In three years, Isaac Mbatha got used to the lack of space, running water and electricity in a tent he shared with his wife and three children in Wilgespruit, a township on the outskirts of Johannesburg.
Because for many years we have been trying to get the government to help us.
But fearing that overcrowding and poverty could lead to the spread of the coronavirus, authorities have accelerated access to health facilities and relocated the poor.
“This coronavirus is not good, but I like it because without the coronavirus it was impossible for us to get clean by the government.
More than a million families continue to live in these townships more than 25 years after the end of the regime.
