A police officer walks past people waiting in queues for food aid for the second time in two weeks, after South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said he aims to further ease restrictions imposed to curb the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Sunderland Ridge, South Africa, May 14, 2020. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko
PRETORIA (Reuters) - Thousands of people struggling under South Africa's tough lockdown waited in snaking queues for food aid for the second time in two weeks on Thursday, highlighting the human cost of the country's coronavirus restrictions.
Footage by Reuters showed people standing in miles-long queues on a dirt track near the Mooiplaas and Spruit informal settlements on the outskirts of the capital Pretoria.
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