CAPE TOWN: South African police on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila) fired rubber bullets and teargas in clashes with Cape Town township residents protesting over access to food aid during a coronavirus lockdown. Hundreds of angry people fought running battles with the police, hurling rocks and setting up barricades on the streets with burning tyres in Mitchells Plain over undelivered food parcels. President Cyril Ramaphosa has promised to provide basics such as water and food supplies to the poorest South Africans. Community leader Liezl Manual said people came out of their homes “frustrated wanting to know” where the food parcels were. The department normally helped people with disability, those who failed to access their social security grants or those generally experiencing hardships, she said.

Source: Manila Times April 15, 2020 16:29 UTC