100 days in lockdown, 100 pics from around South Africa
The AJ Foundation put together a weekly feeding scheme to help feed the Mitchells Plain community. Every Thursday they feed over 300 people. Picture: Tracey Adams/African News Agency (ANA)
The AJ Foundation put together a weekly feeding scheme to help feed the Mitchells Plain community. Every Thursday they feed over 300 people. Picture: Tracey Adams/African News Agency (ANA)
Family portrait of the Ally family in Elsies River during the month of Ramadaan, which took place during lockdown. The family have been in Cape Town for 12 years after they had been living in Burundi. Picture: Tracey Adams/African News Agency (ANA)
Family portrait of the Booi family in Vrygrond during lockdown. The three family members, James Booi, 45, James Booi's son, Ukho, 13, and James' brother, Fish (Vis) Mhlana, 52. Picture: Tracey Adams/African News Agency (ANA)
Church services were held online at Easter due to the coronavirus lockdown. Father Brett Williams is the Parish Priest and Father Mtshengiseni is the Assistant Parish Priest at St Joseph in Durban. Picture: Shelley Kjonstad/African News Agency(ANA)
A pregnant woman on a street in Cape Town during the coronavirus lockdown. Picture: Tracey Adams/African News Agency (ANA)
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The Bontle Ke Botho clean-up campaign at the Alexandra Madala Hostel during the coronavirus lockdown. Sanitisers where given to the residents and the entire hostel was cleaned. Picture: Nokuthula Mbatha/African News Agency (ANA)
Picture: African News Agency (ANA)
A boy smiles behind his mask as he gets his food as staff at Lentegeur High School in Mitchells Plain help feed the community by giving them soup and apples at the school. Picture: Brendan Magaar/African News Agency (ANA)
A girl waits in line to receive a food parcel from the Mustadafin Foundation during the Ramadaan period. The Mustadafin Foundation is an NPO that works across the Western Cape to uplift destitute communities. Picture: Brendan Magaar/African News Agency (ANA)
SAPS detectives from Bellville being tested for Covid-19 by Dr Abdul Rawoot of Gift of the Givers. Picture:Brendan Magaar/African News Agency (ANA)
Covid-19 community screening and testing at Fisantekraal in Cape Town. Picture: Brendan Magaar/African News Agency (ANA)
Jabulani Masela, who has a mental disability and epilepsy, is alone during lockdown in his dilapidated house in Langa, Cape Town. Picture:Brendan Magaar/African News Agency (ANA)
The CBD of Durban is largely desolate at night during the early days of lockdown. Picture: Shelley Kjonstad/African News Agency(ANA)
The CBD of Durban is largely desolate at night during the early days of lockdown. Picture: Shelley Kjonstad/African News Agency(ANA)
A desolate Durban CBD during the early days of the lockdown. Picture: Shelley Kjonstad/African News Agency (ANA)
South African cruise ship crew members on disembarking from liners were placed in quarantine at Coastlands. Picture: Shelley Kjonstad/African News Agency (ANA)
Daily life at the Denis Hurly Centre homeless shelter during lockdown. Siyabonga Gwala and Sthabiso Nsizwane play chess to pass the time. Picture: Shelley Kjonstad/African News Agency (ANA)
Director Jarryd Watson of the Dance Movement project, which falls under the Wentworth Arts and Culture Organisation. Picture: Shelley Kjonstad/African News Agency (ANA)
Dr AV Mahomed, chief trustee of the Juma Mosque of Durban, alone in the mosque during Ramadaan. Picture: Shelley Kjonstad/African News Agency (ANA)
South Africans made the most of the easing of lockdown restrictions under level 4, which permitted walking, cycling and running between 6am and 9am within a 5km radius of your house. Picture: Shelley Kjonstad/African News Agency (ANA)
Brent Blaine has his first hair cut during lockdown by Aaronu Selemani at a street barbershop. Picture: Shelley Kjonstad/African News Agency (ANA)
The funeral of beloved local nurse Petronella “Aunty Nellie” Benjamin, one of the thousands who have died in South Africa of the coronavirus. Picture: Henk Kruger/African News Agency (ANA)
The funeral of beloved local nurse Petronella “Aunty Nellie” Benjamin. Picture: Henk Kruger/African News Agency (ANA)
Learners at Trevor Manuel Primary in Fisantekraal near Durbanville wait in line to receive food parcels. Picture: Henk Kruger/African News Agency (ANA)
On day 27 of the national lockdown protesters on the R300 near Mitchells Plain. Picture Henk Kruger/African News Agency (ANA)
Protesters along the R300 near Mitchells Plain on day 27 of the national lockdown. Picture Henk Kruger/African News Agency (ANA).
