Grassroots help for homeless, drug addicts thrives in lockdown S. Africa

While some of the nation's homeless shelters have made headlines for harsh living conditions and police brutality, others have become unexpected havens for some residents. 'I found paradise here,' said Matthew Nxumalo, 35, a mechanic who is also on the methadone program, which has helped some 200 people in different shelters since the beginning of the lockdown. 'Nobody else thought about us until we arrived here, but I feel like I've been given a second chance,' Nxumalo told the Thomson Reuters Foundation before he gathered firewood in the bushes next to the bowling green to light an evening fire.