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international gathering up t sent cooperation becomes the scene of a horrible tragedy. arab terrors, armed with sub machine guns, went to the headquarters of the israeli team and immediately killed one man. and that is really the last one. this one was a wars fears realized to mike. they're all gone out. i witnesses experienced the terrible events and this, the world should not forget the long shuttle to 972 olympic massacre starts september, 3rd on d, w. ah, this is the w and he's africa coming up on the show. demand for justice and accountability in south africa. 10 years off to a brutal police crackdown, killed dozens of mining workers. survivors and families still can't find closure. no one has been punished for the mary connor massacre. also coming up 6 women in
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somalia tell new stories the way they want to hear them. changing the media scene and shifting its focus. plus, if a child gets a fever, many parents worry that it could be malaria, new research finds a way of diagnosing the severe cases and distinguishing them from even more dangerous elements. and is it the else? no, this is africa is to to have become the go to spot for sub saharan skids. ah, i'm really mohammed welcome to the program. it sounds like something out of the worst days during the era of whites only rural in south africa. poor workers striking for better pay and conditions gone down by police as they protest. but the
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killing of 34 miners in murray qana a decade ago didn't happen under apartheid. but on the watch of the a and c, government and official investigation is blaming police tactics. but nobody has been convicted of the crimes. thousands of people gathered at the scene of the massacre in murray qana to monk. what they say is the decade of injustice. families lay flowers at the site where they loved ones were shot dead, and they're still demanding answers and accountability to doubly as, as you increase travel to marianna and sent us this report. it is hard forms of alo, my good. you wanna to come back to this place where his life was changed forever. is really bad for me. seriously. it was very bad to me because i saw daddy's it the d t. it was coming to me like t, the pain i felt. the frame of law is the same as if the earth,
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or which going to be covered to my in darkness. oh, i saw someone get shot right in my head. i can't brain a lottie la e lees it something lee, but i will never forget to enter liberalism. yamagata is, are you doing agonies and anybody? i never forget any, any time the mary kana mine sits on rich deposits of platinum, a precious metal of which the mine workers say they see precious little profits. i then years ago, a bitter strike broke out. there was deadly strife between the union. when 2 police officers were also killed, the state responded with brutal force in front of rolling cameras. 3 police unleashed a hail of lead on the protesting minus killing $34.00 police cheated systematically
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. and when forced to utilize maximum force that is a lie. sessoms apollo magdalana, he was one of those shots seen he in the green sweater hits by 9 bullets. he also says it's a miracle that he survived sewell, i glare to windsor gale, yolanda ever since. that incident soon enough, i saw myself as someone that nobody cared about adding. if i feel like a slave in the government was supposed to be looking after me whole and they didn't change on next to the copy where the minus, where massacres. there's a settlement of tin that's it was my giddy one as home for many years. people here have seen practically nothing of the rich resources extracted from the region lower than the salad will. yet you and under ames like ion k entice you can, the benefits of the rich galvan door are by the people who are living here, let you know benefiting. yup. in if you talk land out. and then if i buy the living
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conditions and won't be back in town, if you tobacco valuable and out impunity, i won't a bit. or i gaze here. so an annual cleaning ask a get a day later, we are struggling to p no longer be day and it's just getting worse like man door. we have an improving would be, but they did an alarm as nothing changes in our life feed react by ways. we don't see anything change a balloon. yes, it would be better if we at least got social housing or aim is improper toilets and quickly. similarly at the p near toilet is that is baggy. one long, 10 years of betrayal, that's the bitter balance drawn by the union, smarter for the memorial. the widows of the slain men have new homes and new jobs, but dozens are still waiting for compensation. there's deep anger at the authorities and the police because no one has been brought to justice for the crimes committed. no one running,
