JONATHAN COOK: Amid the lockdown charity really does begin at home
Paying domestic workers and gardeners who were told to stay at home is the least we can do to help them survive
13 July 2020 - 14:00
Pretoria domestic worker Lindiwe (not her real name) found her world crashing down around her when lockdown began. When she arrived at the gate of her employer she was told not to come in and not to return until level 2 ... and no work, no pay.
I hope that shocked you. It’s the sort of thing that stokes revolutions. I don’t know that employer personally, and for all I know she is a kind person who donates generously to the Solidarity Fund. But solidarity begins at home. Every job counts...
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