Without tourists, South African holiday lodge owners cull antelopes

Residents of a settlement in Pretoria, South Africa with bags of food following a food distribution exercise organised by charitable organisations. There’s a growing demand for food donations in the country since its ‘anti-coronavirus lockdown’ began in March. — AFP

The charity pick-up truck rolled into a rural South African township laden with the usual boxes of bread loaves and assorted vegetables – and an unusual and especially prized gift: more than 50kg of fresh venison.

The antelope had been shot a few days prior by game farmers whose tourist lodges were shuttered at the start of an anti-coronavirus lockdown in March.