In countries where people have been given free choice on how they behave in the pandemic, such as wearing masks, many have chosen not to, leading to a lockdown. Melanie Verwoerd writes that South Africans need to be careful, otherwise we could go back to a hard lockdown.
Read MoreWhen comparing lockdowns around the world, South Africa's has been the longest but it may be for our own good.
Read MoreIt feels to me that we are all in a fast-moving rapid of uncertainty at the moment. We have little control over where we are going, but we have to trust that our resilience will eventually carry us to calmer waters.
Read MoreIf we extend the metaphorical hand of care and love now, we might even find that some healing happens in our country at this time of disease and death.
Read MoreWith the world literally stopped in its tracks, the only way we can do something to stay safe is to do nothing. Most of us find this difficult, but this deadly virus is forcing all of us to take a breath and to slow down.
Read MoreOne thing we know for sure is that this fearful plague will not last forever and when it is all over, those of us who survive will inevitably find some form of meaning in it.
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