The eThekwini municipality has long ignored the homeless in Durban. Now the coronavirus lockdown has forced it to acknowledge their existence and rope in help to meet their needs.
"The city used to ask us not to feed the homeless, now they are begging us to [do it]," a charity worker in Durban said this week. The man was responding to a statement put out by the municipality that appealed for help as the "scourge wreaks havoc".
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