During what is usually one of the busiest times of the year on the roads, the N2 between Cape Town and the Garden Route was quiet during lockdown with only a handful of vehicles, mainly trucks, on the route. Picture: David Ritchie/African News Agency (ANA)
Erin Coetzer helping children put on their masks at the Muddy Pooches, a community outreach programme in Plettenberg Bay. Picture: David Ritchie/African News Agency (ANA)
Staff from Plett Carpet Cleaners disinfecting the Piesang Valley Community Hall which was set up as an isolation facility by the Bitou Covid-19 Response Team. Picture: David Ritchie/African News Agency (ANA)
A fire in the informal settlement of Qolweni in Plettenberg Bay left two dwellings completely damaged, three partially damaged and a shop damaged. Picture: David Ritchie/African News Agency (ANA)
Alexander Ritchie jumps off a bench at sunrise at the Keurbooms Lagoon Beach (Poortjies). Picture: David Ritchie/African News Agency (ANA)
Locals visit the Whale Tail view site to watch the waves crashing onto Lookout Beach in Plettenberg Bay. Picture: David Ritchie/African News Agency (ANA)
Meal time at Monkeyland just outside Plettenberg Bay on the Garden Route. Picture: David Ritchie/African News Agency (ANA)
Meshack Ngena feeds the birds at Birds of Eden just outside Plettenberg Bay on the Garden Route. Picture: David Ritchie/African News Agency (ANA)
Social worker Lydia Jayo walks past a resident at Safe Space Shelter for the homeless in Cape Town. Picture: Courtney Africa/African News Agency (ANA)
The queue outside the Lavistown Post Office in Bishop Lavis, Cape Town, for Sassa payouts. Picture Courtney Africa/African News Agency (ANA)
School kids at Florida High in Ravensmead say goodbye to a friend, colleague and rugby coach, Faizel Adam, who passed away on 10 June. Picture: Courtney Africa/African News Agency (ANA)
Some homeless take a nap on blankets outside the single man tents under the N2 bridge coming into Cape Town set up by the City of Cape Town during lockdown. Picture: Courtney Africa/African News Agency(ANA)
Members of a Ravensmead interdenominational prayer group pray every morning at the entrance to the Tygerberg Hospital for people who are sick with Covid-19. Picture Ian Landsberg/African News Agency (ANA).
The Cape Town International Convention Centre Intermediate Care Facility with 800 plus beds for Covid-19 cases. Picture: Courtney Africa/African News Agency(ANA)
Joggers and dog owners took to the streets of Parow West on the first day of the Level Four lockdown restrictions which allowed walking, excercise or jogging between 6am and 9am. Picture: Ian Landsberg/African News Agency (ANA).
Grade 7 class shields that the teachers have made for their students to protect them from the Coronavirus at Dr G.J. Joubert Primary School in Strand. Picture: Supplied
About 30 graves were dug at the Durbanville Memorial Park as fears mounted over Covid-19. Picture: Armand Hough/African News Agency(ANA)
Leo Kennedy, 3, with her mask from Parow resident Rika de Klerk who sells affordable washable face masks of fabric that comply with medical standards. Picture: Ian Landsberg/African News Agency (ANA).
