Today our guest is Mamokete Motjomane, researcher for Gauteng City region Observatory.

• The SA Human Rights Commission into the July unrest has heard that 18% of Gauteng residents have lost their jobs since March 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
• The Gauteng City-Region Observatory, an organisation which conducted a survey on the quality of life in the province, also found that black people were the most affected.
• While white respondents were more protected.
• Theorganisations testimony comes after some residents from Alexandra and Soweto testified that the socio-economic challenges in their areas may have fuelled the violence.
• Researcher Mamokete Motjomane told the commission that the informal business sector suffered a heavy blow due to Covid-19 because the government could not allow them to operate on streets to feed their families and other family members that lost their jobs.