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hunting down the white glove killin. they're hiding here in the glades and under their ros trying to cover themselves. but the police came in on to death and saw them do. there are those there were saw boy, some ending it was in it for these no apologies. that was extended to their families. there is no accountability, there was no justice. it's the fight for justice. that still drives them zacalo maga, d y, mom, he battled heart with a mining company to get himself a flat and a salary again, despite the trauma and constant pain, which he can only manage with medication. the option at 50 percent of south africa because no one to keep survive, that may make their short out to my many times or only me and 50 says, i'm power 40 men. that is why the people of my grandmother caught me that dead
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men walkie ish means me. i'm a strong strong enough to continue the fight for justice, for compensation and for fare, living conditions for all the miners and families of america. well let's get more on this and speak to mcgaffey more piano. she is a policy and economic analyst, specializing in mining and labor. she joins us from brits in north west. south africa is good to have you with us here and dw news. now we had the miners union, they're calling this anniversary 10 years of betrayal. has there been any accountability there hasn't been accountability at all. instead, what we have seen, these key actors are, were deeply involved in the tragedy and shift accountability and not want to take responsibility. we have also seen, we have fallen commission that was specifically set or to get to the bottom of what
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led to the tragedy. really not come out to very clear direct wording that says certain people are responsible for this to have happen. but instead, it gave recommendation of what it more like a remedial exercise. really. so know in shut, there really hasn't been accountability tenuously. there are many questions that have not been answered. now, so africa government says that it has paid out almost $10000000.00 to the families so far and that it aims to settle all outstanding claims by the end of august. what more are you calling on the government to do? well, i'm calling the government to formally apologize to publicly state state. and what happened was a tragedy that shouldn't have taken place in the 1st place. because in a matter of employee and employee engagement, industrial relations,
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one does not know why where the police involved. and secondly, it's quite critical. i think that the government gives a very clear position of what apologizing for the tragedy that has happened and by the government. one of these and you can see lead government, a for that matter. and many of these minors has said that despite the reparations their lives haven't improved, can you just talk us through some of those social and economic conditions that many of these people are going through? oh, absolutely. i mean saw the flicker. it's currently going in a slow growth face at the moment of its economy, even before that, many of the mine were across the communities on the mice, in an informal settlement called in gunning their lunch. that's not really change 10 years later, they're still more basic services. are tenuously tied, the social labor plans of the mining companies that are active operating in that
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environment have not really yielded the results it once it is meant to be, in other words, believe in conditions of people around the area of mary connor and the informal supplemented the community of america has not had any improvement in their lives. now more generally, how wide spread is this issue when it comes to exportation of poor workers by industries who are profiting from africa's mineral wealth is quite widespread. it's not unique to south africa throughout the continent. and mining is built in the economy of mines such that it is always been not just an extractive industry, but also extract even the 10s of the amount of labor extracts out of workers. and the amount of exploitation that he does on mine, where it has more like bodies in this instance. so we eat it is known historical.