People queuing to buy alcohol at Tops Rosslyn after the lockdown alcohol ban was lifted. Picture: Oupa Mokoena/African News Agency (ANA)
People buying alcohol in preparation for the weekend. Alcohol can only be sold from Mondays to Thursdays. Picture: Oupa Mokoena/African News Agency (ANA)
Covid-19 testing and screening in the Pretoria CBD, which has been declared a hotspot and an area of concern by Gauteng Premier David Makhura. Picture: Oupa Mokoena/African News Agency (ANA)
Meal SA and their partners distributing food parcels and sanitizers to residents of Itireleng informal settlement near Laudium. Picture: Oupa Mokoena/African News Agency (ANA)
Meal SA and their partners distributing food parcels and sanitizers to residents of Itireleng informal settlement near Laudium. Picture: Oupa Mokoena/African News Agency (ANA)
A man walks down Helen Joseph Street in Joburg wearing a mask during the Covid-19 lockdown. Picture: Jacques Naude/African News Agency(ANA)
Picture: African News Agency/ANA
Vuyiseka Mzi from Zwezwe Informal Settlement in Khayelitsha, whose belongings have been damaged was flooded after heavy rains in the Western Cape. Picture: Ayanda Ndamane Picture: African News Agency/ANA
The field hospital at the Thusong Multipurpose Centre in Khayelitsha. Picture: Armand Hough/African News Agency(ANA)
Maankykers look for the moon from Three Anchor Bay during the uniquely South African tradition where Muslims gather in spots around the Cape Town to wait for the first sighting of the moon to determine when the holy month of Ramadaan will start and then again when it will end. Picture: Armand Hough/African News Agency(ANA)
Nomatter Nhaka prays on the field she and her fellow congregants use as a church in Kuyasa Khayelitsha. Picture: Ayanda Ndamane/African News Agency/ANA
Gift of the Givers hand out 1250 parcels at the Nomzamo Primary School in Strand. Picture: Ayanda Ndamane/African News Agency/ANA
Dozens of paramedics at KwaMashu Polyclinic held a gathering to express their frustrations with how the government is not giving them adequate protection after a fellow staff member tested positive for Covid-19. Picture: Leon Lestrade/African News Agency(ANA).
Picture: African News Agency
Michelle de Jager was told she tested positive for Covid-19 and only to be told later on that she is negative. Picture: Thobile Mathonsi/African News Agency(ANA)
A deserted Cape Town International Airport as travel ground to a halt during the lockdown. Picture: Courtney Africa/African News Agency(ANA)
Snow covers the Matroosberg mountain ranges and high laying plateaus of Ceres attracting many visitors despite South Africa being under level 3 lockdown. Picture: Courtney Africa/African News Agency(ANA)
Snow covers the Matroosberg mountain ranges and high laying plateaus of Ceres attracting many visitors despite South Africa being under level 3 lockdown. Picture: Courtney Africa/African News Agency(ANA)
Snow covers the Matroosberg mountain ranges and high laying plateaus of Ceres attracting many visitors despite South Africa being under level 3 lockdown. Picture: Courtney Africa/African News Agency(ANA)
Matric pupils at Tharabollo Secondary School in Palm Spring, south of Gauteng, return for the first day of school reopening under level 3 regulations of the national lockdown. Picture: Itumeleng English/African News Agency(ANA)
Brent Dyssel erected signs all over Cape Town with Covid-19 messages. Picture: Armand Hough/African News Agency(ANA)
The community of Tafelsig protested after they heard a neighboring community received food parcels. Picture: Armand Hough/African News Agency(ANA)
A pupil at Tobi Primary School in Umbumbulu. Picture Leon Lestrade/African News Agency(ANA).
KZN Education MEC Kwazi Mshengu visited schools in the province to check their readiness to reopen. Picture: Bongani Mbatha/African News Agency(ANA)
Zwezwe residents in Dunoon fetch water from trucks supplied by the City of Cape Town. Picture: Ayanda Ndamane/African News Agency/ANA
Following a reported 3km queue for food relief hampers in Olieven as it is affectionately known by the people of ext 21, a group of 30 youngsters with wheelbarrows render a service of delivering the parcels to homes at a cost of up to R30 depending on distance. Picture: Timothy Bernard/African News Agency/ANA
Disinfect Now in partnership with Khayelitsha Development Forum disinfecting Yomelela Primary School. Picture: Ayanda Ndamane/African News Agency(ANA)
Places of worship reopened under level 3 lockdown, with attendance limited to 50 people. Picture: Courtney Africa/African News Agency(ANA)
Every night at 8pm during the lockdown period, Stellenbosch musician Liza Joubert comes out on the front lawn of her house to play the national anthem on her accordion for the neighbours and elderly at the adjacent retirement home. Picture: Ian Landsberg/African News Agency (ANA).
