Many thanks to the organisers of the 7th Annual Durban Mental Health Symposium (Suntosh Pillay and Prof. Suvira Ramlall at the University of KwaZulu-Natal) for inviting me to present. Here, I speak about my ongoing research on the mental health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in psychiatric facilities in southern Gauteng, South Africa. These data will be published in the 2021 edition of the South African Health Review, published by the Health Systems Trust.