PICTURES: South Africans have been under lockdown for seven days, and for many it has been a long and trying week, particularly for the most vulnerable members of society and those tasked with protecting it. COVID19SouthAfrica day7oflockdown
As announced by President Cyril Rhamaphosa last week Monday, all South Africans - except emergency workers and essential service providers - are required to stay at home until midnight on April 16.
There are some bizarre stories too, such as the defence force members that forced two men in Cape Town to literally roll home on their sides after being caught in the street with no reason to be there. A person washes outside a tent in a camp set up for the homeless in Cape Town. Picture Courtney Africa/African News Agency .SANDF members and Police enforcing lock down at Alexandra during Day 3 of the lockdown. Picture: Bongani Shilubane/African News Agency .Kids play soccer on a open field close to Du Noon. Picture Henk Kruger/African News Agency .
Residents living in Saulsville hostels in Pretoria struggle with safety gloves,masks and sanitisers. Picture: Thobile Mathonsi/African News Agency . A deserted Long Street in the Cape Town CBD on March 30. Picture: David Ritchie/African News Agency .Some of the residents in Dobsonville who could afford groceries received food parcels at the Kopanong hall in Soweto. Picture: Itumeleng English/African News Agency .
Police officers help each with the masks inside a Durban shopping mall. Picture: Bongani Mbatha/African News Agency .
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