The Glebelands hostel in uMlazi Picture: Leon Lestrade/African News Agency(ANA)
With the ban on selling cigarettes during lockdown continuing, smokers are struggling and the sales of illicit cigarettes is booming. Picture: Thobile Mathonsi/African News Agency(ANA)
Picture: African News Agency/ANA
Nandipha Ngcaza washes in her new shelter set up under the bridge in Cape Town. Picture: Phando Jikelo/African News Agency (ANA)
President Ramaphosa at the head office of Rand Water during the coronavirus pandemic. Picture: Nokuthula Mbatha/African News Agency(ANA)
As a response to the national lockdown the City of Cape Town put up single man tents with blankets for the homeless under the N2 bridge coming into town. Picture Courtney Africa/African News Agency(ANA)
The African Gospel Church priests at the Blue Lagoon River in Durban baptise some of the church members. Picture: Nqobile Mbonambi/ African News Agency(ANA)
A woman walks past a Covid-19 Safety electronic display at Grand West Casino, which opened this week with restricted tables and slot machine capacities, and with physical shields installed between slot machines and between seats at gaming tables. Picture: Henk Kruger/African News Agency (ANA)
Dealer Manda Kleinhans wearing protective gear after the opening of Grand West Casino in Cape Town. Picture: Henk Kruger/African News Agency (ANA)
Portrait of Rabbi Greg Alexander (third from left) and his family from Vredehoek during the coronavirus lockdown. Picture: Tracey Adams/African News Agency(ANA)
A memorial service with a bypass of fire engines and emergency vehicles was held at the Goodwood community hall for Makosandile Mbhokhwe, divisional commander in the City of Cape Town’s Fire and Rescue Services, who died of Covid-19 complications. Picture: Ian Landsberg/African News Agency (ANA).
There has been huge concern over homeless people refusing to go to shelters during the coronavirus lockdown Picture: Thobile Mathonsi/African News Agency (ANA)
Staff members wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) at the Charlotte Maxeke hospital in Gauteng. Picture: Itumeleng English/African News Agency(ANA)
Staff members wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) at the Charlotte Maxeke hospital in Gauteng. Picture: Itumeleng English/African News Agency(ANA)
Johanna Nyanjani, the mother of Ansia Kheha, is comforted by Arminda Machel, during the funeral service of the three-year-old girl who was found murdered. Violence against women in children has been called South Africa's other pandemic. Picture: Itumeleng English/African News Agency(ANA)
The Gugulethu community welcomes back activist and rugby legend Broadhurst Cona after his recovery from coronavirus. Picture: Ayanda Ndamane/African News Agency(ANA)
Samkelo Baba being tested during the mass screening for Covid-19 in Nyanga, Cape Town. Picture: Ayanda Ndamane/African News Agency/ANA
Nomzamo Mahlinza being tested during the mass screening in Hlazo community hall in Nyanga, Cape Town. As at Day 100 of SA's lockdown, over 1.7 million have been tested for the coronavirus. Picture: Ayanda Ndamane/African News Agency/ANA
Runners take part in a marathon that did not happen as usual due to Covid-19. Picture: Oupa Mokoena/African News Agency (ANA)
A sign at a school as Grade 7 and Grade 12 pupils return during lockdown. Picture: Timothy Bernard / African News Agency (ANA)
The South African National Taxi Association announced that all taxis in the country will load at 100 percent capacity despite lockdown rules.Picture: Ian Landsberg/AfrIcan News Agency (ANA)
Sassa queues in Khayelitsha move slowly today with some people queuing since 1am and still not being assisted. Picture: Phando Jikelo/African News Agency(ANA)
Members of the SAPS, SANDF and the Metro police patrolling in Ga-Rankuwa township. Picture: Oupa Mokoena/African News Agency (ANA)
Published Jul 4, 2020
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Cape Town - On March 23, 2020 President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that a countrywide lockdown would come into effect on March 26. The 21-day hard lockdown was the government's intervention to try to control the spread of the coronavirus and flatten the curve of infections as well as give us time to prepare our healthcare systems for the inevitable peak. We are now on Day 100 of an eased lockdown.
Through it all the African News Agency's team of photographer's have been out there capturing South Africa's new normal. Here is a selection of the top 100 images by ANA photographers of the lockdown period in South Africa.
At the time of the first lockdown announcement, the Department of Health confirmed coronavirus cases in South Africa were at 402.
On Friday night, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize announced 108 more deaths owing to Covid-19, as well as 9 063 new infections, taking the total confirmed cases to just under 180 000 and the death toll to 2952.
Mkhize said confirmed cases since March now stand at 177 124, with just under 87 000 recoveries.
Active cases - those of people who are currently living with the virus - stand at 87 874.
The country is now on level 3 of an eased lockdown which has allowed millions of workers to return to work.
Over 1.7 million have been tested for the virus.
The country expects its Covid-19 peak between July and August, with Gauteng currently the province with the most active cases despite the Western Cape having the most infections and deaths.
