LOUISE SCHOLTZ COVID-19 and the ensuing lock-down regulations have not affected everyone equally. Residents living in dense informal settlements lack access to clean water, do not have adequate space to self-distance and isolate, and are disproportionately affected by job losses and food insecurity. The current health crisis has heightened the urgency of addressing the systemic, underlying causes of exclusion, unemployment, and poverty across the countries, but specifically in cities.  Whilst the immediate response to the pandemic has rightly focussed on challenges relating to the health and wellbeing of people, we now need to plan for recovery and future resilience that…