PRONTUIT – DIE MAATSKAPLIKE IMPAK VAN COVID-19 – SEG 1 – 04 MEI 2020 Volgens die Reserwebank kan honderde duisende mense hul werk verloor. Sommige ekonome voorspel selfs nog erger. Die maatskaplike gevolge hiervan, wat veral die arm en weerloses in Suid-Afrika die hardste gaan tref, gaan ongekend in ons leeftyd wees. Volgens navorsing van die regering wat deur die RGN gedoen is, het tussen 55 en 66 persent van mense in townships en informele nedersettings reeds nie geld vir kos nie. Ons gesels hieroor met Quiton Adams, opvoedkundige sielkundige, ook bekend as The Shack Builder en professor Christi van der Westhuizen, van die Nelson Mandela Universiteit. According to the South African Reserve Bank hundreds of thousands of people are expected to lose their jobs due to effects of COVID-19 on the economy. The social impact of this on the poor and vulnerable in our society, who will undoubtedly be hit hardest, will reach never before seen proportions in the country. According to research by the HSRC, between 55 and 65 percent of people in townships and informal settlements do not have enough money for food. We discuss the above with Quinton Adams an education psychologist, also known as The Shack Builder, and professor Christi van der Westhuizen, from the Nelson Mandela University.