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South African Alex Madikane (C) stands off against City of Cape Town law enforcement officers to try prevent them from demolishing his shack during a land grab by hundreds in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa 21 April 2020. Alex Madikane's already existing shack was spared but the South African Police and City of Cape Town Metro police used tear gas, stun grenades and rubber bullets to disperse hundreds who had started to mark out plots on the open land to begin building. Residents cite overcrowding and a fear of Covid-19 contamination in the overcrowded informal settlements as the reason for seeking land onto which they wanted to build new shacks. South African is on a total lockdown of the country until the end of April to try stem the spread of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 which causes the Covid-19 disease. (Photo by Nic Bothma/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)
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