thank you so much there. glaser for speaking to us from johannesburg. it's a pleasure. plenty more had on the algebra and in our, including the spain drain from rural areas what the he was doing to urgently repopulate small town. we report from southern pockets on where a drought, especially millions to the brink of starvation and in foreign green bay quarterback . aaron roger is break the packers record for most touchdowns. ah, but 1st rights groups have accused me in mars. military of committing a massacre as fighting with rebel forces intensifies the charred remains of 38 people have been found in chaos. states witnesses say that civilians including women and children, were rounded up and shot save the children's as to if its staff are missing and their vehicle was found burned. tony chang has more from bangkok. as i understand from reports i've had from ker, any political groups operating in the area, the attack was apparently in retribution for attacks by grips on the me. i'm on military. on friday in the evening, they came into the village of most

she is just -- she is the first black female mayor in johannesburg.any residents say that johannesbu is a city indicate. the infrastructure has been crumbling for years with constant water and electricity cuts. >> they want to stop this trend but now the pandemic is causing her further concern. she has to prepare the city for a fourth covid wave. quite a lot of systems ar already in place. we have to make sure that service delivery continues in the covid era. we have to strengthen performance management. i have heard rumors of people working from home. there is no real means of seeing if people are delivering on what they have been employed to do. such things need to be given attention. >> she is trying to convince people to get vaccinated. only one in four south africans is fully vaccinated. although there is enough vaccine available. the vaccination rate is particularly low. >> we get some diseases like covid-19 here. >> the uptake is very low. in terms of cases that are hospitalized, a lot of them are unvaccinated. >> this is a single mother and a

cnn's larry madowa is in johannesburg.to say the least, but top authorities seem to be trying to stamp down fears here. >> reporter: that's what they're trying to do, kim, right to encourage people to get vaccinated. but the early figures indicate, according to cyril ramaphosa, that this omicron variant does not lead to serious hospitalization. the rate of hospitalization, the president says, is not increasing at an alarming rate. he did say that there's still more research and testing necessary to be able to say that definitively, but this could be a promising sign in an otherwise grim situation. we're coming to you from johannesburg. this is in howtang center which is the epicenter of the new surge in south africa. at the beginning of the week, south africa was averaging about 4,000 cases daily. now it's over 16,000. and the positivity rate is somewhere about 23.8%. yesterday, 24.3%. the day before. so quite a significant figure. and the concern here from health authorities is that many of those people were not vaccinate

or for me to build a choice, you know, from johannesburg, and to meet the president urged the public to get vaccinated or at least get the booster of a heating his call. there has been somewhat of an uptake in terms of the number of people coming out to get vaccinated. it's quite clear that the detection of the new army con variant has spooked people, at least to some degree. those who might have been hesitant, or perhaps those who were unsure of the safety of vaccines. currently, we only have about 42 percent of those people in south africa who are eligible for a vaccine taken up at least one job. but that number drops all the way to 25 percent. people who received both jobs so far. but i'm going to bring in a brand new tele, he's one of the organizers of this specific vaccine center in johannesburg. it brain we, we've seen more people coming out to get vaccinated or what has the turn out been at the center or to have been quite encouraging the turn out. so we have, are opened the site last week, saturday and, and, and then this week said it is well and was in a steady optic in the

coming to thank you for the update family to miller live for us there in johannesburg. now the only crohn very and has the head of the european commission urging you members states to consider making over 1900 vaccination is mandatory where we challenges in london with more on the search across europe. farm occur on his speaking europe, with the delta variance, the continent is already the global epicenter of the kobe pandemic. again, lead is worried. what extra was the new variance may bring despite hastily enforce travel restrictions. so sama considering new policies like legally mandating citizens to get vaccinated. i think it is understandable and appropriate to lead this discussion. now how we can encourage and potentially think about mandatory vaccination and within the european union, this needs discussion. a 3rd of e, you citizens, a 150000000 people remained on vaccinated to many police found a land in order. what science tells us already is that full vaccination and boosters provide the strongest protection against comment that is available now. others are hea

