the hughes crime fighters are back africa's most successful radio drama series continues. this season the stories focus on hate speech all over pension and sustainable production all of us old or available online and of course you can share and discuss on africa's facebook page and other social media platforms. foreign fighters to new know. whenever a shipment of biotech pfizer coronavirus vaccine arrives in south africa it makes the headlines. because the country's vaccination program has been struggling because off to a late start 1st using astra zeneca is jab but that was stopped over its

effectiveness against the variant spreading rapidly in the country. then south africa turned to johnson and johnson's vaccine. that roll out due to concerns about side effects. with a 2nd wave of infections now behind and life is starting to appear normal in south africa but it may not stay that way. look into this covered 19 special hour of what's in the crown of our situation in south africa has relaxed in recent weeks the country has now put one of the world's hottest lockdowns to worrying waves of new cases behind it the number of new daily infections around 2000 a day just a 10th of what it was in late january the 2nd peak you can see that but the improvement it's a spite a slow start in south africa's vaccination campaign and it's passed. with

a mutatis fires farry and krishna reports. camps bay in cape town concern about the pandemic seems far away here in the last days of summer many people are still socially distancing but the mask mandate is rarely followed to be honest i'm just enjoying the phoenix today and the start of. the lot of like the weekends just 2 minutes those days you know i mean i think. i am happy that i'm free i'm able to come to the beach and have fun playing for quite some time we must be winded but i even. like all of a sudden. people couldn't come to the beach. away from the fish into leaving the see you know seeing the sunset but this is life. life is coming back to normal the economy has been open and like you know we had many. of. you came and you're

going to. and then me anymore i mean we want to sustain. more. and you know. all the. antibodies studies show that almost half of the population of cape town has already been infected in densely populated townships the rate is even higher the excess death rate suggests that more than $150000.00 people have died of corona virus during the pandemic. virus just involve composite worries that the mutation could be more resistant against vaccines as well as the antibodies people develop after early infections similar to the brazilian mutation time but this hasn't been verified by studies there's still no proof of a higher death rate among the new mutations and there are glimmers of hope.

districts within cape told the day were badly affected 2 of the 1st wave seemed to be less badly affected during the 2nd wave and that makes one think of somehow protected if it is some some like if it is of some protective effect even of the picture with the previous wide tavarez know it came to the period but what we think is that if you have had in fiction with the new variant virus you would be against any preceding war and that is the good news. is and his team are already preparing for the 3rd wave and they are increasing testing capacities since so many rules aren't being adhered to the number of new infections could start rising again . but we can now speak to cheryl color in here is the head of the center for risperidone disease at south africa's national institute for communicable diseases thank you very much for joining us on the covered 19 special how would you

characterize the coronavirus situation in south africa is there a feeling that it's over the worst. so thanks for having me i think you know right now in south africa case numbers are i had a relatively low level and they have been reducing since since the peak of our 2nd wave around the new year you better benefit me you know wouldn't characterize it as the as the risk is over and we know from from previous waves that you know case that has reached very high levels and then they came down but they certainly remains am a risk their case numbers may increase again so right now as you know except in a small number of provinces his numbers are generally at a low level that doesn't mean at all that they'd be complacent or think the baby society will remain at this level you know you're working on the assumption that there will be a wave or a you. hoping that it can just be avoided. well so i think.

you know if we look at or think about the possibility of a 3rd wave we know that we have no experience to large waves in south africa but there have been a number of studies looking at population immunity a proportion of people that have been infected in the country and while here in some areas of the country immunity levels appear to be fairly high even as high as 60 percent the scenes i mean in the areas of the western cape we we we know there's been in teens transmission other areas have much lower levels of people that have been affected just sitting around 3030 percent so just based on that i mean it would appear to be lacky that there will be a 3rd wave. and and you know that also taking into account the fact that restrictions have relaxed substantially since the peak of the wave mostly around trying to get the economy going and generate economic activity so i think most experts would agree that it is lacking that it will be another wave inside africa

as opposed to difficulty steps to to predict the timing and the magnitude of where one of the things i suppose you're hearing stories is have that wave off with facts and nations but the vaccination program isn't going as well as might have hoped. so i think that's a nation got off to a slow start there was hope largely related to concerns about about the new period which which did emerge in south africa really around the time of their running out of the vaccination program so so i've been told now at about 350000 health care workers have been vaccinated through a program. really focusing on health care workers out of about one to 1500000 potentially eligible health care workers but i think south africa is planning over the next few weeks in fact to move into a match more x. gale intensive vaccination program the plan and number of several 1000000 doses are

expected to arrive in the country over the next few man the. target group is expanding within the next 3 weeks to include individuals over the age of 60 with a plan to to really decrease that age band quite rapidly over the subsequent months i'm certain there is a planted need to abscond explanation repine any eventual target is really to get to about 2 thirds of the population vaccinated towards the end of this year into into next year. you know he had restrictions song for example of the use of the astra zeneca vaccine and also there was a pause at the johnson and johnson x.e. as south africa tied its own hands by making these restrictions. well i think i mean i think the 2 issues are different i think that johnson and johnson was a pause with regard to safety concerns and i think that you know that's quite a normal thing in media other countries in europe and other parts of the world also

