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hello i'm christine one. news africa it's good to have your company sales off tobacco and alcohol products have resumed in south africa as the government eases the country's restrictions cigarette sales in particular had been banned. in march the bag was controversial from the beginning supported by public health groups and criticized by the industry and the public but now that the ban has been lifted what did the government achieve. in a moment. my guest but 1st or day to day there were queues outside liquor stores in south africa drinkers and smokers were keen to stock up a reporter sent us this report a bit of the sale of cigarettes had devastating impacts on businesses in the industry likely one of her family has been selling tobacco products for 35

years now she had to close one of her shops and only remains with this one here knocked down was horrific and it is her to think you can never ever recoup your losses there's no scenes whatsoever because anything that you prohibit people will work around it as as they head out of the smoke. because there was a lot of it was not going there was a lot of you know you go. you get it's going wrong brands are triggered they were killed before the sale of cigarettes has been booming on the black markets many brands were widely available and studies suggest that only very few people in fact really quit smoking. there's no doubt that smoking is bad for your health and the government argued that it's more likely for you to end up in an intensive care unit . the smoker if you get. the government also claim that there's

a common practice of people passing on their cigarettes to each other which could possibly spread the virus but many smokers are angry have the government's decision . on i feel like everybody is going to die anyway so why do you think you're in the smoke some are we going to die so we don't need join. here was able to one. is spread all over the road was. just. some government will also be relieved that the restrictions for smokers are lifted because it had a major impact on the finances of the governments if there's only illegal trades there are no taxes on the south african revenue service already predicted a shortfall of 15000000000 euros this year because of business closures and job losses so to the question we are asking on this was the ban on the sale of

cigarettes effective it's what i'm going to push dr catherine a fair she is a specialist scientist for tobacco and other products welcome to africa. yes maybe astraddle for that was an outline of what what was the government trying to achieve in the banning of cigarettes was it to stop people smoking. thanks christine i think the government was trying to protect the citizens because i don't because you know if he has a book religion or. not one of the citizens because of the high privilege of. tuberculosis and substance use as well as. some of these things are already known restructures what we've 19 so that this is the country has a very disadvantaged position which we got to fight in the disease so. we need to rest once the government had to do something to put an extra layer that

section you know for us not to see what we seen in other countries in south africa right i mean dumps a bit everything that you've mentioned you know the diabetes and the age hiv and to their closest etc and that's not gone away and the bands now being lifted cigarettes and alcohol are now being sold so what are we to make of that has the band been effective is has it haven't been forced to lift the ban because it's ineffective. no the government does not refer to what the ground because the senate did we know that. will go to a lot of people ask lots more about quitting to reach. it want to. smoke. during the primary don't get locked down so i believe has never been seen. or. also. struck you know. i get that you're sort of you're you're you're

you're pro at this this this this bad at how effective it's been and the message from the university of cape town for example they conducted a study they came to the conclusion that the ban was ineffective that people smoke us in this era to reduce the amount they smoked in fact they they point out that people perhaps even smoke more and smoke things that were not regulated which which in itself poses some kind of a health risk what do you have to say to that then. if you please i'd like to say is that it depends on how you look at we don't want to look you know they're on the band was not to stop this. behavior smoking but the still smoking so if you have spoke you will be allowed to smoke a cigarette you should not use smoking at the same rate as you were smoking so the lockdown even though reaps like you just love it when you see those who are still smoke you are smoking less so in a huge number of smokers this month lets. a lot of them out you can all smoking so

you can look at it from that perspective of trying to take as many people as possible trying to get as many people as possible of cigarettes you could say that one has been effective even with the evidence provided by the u.c. system just say but i know that you know beyond a pandemic as a year you're obviously advocating for more regulation and within south africa's to tobacco industry but i actually wanted to put this to you that i saw that in a in a in a report in may the devil you age oh say that over 80 percent of tobacco uses live in low and middle income countries that's pretty much at africa have the whole continent what can we make off that the fact that people from from from our part of the world i'm more likely to smoke then involve countries. the truth is that well we heard one of the west's smoking privileges as a consonant and because look at the talk about what he does he just looks at us as it would take stock markets would replace. markets and europe latin america so we.

wouldn't go when you when you look at. markets who are manufacturers because they see us as people who don't like or touts you know markets or markets more resources being pumped into advertising and that's ridiculous small people don't become smokers so the enemies will get well after the smoke and that creates a problem for us as a consequence as well as dr catherine f.a. thank you so much for that analysis from pretoria and hear. an excerpt of what is in kenya where the pandemic has seen people come up with innovative ways to supply clean water to people living in informal settlements our correspondent visited kibera in the capital nairobi that's a place where most residents don't have private toilets or running water but things

are improving since the pandemic to get. the car washed when it's shallow water on one of the women at this public bathroom charge 5 shillings or 5 euro cents for a visit to the toilet and $0.10 for a shower. we're in kibera nairobi's not just informal settlements and very few people here have their own tap water much less a private child toilet. sharing a bathroom with hundreds of people is a ready a problem in normal times but during the pandemic it's even more of a health risk. than since corona started business has not changed because here people don't have a bathroom they don't have space for bathrooms and toilets we were very scared when one person went to the toilet the next person didn't want to go in so you've poured a lot of water and then went into the toilet. in nairobi as informal settlements

providing clean water is big business anyone who has a connection sells that water on average residence told us they spend about 2 years 50 a week on the water. is that you have to sometimes we have no water here for people to wash their hands sometimes we have water so i put it out for them before corona you needed about 5 or 6 containers of water but now you need around 10 because you always have to wash your hands and when other people come by they have to wash their hands to. the price of water however is not the only thing they didn't have to battle. the pipes contaminated ground water and the disposal of waste and sewage a major problem. at this river water pipes flowing into keep there and was sewage running side by side but since the start of the corona pandemic the government has been trying to catch up to improve the infrastructure here absent all that has been the work of local n.g.o.s and private water supply us who've been trying to fill those gaps. one local n.g.o.s can to change things

a shuffle which has become to bear his biggest water supply. through a rigorous filtration system they clean groundwater and supply residents with water stored far away from the sewers and distributed through aerial pipes that water has been certified to be so clean it's fit for drinking and. my. previously. deceiving you know mark is this all of. the users that is. maybe drinking dirty water. so sure of course no came up with the idea of supplying water over at a local insisting it was to reduce or to drink will we get one diseases because one sort of was a sin drain just like isn't you it's fated to be contaminated. since the start of the pandemic shuffle really became a visible presence installing hand washing stations and providing us water free of charge. the government also stepped up its game according to nairobi water and

sewage company it's built boreholes and now deploys free water trucks to informal settlements on a daily basis the question is why it took a pandemic to make these changes. the government didn't do was up to its informal settlements. to move the train but instead they kept increasing so we made a policy change it up we have to see you know we'll all be out of this is. up to now kibera hasn't seen a spike in corona cases but even if the government is serious about improving its services it still has a long way to go. now before we go a little known battle scientists feared had vanished on the face of the earth has been rediscovered in africa after 50 years it's called it so molly elephant shrew not because of its size its actually as small as a mouse but like an elephant it has a trunk if you look closely the research has found a cheering

a recent expedition not very far from somalia. and that's it for now you can find more stories on our web site that's. africa you can also visit us on twitter and on facebook. our health is priceless. but the pandemic has shown what it's really worth and just how much money is involved in health care we take a look at the numbers and show examples of how health care and businesses work together so that both cars. made in germany. 16 d.w.

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