and farmington miller, she's joining us from johannesburg. so, a sharp worrying rise in infections where your family does what more can you tell us? well, there are 28000 active infections in south africa. currently, certainly not the highest in the world, but what is of concern is the jump in numbers in the last day or 2. they were 4000 new infections a day ago, and in the last 24 hours that doubled to 8000. and that's what experts are worried about. and this is also an indication of just how easily the variant that's just been uncovered spread so at least might indicate how quickly it spreads. the experts in south africa have said they're watching 2 things. one, the impact with the effect that the vaccines have on containing the spread of the variant, but also just how quickly it spreads. and one point of interest that's come out today is that the national institute of communicable diseases says that previous infection of covered 19 doesn't necessarily protect people from getting the on recon virus of variant. so that is what is of concern

we have more from johannesburg.respondent: south africa manufactured just over 200 million doses of the johnson & johnson vaccine. the vaccines will be distributed to other african countries over the next year through the african union. so far, just 7% of africans have been fully vaccinated. this distribution is expected to benefit the most low income countries as soon as possible. that is despite the u.s. cdc flagging concerns about side effects and proposing other vaccines be used rather than j&j. south african experts say they have not seen any alarming signals. while they are aware of side effects, they are rare and the benefits of the j&j vaccine outweigh the risks. south africa's institute will start making the pfizer vaccine early next year. south africa's role will be to finish the vaccine manufacture process once the vaccine is received from europe. the world health organization is working on establishing africa's first covid vaccine technology hub. that is as vaccine companies have been criticized for not

we have more from johannesburg.respondent: south africa manufactured just over 200 million doses of the johnson & johnson vaccine. the vaccines will be distributed to other african countries over the next year through the african union. so far, just 7% of africans have been fully vaccinated. this distribution is expected to benefit the most low income countries as soon as possible. that is despite the u.s. cdc flagging concerns about side effects and proposing other vaccines be used rather than j&j. south african experts say they have not seen any alarming signals. while they are aware of side effects, they are rare and the benefits of the j&j vaccine outweigh the risks. south africa's institute will start making the pfizer vaccine early next year. south africa's role will be to finish the vaccine manufacture process once the vaccine is received from europe. the world health organization is working on establishing africa's first covid vaccine technology hub. that is as vaccine companies have been criticized for not

thank you so much for your reporting there, larry madowa in johannesburg. want to prbring in linda gray and she joins me now live from cape town, south africa. thanks so much for being with us. we just heard from our correspondent in south africa there. i would like to start with your assessment of the situation in terms of the omicron variant. what are you seeing right now and how worried are you about the coming months? >> so we are seeing an increase in the number of positive cases coming through over the last two weeks. 16,366 people tested positive and gives us an overall case positivity rate of 24%, which is up from about 1% three weeks ago. we are seeing an exponential rise in cases. at this moment in time, like our president said, it looks like a lot of these cases are mild, but obviously, it's too early to tell. and we should prepare for the worst. we shouldn't wait. and every week we learn more about this new variant and every week we know a little bit more, much more about its transmissibility and about its impact in terms of natural ind history.

at is a commodity to the correspondent in johannesburg. thank you so much for your reporting. turning to some other news now and the bodies of 16 iraqi kurdish migrants who drowned in the english channel in november have been returned to air beale, the capital of iraqi kurdistan. 27 migrants died when their dinging deflated as they tried to make a dangerous crossing from france to britain. it's been described as the worst disaster on record involving migrants, trying to cross the channel. they left searching for a better life, but make the most tragic of deaths. relatives waited at bill airport for the delivery of coffins carrying the remains of loved ones. just some of the thousands who have fled a land of little opportunity as the brother of one victim described. oh, on little little in kurdistan for more than 7 or 8 years, there hasn't been any work on a young people have no work in the government sector, or even in the private sector against all these young people left to achieve their dreams and goals. and to reach a country that prov

