by 2summers | Jun 11, 2020 | COVID-19, Johannesburg, Melville and Surrounds
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 early as 4:00 a.m., and the whole process is more or less finished by...
by 2summers | Jun 5, 2020 | COVID-19, Johannesburg, Melville and Surrounds
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 bulk of the 365 parcels had already been distributed by the time I got there, and the...
by 2summers | May 29, 2020 | COVID-19, Johannesburg, Melville and Surrounds, The Melville Cat
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 Cat. I have not been spending much time in the house. Even during this very cold weather, I...
by 2summers | May 28, 2020 | COVID-19, Johannesburg, Melville and Surrounds
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. This week the process was the same, except: 1) The...
by 2summers | May 21, 2020 | COVID-19, Johannesburg, Melville and Surrounds
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 parcels outside 91 3rd Avenue in Melville. I didn’t provide all...