Communities, not government, can and are fighting Covid-19
The heavy-handed, top-down approach during the lockdown has not worked; NGOs, coalitions and community networks have
26 April 2020 - 07:59
A popular movement has arisen with extraordinary rapidity in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. With the announcement of a state of disaster, activists in communities across the country mobilised to protect their communities.
For example, the Amadiba Crisis Committee, established to fight against the destruction of land by mining on the Wild Coast, formed teams to move from household to household distributing sanitiser and talking about the necessity for physical-distancing...
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