and told him the story. be told it is for free. by 2000 and 202250th anniversary on d don't you know. this every news africa on the program today dantley superstition in god. we will hear from the women who were attacked and almost killed after being accused of witchcraft also on the program the victoria falls is the role ring as if it is calling for things to ma the next are just showing up on your splendor but sadly there are few people i've written in to come in with me as these 3 are no international visitors it is this time i mean here in victoria it's true how close

the 19 years we'll talk to one local tories and. i'm christine want to welcome to news africa it's good to have your company today we'll hear from women who have been banished from society and gonna hundreds of elderly women accused of witchcraft have been forced to flee their communities to seek safety now such cases are common in the northern part of the country which has a distinctly different culture to the south. travel to. and spoke to women who are living in a camp there. it's one of the women seeking refuge in this camp her neighbor accused of using witchcraft to destroy had business helpless

able to prove her innocence diana was nearly lynched the scars from those i a constant reminder of that ordeal. i was abused years ago but i still want my abuses brought to justice to terror and they cause me so much pain and if they're not punished very soon all elderly women in my village will face a similar fate and get banished. to indiana struggles to survive on her own. but she's not alone. irish she too arrived here just weeks ago. she was attacked with a machete after being accused of using witchcraft to cause the death of someone you have village. when i was attacked with

a machete i even thought i was dead i couldn't breathe my head aches and i feel pain all over my body now i really enjoy pain and i really wish i was dead but here i am still alive now. more than 100 edley women who live in this camp have similar stories of abuse and humiliation some have lived here for more than 3 decades in terrible conditions some say let's a group of volunteers from the go home projects an initiative set up by the presbyterian church in ghana 15 tries to support in these women with the daily needs. in the camp. that.

'd it's structure and all that to keep. the belief in witchcraft exists in many societies but. accused of witchcraft and indeed. claims he exercises evil spirits says the women's is to blame. pelley. of the recent lynching of a 90 year old woman accused of witchcraft has reignited calls for the practice to change groups such as international once the rights of women better protected by the state. is the meat.

but for now this is home to remain ladies with no power to change their lives and. the author of the reports. hello isaac. wouldn't be the only place in africa superstition can cost people their lives but just how big is the problem in. this has been taking place for 100 years the. coming. of. that is not a. part of the country this is really. house in. every. community is to seek refuge in. some of these comes from a situation is that there we're not see in the trained we're having an increasing

day by day and many of the women become invulnerable to these i pods right and we saw that in your report it was it was only women essentially elderly women at best why is that the case why is it that mostly women are accused of bewitching people. during my visit to the northern part of the country and talking to people who have been involved in rescuing some of these women and understanding is that culturally women do not have much voice especially in the northern part of the country not only the northern part as you see across the country in many communities where men do not have a voice but in the northern part of the country is quite serious and so we meant to defend themselves and many of them who. are void are plots or run away from some of these people who perpetrate these crimes who become vulnerable no one hears them because they have no voice and that is why our peers the people who are prone to

these are tox i think i mean this is just a very difficult problem to solve in that you can change people's ideology you can expect a government for example that but but is the view in god that that the authorities could do a better job could take seeing women like we saw in your report because the help they were getting is from volunteers are not necessarily the state. yes that is the view that the government can protect these women better by prosecuting people who carry out these crimes if they are not prosecuted they are not arrested and prosecuted or punish feel emboldened to continue to do that is one thing the government has to work on to ensure that women are better protected. and know that if you report it came across that the women actually feel safe in these camps because they're scared to go back to their communities just in general from the time that you spent with them of they ok with that. did that they potentially have to spend the rest of their lives away from from their families isolated i can

almost say in these camps many of them i interacted with governor love to go back to the our homes and live with their families and live in communities where they were born and where they grew and lived their lives by the cannot be guaranteed safety they don't believe they become bigger and to safety because this has been going on for many many years and would have preferred to live where we are currently because they believe that protecting and protected and also. provided for them even though not today would i do wish they believe that they can only live that come if they believe that when you go back to your communities do not be attacked ones directing to go home. talking to us from accra thank you. alan extra forces from zimbabwe away on the usually care about $2000000.00 tourists would visit the country to see the world's largest waterfall the victoria falls the border closures that have come with covered 19

restrictions have meant there are no foreign tourists coming in to see the war in water is that as privileged reports businesses that rely on those visitors are now drowning. victoria falls is it. but the few around to witness its glory there once bustling resorts don't nearby is a shadow off usual so. a virus is brought to business to do. at this talk company helicopters often take off in 15 minute intervals to fly tories over the falls now the aircraft are parked on the ground. well the tourism industry has been worst affected is a fairly gutted all tolls are closed or activities are closed the employees are not on the pedals and they don't stream suppliers of goods to the industry also equally

affected unemployment has risen and. healthy has deteriorated everything is actually been granted to holds for businesses like art and curio dealers in 1000 feels like a death sentence owners are struggling to put food on the family table. if you had some time to native if you sleep you would go to sleep think over how am i going to feed my family how our tomorrow it's because we had to kind of interest more than 2000000 visitors come to victoria falls and usually but numbers this year have dropped drastically that will cut income generated by foreign visitors to the country normally some $1000000000.00 euros. estimated to go down by 85 percent. victoria falls growing is if

it is calling for change mark then showing off yes but seriously if your people are coming in to witness this locos are now trickling in up there are you all feeling of there but the local industry is feeling the pinch of quote be nice to you but it is now time to restructure the way forward to the future. their hope now is that domestic tourism can help compensate losses until international travel resumes it's going to be a very tough period ahead. but what good has come out of 19 is that every just a nation has come back to 0 we're all starting from ground 0 so this means that there is an opportunity for decisions about how to correctly. but economists say domestic tourism is a dead end given disposable income. does need to

redesign packages currently geared towards international. what the government could do in my view is to put a stimulus package in the tourism sector. which could be tax related they should forget about this sector take money from it when it's in the. in the graveyard ahead so to be buried so they need to risk it. the tourism industry here fishing is a tough period but there is a hope that the brighter days lie ahead victoria falls is ready to shore off its splendor. well that is it for now from africa but as always you can catch more of our stories on our website and facebook page shall because you can go to zimbabwe right now to see it in person will leave you with more video of the majestic victoria falls see you next time up on the float.

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