelines running through these communities taking water to the nearby towns leaving them struggling.
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