In the first quarter of this year South Africa’s normally staid and insignificant mask industry exploded.
Like its peers across the globe it had orders pouring in from the original epicentres of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Locally, a layer of parasitic middlemen sprang up overnight. One local manufacturer contacted by amaBhungane requested anonymity on the unusual basis that being named in the media would exacerbate the unbearable deluge of new business coming their way.
SAHO is free because readers fund it. Donate →
SAHO is free because readers fund it. Donate →
SAHO is free because readers fund it. Donate →
SAHO is free because readers fund it. Donate →
SAHO is free because readers fund it. Donate →
SAHO is free because readers fund it. Donate →
SAHO is free because readers fund it. Donate →
The library at Vergelegen Wine Estate situated in Somerset West, Western Cape used to be a winery that was built during 1816. It was converted to a library in 1920 by Sir Lionel and Lady Florence Phillips who took over the estate in 1917 from former Cape Governor Willem Adriaan van der Stel.
SAHO is free because readers fund it. Donate →