The president and his ministers have to make impossible choices every day during this crisis - not least sacrificing the economy in order to save lives.

Lockdown Day 34: The restrictions will ease, but our grief might not

It 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.

Social commentaryMelanie Verwoerd29 April 2020#COVID-19, #Coronavirus, #grief, #bebrave, #lockdown, #anxiety, #trust, #calmerwatersComment

Lockdown Day 27: Empathy and Mercy - The Biggest Threats to an Unjust Society

If 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.

Melanie Verwoerd22 April 2020#lockdown, #Coronavirus, #COVID-19, #compassion, #hunger, #boredom, #fear, #stress Comments

A birthday during lockdown, and a few resolutions too

I still want to enjoy chocolate dessert and good coffee with friends. But, I also want to show up when it comes to the bigger challenges facing humanity and our natural world.

Social commentaryMelanie Verwoerd15 April 2020#gratitude, #COVID-19, #Coronavirus, #thankful, #resolutions, #wasIbravetoday, #birthdayComment

Lockdown day 13: Maybe something good will come from this?

With 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.

Social commentaryMelanie Verwoerd10 April 2020#Coronavirus, #quarantine, #lockdown, #COVID-19, #slowdown, #stayhome, #united, #silenceComment

Lockdown Day 6: We Are All Grieving

One 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.

Day 1: How to survive the Covid-19 lockdown

There is definitely light at the end of this tunnel, the only question is how long this tunnel will be in South Africa. That will depend on how cooperative we all are in the next three weeks.

Social commentaryMelanie Verwoerd28 March 2020#Coronavirus, #COVID-19, #survivinglockdown, #shelterinplace, #staypositiveComment

My family got Covid-19: What we have learnt in the past week

Having lived with Covid-19 in my house for more than a week, I have learned a lot. How each one of us behaves in the next few weeks will determine if and to what extent we will still have an economy, social cohesion and peace once this epidemic is over.

Social commentaryMelanie Verwoerd23 March 2020#Coronavirus, #COVID-19, #stayinside, #selfisolate, #staysafeComment

Testing for coronavirus: different realities

I understand that we are at the beginning of this new reality - also for medical personnel, but we have to quickly get this right because as the WHO said yesterday to governments: "You have to test, test and test.”

Social commentaryMelanie Verwoerd18 March 2020#Coronavirus, #COVID-19, #testing, #firstresponders, #pandemicComment

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