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any continues to be that the, it is always going to be the way mining industry is able to re invent its means of production. such that it starts as much simplest value out of minus in an blake bodies throughout the continent while compensating them as little as possible in comparison to the kind of compensation it pace work has in developed countries and other parts of the world. so in the short term, what changes would you like to see much more strict policy into, in terms of a mean a ration for mine workers much more strict and follow up policy in terms of the social li by implants, because it's not enough for the asset didn't pay by an approved by government, but there must be enforcement of them. and the quick taking away of the license in
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mining rights, if companies or the industry as not to meet those social commitments they have made for social labor plans, but also a government that equally takes responsibility by provide 2 basic services to people in communities that have mining activities such that it doesn't become a burden that falls on mining companies as a way to provide basic services. i do think this is critical that government continues to be able to provide basic services to the people, even around communities and not on not wait for mining companies to undertake their social economic responsibilities. ok. mama kathy mala can i thank you very much indeed for your time. ah, they're watching the diabetes africa still to come. we had to wintery slopes of less to,
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to where skis are enjoying the only freestyle snow park in africa. the 1st i'd like you to meet next screen. if for him, she is the chief editor of belie media and she's part of the team of 6 women who make up some aaliyah's. first of all, female newsroom. they're working to address issues, often considered too sensitive for public broadcast and challenging social norms that put women and girls at a disadvantage. nashville mohammed ibrahim is out on her beat shooting video. her latest story for bella media is a profile of a teenager who happens to be a mother now back in the classroom to continue her education. teen parenting is a topic that others, somali media would never cover the lawn, which is the marley for bright and clear are on the job. were within media at bell
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on media. we focused on stories that are crucial for the somali communities we live in with. gary, the stories are about experience as people think in normal. but these are issues that are not investigation properly. congress if it were to be investigated and broadcast longer than we might find solutions for the future. had they been uncle? oh, so side of the highly had a little more for lead. you are to in boulder a laugh in a conservative muslim country like somalia, being a female journalist is a challenge. nazarenes team is made up of 5 women reporters in charge of every stage of a story from research to interviewing to camera work to editing their gender often gives these journalists unique access when talking to people about happier topics, like sexual and domestic violence or workplace harassment. about 80 percent of their output is about such issues. topics they say people are often too ashamed to discuss. and i will feel samaya donna and eg has female somali journalist,
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and we encourage an advocate for the rights of voiceless women in our were she that anthea, crucial what i'm new car, the court of law or full battle for white glove somalia has yet to pass its 1st sexual offences, bill though it's been in the work since 2013 perpetrators are rarely prosecuted, and victims can face a backlash. so it can be hard to get women to speak up a mikaela theory of boucher that only got the height on a hunting. got a hallock, mckuddle ha lice, a great start up the side especially for women. so it tries to cover the needs of women, although because it gives voice to the voiceless night and focuses on the stories of hon. women. so i think that's really important right now. i'm a shuttle that i said boucher ramos on the needle nazarene and her team only started their work in april. but they've already shown what is possible when women have the power to decide what stories they want to tell and how they want to tell them to get it. so how much of a challenge is it to be
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a female journalist in somalia? i put that question to 40, muhammad ahmed, the deputy chief editor of belie media. in mogadishu, there are a lot of delegates in would be sure is be selling that female journal. if you act it out, be put into from a min because a in our society when you go out for whacking, they just see something like a strange out or funny thing. they say, oh, you don't need to do it. this is not good for you. does not yours, this is top diss. and the other thing is say our, our, our, our parents is michelle, is somali parents they don't leg get female juggle is the say, oh please, can you change who idea? so what kind of issues are you trying to address that might be considered taboo in somalia and how is that being received there just we have a lot of e,
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he's so this in, in, in, in pill and media example. last week we population day in that dat uses in somalia is specially for for young females and all the people they know what bad is it to that to the, to the, to that young people is be silly, is be silly. female and our, our, our community, they don't know what's going on. and what does this? and the other thing is we publish day light is stood as for the 80 piece in i, the out of the, of the c t in mogadishu. there are a lot of e mothers and children would then have trust because when they're, when they go to dig and this no, you squeeze. so we have
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a lot of feet is the sort of in our society we in new to tell to that to the people. now, a report published last year by the national union of somali journalist revealed that a female jernace said that they faced sexual and gender based violence which has negatively impacted their professional development. so what's being done at the moment to make sure that they're safe and able to do their jobs is sometimes it can happen. it can happen todd day, most of the time. it's not because if you want to do, does the job i need, you know, talk to piece chunk person. you can face some delancy from the society or from the colleagues there for them that the people in where you got to talk to, to do there. they stood so you know to, to, to be strong and do worry for your safety when you go out and,
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and tell stories. sometimes yes, because it use media unit is a unique in somalia. and when we go out to do wag some of our community, the he said when the where you from will and media, what is the bill? and when we explain was 1000000000 on was doing it's, they just say please do it. so it's good to have some, some, some mentally does a while you, i just 6 female a on so we have, we have put in some times and they said please, can you have some other men to, to work with you guys. so bananas, seen as a way for women to reset the narrative in their societies in somalia, how far are you prepared to take this and where you see below ongoing in the future?
