Hunger is a greater fear than coronavirus in South Africa’s townships

Video report by ITV News correspondent John Ray

The residents of Masiphumelele live in such close confines that you could step from one tin roof to another without setting foot in the dusty lanes that run between the rows of shacks.

So South Africa’s townships – here in the Cape, and across much of the country – have become fertile territory for coronavirus.

Although the increase in cases is beginning to fall, the total number of cases tops half a million – the fifth highest national total in the world.

But that’s not the biggest worry for the people who queue here every morning. There…