Government’s not so reliable food-delivery service

South Africans with the means to do so have been using the tap of a finger for meals to be delivered to their homes, since the country went into Covid-19 coronavirus lockdown level 4 earlier this month.

Between technical glitches that hampered said deliveries and complaints over the quality of the food delivered, social media was abuzz – albeit for a short time – while fast food chains scrambled for the best PR-inspired responses and made promises to fix their customers’ gripes.

Soon, it seemed, all was back to normal and Mr D Food, Uber Eats and others were back in business, bringing customers the convenience and luxury of hot food prepared by others.