the mayor of johannesburg wants to do everything she can to stop it from spreading farther. johannesburg at night is a party town. there is no social distancing, no masks, no registering of guests at claps. local may am pull, pallets is not happy with the situation and is taking part in a police rate on the complaint of clothing 19 isn't looming. 4th wave of call, then i'll number the we very concerned about compliance. he called the regulation the music is turned off and the club closed for these guests. the party was over long before the midnight curfew. but palatez job is just getting started. she is the 1st black female mayor johannesburg city that was once the dream destination for gold prospectors. but now, as the city in crisis pallets there wants to stop this trends. but now the pandemic is causing her further concern. she is to prepare the city for a 4th cove at waif. a lot of systems already in place. i have also seen gaps though, that need to be addressed, particularly around making sure that service delivery continues in the covered era . and we need to strengthen performance

larry joining us live from johannesburg.any thanks today. >>> coming up here on "cnn newsroom," more than a dozen people are dead after saturday's volcano eruption in indonesia. we will have a live report on the rescue efforts and the dangers that remain. we're back in just a moment. are you a christian author with a book that you're ready to share with the world? get published now, call for your free publisher kit today! >>> the situation in indonesia is dangerous. at least 15 people killed and 1700 are displaced after the sudden eruption destroyed hundreds of homes, damaged many schools and left villages covered in ash. 27 people are still missing. cnn meteorologist pedram javaheri has more for us. >> we're watching portions around indonesia because we know this is among the most volcanically active regions on the planet. indonesia easily tops the chart, 127. second place japan with 108. you'll notice where the united states and chile are in place of indonesia. this particular volcano, it is a popular hiking location. elev

no one else, adequate, would feel that his shoes, that was dw correspondent to so kamala, in johannesburg speaking to us on the death and legacy of desmond to to in other news. now the bodies of 16 iraqi kurdish migrants who drowned in the english channel in november have been returned to the capital of iraqi kurdistan. 27 migrants died as their de deflated when they tried to make the dangers crossing from france to britain. it's been described as the worst disaster on record involving migrants, trying to cross the channel they left searching for a better life, but make the most tragic of deaths. relatives waited a port for the delivery of coffins carrying the remains of loved ones. just some of the thousands who have fled a land of little opportunity. as the brother of one victim described. i live in kurdistan for more than 7 or 8 years. there hasn't been any work on a young people have no work in the government sector, or even in the private sector against all these young people left to achieve their dreams and goals and to reach a country that provides a decent life with dignity in ver

the mayor of johannesburg wants to do everything she can to stop it from spreading farther. to anna's book at night is a party town. there's no social distancing, no masks, no registering of guests at claps. local may, i am. pull pallets is not happy with the situation and is taking part in a police rate the on the come meant of call, the 19 isn't looming for wave of call. then i'll number the we very concerned about compliance, he called and regulation the music is turned off and the club closed for these guests. the party was over long before the midnight curfew, but pellets job is just getting started. she is the 1st black female mia and johannesburg city that was once the dream destination for gold prospectors. but now as the city in crisis pallets there wants to stop this trends. but now the pandemic is causing her further concern. she has to prepare the city for a 4th cove at waif. a lot of systems already in place. i have also seen gaps though, that need to be addressed, particularly around making sure that service delivery continues in the covered era . and we need t

the mayor of johannesburg wants to do everything she can to stop it from spreading farther. johannesburg at night is a party town. there is no social distancing, no masks, no registering of guests at claps. local may, i am. pull pallets is not happy with the situation and is taking part in a police rate the on the complaint of call, the 19 isn't moving forward, wave of call. then i'll number the didn't happen, we very concerned about compliance. he called the regulation the music is turned off and the club closed for these guests. the party was over long before the midnight curfew, but pellets, his job is just getting started. she is the 1st black female mia and johannesburg city that was once the dream destination for gold prospectors. but now as the city in crisis pallets there wants to stop this trends. but now the pandemic is causing her further concern. she has to prepare the city for a 4th cove. it waif, a lot of systems already in place. i have also seen gaps though, that need to be addressed, particularly around making sure that service delivery continues in the covet area. and w