instituted a pause in response to the safety concerns until we got information they confirmed that the vaccine was safe yet that may have had a negative impact on the acceptance of the vaccine but you know i think that again may have been experienced in in other parts of the world with regard to astra zeneca exene i think it was it is a complex decision and you know i think it's you know but i wouldn't say we've had our hands i think now the government has really secured. you know supply of a number of other vaccine products which are suppose coming into the country over the next few weeks. i thank you very much for taking the time to speak to us cheryl cohen from south africa's national institute for communicable diseases now it's time to answer more of your questions about science correspondent derek williams. is there any conclusive evidence for avoiding alcohol before or after receiving

a covert going teen vaccine. asking for conclusive evidence for anything in this pandemic is setting the bar pretty high which is why most of the commentary that i read on this topic has has been pretty head and and i couldn't find any really clear directives issued by trustworthy health care bodies like the c.d.c. or the w.h.o. saying you should stop drinking completely before or between vaccine shots maybe it's best therefore to start by looking at the conclusive evidence that we do have we know alcohol abuse is bad for your house pretty much everyone agrees on that and there are convincing studies out there showing that one of the things regular heavy alcohol consumption impacts negatively is immune system response there are other studies however showing that light or moderate drinking doesn't have the same

impact and even indicating it might actually bolster your immune response so so most medical professionals appear to be adopting a kind of middle of the road approach to this question and saying hey it's fine to have a celebratory beer or a glass of champagne after you've been vaccinated but adding that it's never a good idea to overindulge particularly after receiving a vaccination after all aside from the potential direct health considerations of that having a hangover would almost certainly make any potential vaccine side effects even less pleasant to deal with. very good teams that before we are reminded that nowhere is safe from coffee 19 not even the highest place on earth more than 30 climb has just been evacuated from the foot of

a. mount everest after taking a toll from coronavirus whole self is a 2nd wave of infections the country's tourism sector depends on the thousands of people who come every year to climb the world's tallest mountain it's now trying to recover from a total shutdown of the himalayan summits last year. and that's all from this data you covered 900 special for more check out straight away dot com slash coverage 92nd. closely. listen carefully to good old days soon. to get.

discovered. the i. subscribe to documentary. player. playing say now i'm going to list for a bit of. the arab spring began in 2011. people stood up against corrupt rulers and dictatorship. old is moments have left deep banks in my memory. to be a little easier because i'm

a critical feeling. the people. we're liberated. to have hoped for more security more freedom more dignity have their hopes been fulfilled. where does the arab world stand today 20 years after the arab spring. our rebellion starts june 7th on d w. on this edition of arts and culture a look at how a world war 2 anti nazi activist sophie schol might have used instagram had she been a young woman today also coming up. the legacy of another revolutionary 100 years since his birth we'll find out why groundbreaking conceptual artist joseph

ords is still making waves. and the work of a serbian sculptor who transforms weapons of war into instruments of communication and harmony. welcome to the show 100 years after her birth and almost 80 since i death sophie show remains a powerful symbol of peaceful resistance against tyranny in 1943 the student who was executed for her brave attempts to resist the nazi dictatorship she was just 21 shoulder documented her short life using diaries and letters imagine what she could have done today with instagram that was the idea that inspired a new project in germany launched to mark her 17 a very. disaffected mines and it's fine for to leicester doesn't talk. manchester in are so common even leave it up. as

a. that. aside the film shoot at the end of march depicting sophie shows a rival in munich her brother hance is there to pick her up actress luna vader is $21.00 the same age as sophie shot in the last year of her life. so it's a great honor to play sophie short of course there's a certain amount of pressure because you want to do justice to this person what's great was so sure there are quite a few biographies her own diaries and especially the correspondence between her and fritz it's such a gift because it lets you get right inside her head. same has also based the instagram story on sophie shaw's letters to her fiance and other historical sources everything is as authentic as possible the narrative is packaged as

a multimedia corage with new installments on instagram every day illustrations photos reenacted scenes video clips but only what sophie herself might have seen. so far this former gives us the opportunity to get snow sophie shell on a much more personal level to relate what made up her everyday life with not just telling the classic sophie short story that everybody knows and learn. to make it illustrations show scenes from the war but also more magical moments and the dreams of sophie schol. may 9th 942 sophie's birthday filming yourself at the same time is a challenge. to have health care yourself you have the monologues but it's also exciting because you have to capture scenes in a completely different way you have the vertical format and you have to work it out with several people so every scene is like a little package that you open up and you see what comes out. and.