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yes, every thing you want to to do e, you can have some jellies. we know the challenges, so we just came from our society, our colleagues, our clients, but we are going to talk to, to, to do something different from what we have the full in so many journalists. okay, good luck to you, fatty mohammed, and thank you very much indeed for taking the time to speak to d w. news africa. thank you, matthew. oh, when a child falls ill with a fever in sub saharan africa is always the fear that it could be malaria, but not all fever diseases are transmitted by a mosquito bite and some of the others mistaken for malaria are more dangerous children who are falsely diagnosed when they're sick with something else, are more likely to die when it comes to malaria,
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is africa's children who are suffering the most of all the cases of a disease measured by the world health organization on the continent, 80 percent, or among the under fives. but it's not always simple to figure out who really is ill with the parasite. new research conducted at the university of oxford suggests about a 3rd of cases diagnosed in children as severe malaria are actually a completely different disease. lots of these children who get diagnosed as having severe malaria actually don't have to be married and they will. so now get to now get treated with an answer millerio, anti malarial, or drugs that only kill malaria parasites. they don't work on other diseases. many children thought to be suffering from malaria are actually infected with bacteria, which cause sepsis, an illness that used to be called blood poisoning. but bacteria is just worse than
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similar. it is a scott high mortality. i mean, commitment area is bad, but at least it's treatable. you know, if you get given drugs quickly, it's traceable children with acute bacterial substance need immediate treatment and hospital with antibiotics and miss diagnosis could mean a delay. and these children are more likely to die. so the research looked for clinical signs of malaria in more than 2000 patients. both adults and children from uganda, kenya, and bangladesh. malaria is caused by a parasite, passed on by mosquitoes. when the parasite bursts his protein is released and the blood scientist looked at how the levels of this protein correspond to how severe the case of the diseases. we've tried to sort of assess this problem by using biomarkers which she can measure in
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blood which to, to, to try and understand how many of these children are actually getting misdiagnosed . and they are in, this is in this, in the concept. so clinical studies of similar dr. watson also look to the level of blood platelets in patients with severe malaria and found they had both low levels of platelets and high levels of parasite protein in the blood. i could say the platelets are especially important. this is quite nice because it's a standard in indices that you, that you measure in a hospital is a most hospitals. even in low recent settings, will have a machine. the commercial accounts, the other indicator, parasite protein levels. it's hard to measure that. scientists have given time, existing blood tests for malaria could be tweak to include it until then the world health organization says all children being treated for severe malaria should be
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given both antibiotics and anti malarial. and while much of the northern hemisphere is sweltering in the summer heat, let's take you to the chill of winter in the tiny african nation of lesser to is the only country on earth where his entire territory is at least a 1000 meters above sea level. and one rich top is more than 3000 meters above sea level, making it the go to spot for skiers in southern africa. a close, it's got the look and feel of resorts in the lp's are the rockies 1st great rides and slides from a bit further back f risky copico snow park is a nice hill to practice for the steeps elsewhere or yeah. ok. how do i need
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a nice hill to learn the basics of skiing and about all the how snow works. so the, so thank you. doesn't worry to kayla to lisky over. you do not worry, nothing, seeing a lot of eggs on youtube, and i just thought i really want to try back and i've never seen snow in my life. so this is really the dean, c, f risky as africa's only operating ski resort south of the equator. it pulls primarily from south africa, which completely surrounds, let's do to keep going on. it's on the scene and then other than just going to in so we are a small skiing nation. so if it's the international sky federation, do give guys training, am i like facilities and invites us to come from the is a big field of local, the sushi scares, which is awesome to see it's grand every single year. it is more and more and more . but your majority would come from south africa. this is waffa season, embodying the southern hemisphere, modern medical. what my father has helen, a celtic that i got derived a big deal in the super slow. wherever the all come from one thing they get to say
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