could be disastrous for the nation's strained health care system covert 19 was 1st confirmed in south africa on march the 5th and the country now has the most confirmed cases of the virus in sub-saharan africa the nation has one of the highest levels of economic inequality in the world more than 80 percent of people rely on public health care one of the government's biggest concerns is controlling the spread of covert 19 in townships and informal settlements these are areas where access to clean water and washing can be scarce and self quarantine practices are difficult joining us to talk about these issues than. he is the dean and head of school of nursing a public health at the university of kwazulu-natal in cape town sivy we how dare she is a member of parliament for the opposition democratic alliance party and the shadow minister of health and honest work with al-jazeera correspondent for me tim miller hello everybody it's good to have you on a day where you've got really breaking news for south africa mosa let me show you something with you when we were asking our audience of african so

at first, i pursued the vision of a nonracial south africa, i believe the da needed to govern in moreces, that the da needed to grow in the majority of south africans who are black, and there were a few people inside the da who thought it would be important for them to create an organisation that served a particular race, and i felt that at that time, there were divisions of which direction we should take and that was important for me not to serve in that kind of context. when you became leader in 2015, may, you said you wanted to take the race out of south african politics, so are you basically saying now that you failed to do that? no, i think it was important. when i took over as leader of the da in 2015, i made it very clear, i said, "if you don't see that i'm black, you don't see me." i became very deliberate about saying to him actually, the da needed to be an organisation for all races. that, in fact, the only way to deal with race in south africa is when you can bring black people and white people to work together, and then... but you failed to do that. no. you did. let me jus

that south africa has. that they are — the citizens are afrophobic, because there could be counter reactions or reprisals, as we saw in other parts of the continent. just very quickly, khulu mbatha, when you went and visited all those african presidents at the end of last year as a special envoy for president ramaphosa, did the presidents like buhari of nigeria, macky sall in senegal and nana akufo—addo in ghana, there was a lot of anger across the continent. did they say to you, we think south africa is afrophobic? no, not at all. in fact, they were more appreciative of the fact that south africa's democracy is still new, 25 years. actually, almost all of them have said to us, they grew up in their own struggles, having the ideas that originated from south african leaders, because the african national congress is the oldest political organisation. in fact, some of them even identify themselves as founding members of the anc. so they weren't hostile in their views by saying... they were not hostile. they un

finished your studies here in south africa.n you fairly quickly established a name for your drawings and prints. but you really only hit the international stage as it were in 1989, when you devised this very original way of drawing with charcoal on paper and then erasing it and redrawing it and filming and making into animated films. if you are drawing and you film it as it's being done frame by frame, the drawing comes into being but you can keep on the process of erasing and drawing and the drawing has a kind of movement. there were interesting combinations of this. one i think, temperamentally for me, it was interesting to find a way within artmaking to be able to show the world as process rather than fact. you can say, here's a table, do a drawing of a table, there is a table, there is a fact. but you can also say a table is one stage between going backwards, the planks, the sawmill, the tree, and going forward, the broken table, the fire, and ashes. with animation, you acknowledge that that table is one moment in a process

well i think in south africa at this moment at least the south african government is being very honest and doing its best to keep the public informed of the number of the actions we are told every day or increased day on day and of a number. of deaths i guess the problem we face here is that our testing is still at the relatively low level there's only been. less than $20000.00 tests that have been done so that they use that we're getting are not reflecting the fruit of the rates of infection rate a month our communities in south africa i hope that it will stay that way because at least you know we have a strong civil society and this form human rights based legal framework but that may not be the case in countries to the north and south africa arun kumar in delhi accurate data collection is vitally important would it be fair to say if we don't have that moving forward through this fight against the corona virus that undermines what's going on if only as a public health issue. to a right you know i could get tired of a f.n. show but in india we have you know 94 percent of the workforce

first, our world, blasian love in south africa.ntry's painful past means interracial dating is still often frowned upon. do you have a thing for people of my race? erm... during apartheid south africa, you could go to jailfor dating somebody outside your race, but now, more than 25 years later, a whole generation, the born free generation, have grown up together and more and more of them are falling in love with each other. and it's notjust black and white — what's it like dating between people of colour? apartheid was south africa's government sanctioned segregation based on race... destroy white south africa and this country will drift into chaos and poverty. ..and officially ended in 1994 when nelson mandela became president. everyone born after this year is part of the born free generation, but dating amongst this group is a minefield in race relations. being in south africa, now it's a bit like a cappuccino nation, you have, like, your little sprinkle of integration on the top. and hang—ups from apartheid are real. you know, w