later he joined the anglican clergy, rising to become dean of johannesburg and eventually archbishop of cape town that propelled him into the public spotlight as an unflinching moral voice. his fight for equality and justice was rewarded with a nobel peace prize in 1984, a recognition that health amplify the anti apartheid movement worldwide. 10 years later introduced nelson mandela as of africa as president, bringing the apartheid era to an end. hospice of desmond turtle was one of the world's foremost he or whites campaigners raising the voices of not just south africans, but also palestinians. iraqis and the ranger and many others. ah, let's bring in our guess all in johannesburg, professor fareed his heart as a friend of the tutor, family and better in south africa, struggle for liberation. david, when i is a researcher and political commentator, focusing on african affairs to be so if i could be a senior research fellow at the africa, asia dialogue organization and a board member of the made and guardian newspaper. welcome to the program fareed 1st. what was desmond tutors, most

the miller, who's in johannesburg again, it's what late morning, back now for me to the news has obviously reached most people across south africa in the tributes are coming in. they certainly are and the hearing a number of a lot of words of compassion and sadness around the death of the archbishop as to has been described as a giant amongst men. and, and one of the things i want to read out is from the presidency where he's been described as a man of extraordinary intellect, integrity and invincibility, against the forces of a party that he will always be remembered for the work he did in terms of the struggle and fight against a party, especially at a time when they were prominent political leaders imprisoned. and he was somebody who kept the fires burning both within south africa and abroad in terms of eradicating a party and the justices that millions of south africans faced. of course there were 2 main, pivotal points for him, but he always said he could never really forget the short vill massacre of the 19 sixties and then not the ongoing sweater riots. they were pivotal to the to t

they're talking to us from johannesburg. well, even before the world was talking about the micron barrier seems the pandemic was still impacting economies and growth, the u. s. economy, i did fax you a jobs them as expected. last month, according to the latest figures, only $210000.00 jobs were added in november. monthly job growth has averaged $555000.00 so far this year. still, the unemployment rate has dropped to 4.2 percent. that some good news for professional and business services, transportation and manufacturing, but employment in retail. well, that does continue to slide in the lead up to the holiday shopping season. it is, of course, a hectic period. millions of workers have decided to change jobs. this g a during the so called great resignation, a labor shortage, high inflation and supply chain issues of cold economic growth. let's talk to patricia sub gum. she's the managing business editor at al jazeera digital. she joins us from new york. patricia, welcome to the news. we've had 18 months of being told the u. s

the mayor of johannesburg wants to do everything she can to stop it from spreading farther. johannesburg at night is a party town. there is no social distancing, no masks, no registering of guests at claps. local may am pull. pallets is not happy with the situation and is taking part in a police rate. on the complaint of coven 19, isn't moving forward, wave of call, then i'll number the we very concerned about compliance. he called the regulation. the music is turned off and the club closed for these guests. the party was over long before the midnight curfew. but palatez job is just getting started. she is the 1st black female mia and johannesburg city. that was once the dream destination for gold prospectors. but now as the city in crisis pallets there wants to stop this trends. but now the pandemic is causing her further concern. she is to prepare the city for a 4th cove. it waif, a lot of systems already in place. i have also seen gaps though that need to be addressed, particularly around making sure that service delivery continues in the covered era and we need to strengthen performa

i chose has cases have increased by 255 percent in the past week. pharma tamila has moved from johannesburg. if we look at the last 24 hours have been 900000 over 900000 cases. and i think what is concerning is the positivity rate and that that's gone up to 26.8 percent, which really is about the number of people going out to get tested. a quarter of them are then receiving results, saying that they're positive and i think this is what experts are keeping a close eye on. the what is made south africa sort of stand out in the last couple of days is that the number of infections throughout november and at the end of the 3rd wave had really dropped significantly, perhaps 3 or 400 cases in an entire week. and now we've seen that increase exponentially by 300 percent. and so the is continuing concern around just how the army current by variant will impact the africans and an increase in disease. but the government appears to be taking quite a sober approach, not heightening or restriction levels in south africa. i'm also firing back at the international community around travel band saying that h