the birthday party and other scenes depict emotional everyday moments feelings that young instagram users may be able to identify with. the daughter sophie was is our heroine our resistance fighter but she's also a very normal multi-faceted woman with insecurities the whole journey up to this point was a huge struggle also with herself. for 10 months the team will post daily moments from sophie's life and from everyday life in 942 on instagram. maybe with the things we generate here we can also inspire people to take a look at what's happening in our world today because the topics that were relevant then are still relevant more than ever the sad thing is we still have to talk about

the role of women racism nazis. explains sophie shaw is the name of the channel aimed at today's instagram uses. them to the student becomes an activist and is arrested at the university was handing out leaflets she holds on to her convictions until her execution. is getting as a wonderful quote from sophie schol have i been training so far sometimes maybe but now i've woken up so this waking up that something we all may be need to do. another famous german he would have celebrated his 100th birthday this may his conception artist joseph boyce his apple cart sculpture and particularly his performance art was seen as whether it's time as was the man himself based continue

to inspire artists today. in boise sente new year his legacy has inspired literally dozens of exhibitions across germany. just of course continues to fascinate and polarized 35 years after his death the artist and teacher was famed for his performances. covered his head in honey and gold and guarded the dead through his exhibition with us looking on from the outside for fine prophetic or simply provocative. this is an artwork that gets the heart of many things such as the question how does conventional communication function and what happens when that communication is declined.

in. the upcoming starting from language exhibition at berlin's hamburger bahnhof explores the ways that is still relevant in the 21st century. is a huge work of fact both animal and synthetic the work is about unfinished writing questions about spatial change and formation was an important thing in football. born in $1021.00 joseph boyce was in the hitler youth and during world war 2 he was part of a bomber squadron does he have something to hide really progressive or perhaps backward looking his experience in the war let him to believe that people and society had to change and that this was a process he often chose materials that changed like facts or felt. the space curator a current exhibition at stuttgart darts gallery makes this clear. on

the 100th anniversary of his birth boyce's unrestrained creative urge is taking center stage again boyce was anti or farsi and resonated with the younger generation is objection to admission requirements famously lost in his teaching post at the arts academy. because i. believe that on television. voice was a champion of social change but he was also interested in religion and spirituality and in creating his own mythical person you know he wasn't always consistent. you have the boys he should have received an income for the work that they do at home so that's pretty progressive. and at the same time. that this kind of patriarch. in the center of his discourse always i

think it's as ambivalent on this question as it is on every question with choice and that's probably why remains interesting as an artist i think is probably arises on pretty much every issue you look at. even in 2021 voice comes across as a larger than life the cost forensic collection of juxtaposes his works with contemporary art works that question capitalism and the financial system demanding alternatives. and radical change. the environment plays an important role to. films of several voices performances in 1904 he wrapped himself in belts and locked himself up in a new york gallery with a life. and copies of the wall street journal. the man in the hat was a pioneer of the ecological movement in 1902 he proposed

a plan to plant 7000 trees in castle for document to 7 he was rooting for a better future history planting project has become a model for artists and activists all over the world. and there's more about joseph boyce and the artists he inspired on this earth today's edition of culture program $21.00. another sculptor whose work blurs the lines between art and life is nicholas sera his war materials were once instruments of division and hate but much sera gives them a new life as musical instruments he thought is the discarded army kit from junkyards across his native serbia some of the weapons he transforms date back to the ethnic conflicts that ravaged the region during his lifetime. dystopian military junkyard serves as a stark reminder of the placebo can wars that preached from 20 years ago.

today some of those on the equipment is being repurposed room. and transformed into musical instruments by scott an economic slowdown that part of his from noise to sound project. gets to work on a salvation army quickly and in his studio novi sad service 2nd largest city fusion it combines 2 objects to create one musical instrument an elaborate process that takes months he takes inspiration from traditional balcony instruments to build this kind of instruments playing go i o's help but 1st of all i clean the helmet and i put it together like this they can see things from this gun and put the string there after that i call the musicians

thought try to play on this instrument we talk about what we should do to get a better song of course i want all to send a message to make music not bore but it's not so simple i actually want to show people that you can think about stuff differently you know about war about everything about life. and now nicholas transforming military kids into musical instruments. is cello for instance it's made from a canister in a portable rocket launcher this guitar from an outer matic rifle and a helmet this wind instrument for mind parts and it's because an instrument from a canister and yet another rocket launcher. i think it's a very interesting word took. 4 years of the culture of its setting there truth to

take objects from your surroundings an economic zira would like a small orchestra like this to tell all the countries that were once caught up in the deadly yugoslav wars to encourage everyone to make music not school. what a great idea there's more on all our stories on our web site d w dot com sas culture and please join us again next time. are you ready for some great news i'm christine winblad on the guy on the edge of my country with a brand new d.w. music africa show that tackles the issues shaping the concert hall with more time to off on an in-depth look out to all of the friends got caught up to you what's making the hittites and what's behind the way on the streets to give you in-depth

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