DURBAN - Today marks day 50 since the country went into lockdown. South Africans have gone through different phases of lockdown.
Phase one: Panic shopping for toilet paper, water, and hand sanitizer.
Phase two: Working and learning from home, Zoom meetings. Google hangouts with your friends, coworkers and catching up with family members you haven’t seen in many years.
Phase three: Online workouts, taking part in social media challenges and getting creative in the kitchen.
Phase four: Virtual House parties
Here are a few social media challenges that trended:
#EggChallenge: This challenge occurred as a result of lockdown and involves swallowing a raw egg, followed by sugar and then taking a shot of rum or brandy
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#DontRushChallenge: Where people had to change their looks from crusty to crisp in split seconds.
undefined#Thetoiletrollchallenge: For the sports lovers that are bordering on madness. Essentially you had to film yourself keeping a toilet roll in the air like a soccer ball, then nominate your friends to do the same.
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A curious phenomenon took place in early April, online search patterns showed that most people took an interest in baking. According to Google Trends, banana bread has been the most-searched recipe worldwide followed by homemade pizza.
According to Google, as South Africans entered the second week of the 21-day national lockdown the search term ‘