mention, then we have a blessed desmond and pillow too, too was born in a mining town outside johannesburg. at a time of strict segregation, things would get much worse. as he grew up to 2 was 17, when the national party came to power in 1948 racial inequality became law. apartheid. he wanted to be a doctor, but became a teacher instead witnessing 1st hand the government's policy of depriving black south africans of education, consigning them to servitude. and the protests that followed the like the sharp fil massacre in 1960. ringback 59 people were killed and most of them were short in the best, the running away, protesting against the past. last, i remember as a moment when you realize that black life was cheap, the 22 must have thought he could do more in the church. he joined the clergy eventually obtaining high anglican office as dean of johannesburg and later archbishop of cape town, it propelled him into the public eye as an unflinching moral voice. why our struggle is way to succeed. he's lot just because of number i believe rate was a big because it is a just by 984 desmond to to

more in the church, he joined the clergy eventually obtaining high anglican office as dean of johannesburg and later archbishop of cape town, it propelled him into the public eye as an unflinching moral voice. why our struggle is way to succeed. he's lot just because of number to leave reg was because it is a josh by 984 desmond to to had one global admiration. he was awarded the nobel peace prize. it was the kind of recognition that south africa's anti apartheid movement needed to become a global force for a very, very long time i. i did hope that the world would, would hear a plea. and that is why we were to apply sanctions. archbishop desmond tutu was one of the world's foremost human rights campaign. as an active member of the elders in the cause of world peace remembered as much for his unremitting optimism. an infectious laugh. when he introduced nelson mandela of south africa's new president in 1994 to 2 recalled that he whispered to god, if i die now, it would be almost the perfect moment. someone up there must really have been on our side or waiting for us. when mandela died, many

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i could feel that his shoes, d, w correspondent through so come alo in johannesburg. the bodies of 16 iraqi kurdish migrants who drowned in the english channel in november have been returned to beale, the capital of iraqi kurdistan. 27 migrants died when their dingey deflated as they tried to make the dangerous crossing from france to britain. it's been described as the worst disaster on record involving migrants, trying to cross the channel. ah, they left searching for a better life, but met the most tragic of death's relatives waited air bill airport for the delivery of coffins carrying the remains of loved ones. just some of the thousands who have fled a land of little opportunity. as the brother of one victim described. alan liquid in kurdistan for more than 7 or 8 years. there hadn't been any work on. a young people have no work in the government sector, or even in the private sector against all these young people left to achieve their dreams and goals and to reach a country that provides a decent life with dignity, done up in verona. but here are the kinds of am

for me, the miller has more from johannesburg. south africa said to manufacture just over $2000000.00 doses of the johnson and johnson vaccine, the vaccines will be distributed to other african countries over the next year through the african union. so far, just 70 percent of africans have been fully vaccinated. and this distributions expect the benefits of the lower income countries quickly as possible. that's the spice, the u. s. c, d c, flagging concerns along some side effects and proposing that other vaccines be used rather than j and j. but so that's a can, it's, let's say they have not seen any alarming signals in local studies and that while they are aware of side effects their way and the benefits of the j and j vaccine outweigh the risks. south africa bio vac institute will also start making the 5 the vaccine early next year. and so the african role will be to finish and full the vaccine manufacture process. once that vaccine is received from europe, the old house organization and others are working on establishing afric

so that's close to johannesburg, which is where it desmond tutu, lives, and, and family them. so talk to us about the significance of so west, so where the archbishop once lived as we're saying and, and what's the mood like today? hey paul, this is val across the street in so where to and it's not only we, the archbishop desmond to, to live, but also nelson mandela, the only street in the world where to nobel laureates. loved. and this is also why the series or such as significant in terms of people who've visited, to pay homage to those leaders. and now we're seeing people trickling in laying flowers, speaking to the media just about the loss of that they're experiencing in terms of what we heard. 6 as a guiding light or was a guiding light for many south africans, a people here. and i think especially given the age of the archbishop as well as the significance and the role he played in terms of south africa's transition. while there is a feeling of loss, there is almost a celebration in terms of who this person was and the role they played, especially in their transition. th

