Covid-19 puts massive strain on soup kitchens in Makhanda

• Thirty soup kitchens in Makhanda went from feeding around 6 000 people each day before the pandemic to providing meals for just over 12 000 hungry people.
• Makhanda mayor Mzukisi Mpahlwa said the hunger in the town is worsening by the day.
• The Eastern Cape has the highest rate of unemployment in the country at 43.8%.

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