Today, the South African restaurant industry participated in a nationwide demonstration called "One Million Seats in the Streets", to protest the government's treatment of the hospitality sector during the COVID-19 lockdown. The hashtag for [...]
This morning I visited the Melville food parcel program for the first time in two weeks, and things have changed significantly at the distribution. The entire operation has been moved outside the church, due [...]
It's Day 98 of the South African lockdown, which I literally cannot believe. Earlier today I suddenly thought back to my Day 9 post, when I said it felt like Day 900 and questioned [...]
The Melville Cat normally speaks for himself on this blog. But today, for some reason, I feel like speaking for the two of us. Smokey, the Melville Cat, in his favorite morning sun spot [...]
This morning I got up early and went to take photos at the Melville food parcel program, as I always do on Thursday mornings. I arrived at the church around 6:30. Due to another [...]
It's Day 84 of the South African lockdown. Although after the president's speech last night, I'm not sure how long we can continue to describe the state we're living in as a "lockdown". I [...]
For the last couple of Thursdays mornings, I have intended to get myself to Heritage Baptist Church and the Melville food distribution by 6:00 a.m. The food parcel recipients have been lining up as [...]
Yesterday I took pictures at the Melville food parcel program again. I arrived at the church a few minutes after 7:00 a.m., just after the sun rose. I was nearly too late because the [...]
From the Melville Cat: Good evening. It is Day 64 of the human lockdown. The last time I provided you with an update was Day 37, nearly a month ago. My apologies. The Melville [...]
It's Day 63 of the South African lockdown, and for the second consecutive Thursday I took photos at the weekly Melville food parcel distribution program. I wrote about this program in detail last Thursday. [...]
It's Day 56 of the South African lockdown. I spent the morning taking photos at the food parcel distribution program on 3rd Avenue in Melville. Lockdown photo 56: People wait in line for food [...]
It's Day 55 of the South African lockdown. Today was a better-than-average lockdown day for me because I was out and about doing meaningful things. Lockdown photo 55: Food parcels ready to distribute. At [...]