are coverage from johannesburg. experts in south africa say the surgeon cove at 19 infections is the highest as seen since the start of the pandemic. and they blame the latest and possibly most contagious variant. ami kron. they want as that the variance would generally be in want transmissible, but dare most of the time there would be less to date as we enter the 4th wave with a new variant. we can see confirmation of this one. while people from this and other countries in southern africa are facing international travel bands, lockdown restrictions in south africa at the lowest. the government is instead urging people to get vaccinated. so far, 42 percent of adults have received a job with hospital admissions, mainly dominated by those who are not vaccinated. and young people below the age of 40, most of whom are not vaccinated. at this stage, we can say that even in how do we japanese for 72 to 80 percent of their new daily infections. we have not yet reached attending stages in terms of our hospital capacity and the new hospital admissions. the government says it has enough resour

there was a time that he could live in central johannesburg. instead, he chose to live in a way to saying that he didn't want to live in what was a white area, leaving a community behind that still needed that kind of leadership as south africa transition to democracy. we are speaking now to shed rep, macau he was there once a neighbor of the late archbishop frederick, you said he was a community lead language was much love tennis about him. we know about his contributions. we went into her in england and when he came here because as a church leader were so proud was, it isn't good. the roadman home and different did not disappoint us. he lived to his, he was the humble in a project boardman. we actually noted whenever there was occasions or whatever you invite other neighbors. and i'm so proud to be the one who actually among the neighbors or actually contribute to actually to read i. we still can't to control tons of to the family. we the really nice and good man a we're the leader, a man. we just resent as a big and he was a giant in terms o

i'll just 0 johannesburg. well, the only cranberry and has also been detected in mexico and to nicea and 6 cases have been found in the us state of nebraska. however, the world health organization says it's still the dolts of variance is driving the number of cases globally. he have reports of over counted 38 countries in all 6 w h o regions and we do see increasing trends in on the con in south africa. so there is a suggestion that there is increased trends miss ability. what we need to understand is if it's more or less transmissible compared to delta, that delta vary is still dominant worldwide. that's important to keep in mind. so we need to see how oma con, compares with delta, when they're both circulating in the population. at the same time, europe continues to be the epicenter of the pandemic, as it heads towards the depths of winter. germany is battling a devastating 4th wave. it's imposing major restrictions, including banning unvaccinated people from most public places. he gets on anyone who still h

larry madowo in johannesburg, appreciate it.ency room physician dr. andre campbell with the omicron variant and whether it's a huge problem here. >> we hope not. so, let's talk about what's going on in south africa. remember, there's only 5% of people vaccinated on the african continent. 36% of people in south africa vaccinated. here, we have varying rates. some states are in 40%, some above 60. but the national average is 60% vaccinated, that's not boosted. so that means if you are not definitely vaccinated two shots and boosted, then you need to get your booster. so only 20% of people here are boosted. so that means because it's spreading rapidly in south africa, there's a chance that the same thing may happen here. but so far with collecting information, it's too early to tell. the first cases that have come in the united states have been people who are vaccinated. and they're having fairly mild cases of being able to stay home. not like right now. right now, as of today, we have 51,000 people in the hospital with delta in th

the mayor of johannesburg wants to do everything she can to stop it from spreading farther. johannesburg at night is a party town. there's no social distancing. no masks, no registering of guests at claps. local may on pull, pallets is not happy with the situation and is taking part in a police rate the, on the con, meant of call, the 19 isn't looming for wave of call. then i'll number the we very concerned about compliance, he called and regulation the music is turned off and the club closed for these guests. the party was over long before the midnight curfew, but pellets job is just getting started. she is the 1st black female mia and johannesburg city that was once the dream destination for gold prospectors. but now as the city in crisis pallets there wants to stop this trends. but now the pandemic is causing her further concern. she has to prepare the city for a 4th cove at waif. a lot of systems already in place. i have also seen gaps though that need to be addressed, particularly around making sure that service delivery continues in the covet aaron l. we need to strengthen performa

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the mayor of johannesburg wants to do everything she can to stop it from spreading farther. johannesburg at night is a party town. there is no social distancing, no masks, no registering of guests at claps. local may am pull, pallets is not happy with the situation and is taking part in a police rate on the complaint of call. the 19 isn't moving forward, wave of call then i'll number the didn't happen. we very concerned about compliance . he called the regulation the music is turned off and the club closed for these guests. the party was over long before the midnight curfew, but pellets, his job is just getting started. she is the 1st black female mayer and johannesburg, a city that was once the dream destination for gold prospectors. but now, as the city in crisis pallets there wants to stop this trends. but now the pandemic is causing her further concern. she has to prepare the city for a 4th cove. it waif, a lot of systems already in place. i have also seen gaps though that need to be addressed, particularly around making sure that service delivery continues in the covered era and we

in 1985, the anglican church elected him bishop of johannesburg. and later archbishop of cape town. after the end of apartheid, came a further step towards politics. under south africa's 1st black president, nelson mandela asked his friend to lead a truth and reconciliation committee for months to to listen to the confessions of perpetrators and to victims accounts often becoming overwhelmed by them. later mandela thanked him, saying to 2 had protected south africa from hatred and revenge away your curb on her, dobbin, under long wargol freedom high, her frost arter smart for life and human rights. it is spoke to volcano, religion and are all after his term as archbishop to, to traveled the world using his prominence to campaign for human rights and climate protection and to fight discrimination all the while, never losing his sense of humor. in the eyes of many, he was most often relaxed and laughing. he later made friends with another spiritual leader, the dalai lama meetings between the 2 were always witty and humorous. lucy, his name? i love it. he leggy lagging a holy man. ha h

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for more let's go to larry who is live for us in johannesburg.his for our viewers. what is this comparing it to? are we talking about the first strains of covid-19 here? >> reporter: so, isa, what we are comparing it to is the previous strains of the virus here in south africa. south africa is now the fourth wave. this is largely driven by the omicron variant. the new study says 95% of new infections are of the omicron variant. but this is important because it is the first real world study of vaccine effectiveness and the outbreak of the omicron variant in south africa because we now have three weeks of data, and discovery health is an important source of this data because they are south africa's largest insurer. they represent 3.7 million customers. what they are working off of is about 211,000 positive coronavirus tests and they estimate that about 78,000 of those represented the omicron variant between december 15 -- between november 15 and the first week of december. so what they say is that according to this data, what they have crunched tog

i'm sharing isolation in johannesburg, south africa after contracting the only con variant of cove it. now in the beginning, i didn't even know i had it. the symptoms are very similar to those of a common flu. so i had a very, very bad headache that lasted about 23 days, a scratchy throat, a sore throat. you're a good kind of just feeling very, very rundown. i don't see anyone except a nurse who comes here each day to check my vitals. i was a condition today. i mean very, it is the day i is it possible, but i feel more tired today than i did yesterday. you have you notice the numbers going south africa with us on the, on the number they've been climbing. so typically since the discovery and i don't believe that, so we're going to see more numbers in the coming week because we have quite a few more people than we have been doing in the us. we now the nurse is left with me and oxy neesha that will measure my oxygen levels and at the same time as a matter and twice a day, i will be my own doctor. and because the information in a was that i share with an administrator who keeps contact wi

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back to johannesburg, i had told the wheel because his eyes were closed. it was that deep sense of intimacy with god and certainty that god's justice would prevail. that's what was at the heart of discipline, as i knew him. and what was that like, thing within that such alignment, you say you have been pursued as you're about to be shot and you're both in the car. what was that at? what was that lightly? we say that he started to pray, it seems as though the are the spiritual dimension gave him a kind of confidence and clarity he, he otherwise wouldn't have had. i think i think it did. you know long before that he had said to the government, i'm not afraid of you. the worst thing you can do to me is kill me and i am not afraid of dying. because i know my faith. and i know my god. now, who in the government has to deal with somebody who's not afraid of dying, they have a problem. and that was, that was his strength. and of course when we went through that rather horrible experience together we, we were both frightened and we were both deeply shaken, but he