if you don't know already her name is queen so know she's a secret agent from south africa and the hero of netflix 1st series made in africa several more are in the pipeline the us streaming giant having discovered the huge growth potential of the continent this could boost the african film scene as well and means jobs growth netflix has over 167000000 streaming subscribers worldwide there are no published figures for africa but analysts reckon there are fewer than one and a half 1000000 potential subscribers in sub-saharan africa mostly in south africa netflix wants more than that though and its target is for a total of $5000000.00 african subscribers by 2025 that would quadruple the market in that region well let's pull in joy doreen beer out of nairobi correspondent joy how will netflix do this given patchy reception and expensive transmission rights and the netflix needs to understand the african market for it to capitalize on that and to start we might have to localize payment options it was what we seem to days that you can only pay for netflix using your visa card and we've the g

we are living in south africa and it is the rainbow nation.es that made the kind of lack of contact — what were your initialfears? 0k, let me put it to you like that. it's a culture. and dating a white guy or a black guy, does that make a difference? i mean, that's being racist, actually. that is racist. you know, we were very racist — i'm going to honest with you — because we come from old school and the stigma is always there. it will never go away. but it is strange when it comes to your own family. then it's a different scenario and then, you have to accept it, you see? and what is wrong? like i said, it's more cultural. and it's social. it's — that's what it is, yeah? yeah. it's the rainbow nation. chuckles. 0n the big day, i went along early to help tumelo's mum prepare for the family lunch. it's like a worm. 0nly it's alive. i am scared of it, it is like a worm, it's a worm, and they're from a tree — you have you pick them up from a tree. and they've got segments — they look slightly like a fat caterpillar! yeah, it looks a caterpillar!

the township of college in cape town is the 1st in south africa to report a case of coronavirus they are many who are worried that the government will struggle to contain the spread of this disease in high density areas such as townships and informal settlements if that happens it's likely to overwhelm the already strained public health system millions of people in these townships and informal settlements live in cramped conditions they live in shacks where there is limited access to water and sanitation entire families often live in one or 2 rooms structures where social distancing is not an option now also africa's reported its 1st case of the coronavirus about 4 weeks ago now they are more than 1200 cases the government has been transparent to where informing the public of the number of cases or spreading awareness but people are still worried it won't have managed to control an outbreak in high density areas. across latin america several countries have been criticized for taking a more relaxed approach when it comes to containment of covert 19 a few countries come to mind here in

their businesses, like this one, were looted and burned, leading to inside south africa itself. reigners, i don't know. we are here to make a living, we're not taking anybody‘s jobs. no african is a foreigner in africa, you know? it doesn't matter whether they come from zimbabwe orghana or matter whether they come from zimbabwe or ghana or whatever. this is home. there were anti- south african demonstrations across the continent. the south african authorities tried to dampen down on tensions and said the violence was perpetrated by criminals. but some believe there is resentment at foreigners doing well in a country is

we said from the start of this is the best chance south africa has to wina the best chance south africais a semifinal. anything can happen. hopefully we can get one up on them for the first time in forever. again, ijust really privileged and blessed to be here. it's been a really good road for us. staying with cricket, south africa's men have beaten australia in the second 0ne—day international in bloemfontein. it's means they have an unassailable 2—0 lead in the three—match series. australia batted first, and were all out for 271 off the final ball of their innings. lungi ngidi was the pick of the south africa bowlers — taking six for 58. in reply, janneman malan — who was out for a duck on his debut in the first match — hit an unbeaten 129 as the home side won by six wickets with nine balls to spare. elsewhere, west indies beat sri lanka by 25 runs in the 1st t20 international in kandy. lendl simmons hit an unbeaten 67 as the tourists made 196 for 4 from their 20 overs. 0shane thomas was named man of the match after taking 5 for 28 in sri lanka's reply. the home side were bowled out f

definitely i think think south africa for africa itself if you look at a lot of african countries they've done had a lot of money so far so people have more well what wallets they transact with that they see with that and that's huge since that africa a lot of people don't go to to a building project building up a bank in africa so i think those definitely going to me add to that success of kind of digital technical solutions to get more african people to ballet and to be financially included and also for them to plan their lives that's because in the end it also means they can develop businesses they can save for school fees so it's definitely important to have these options mainly for the low income markets and what's interesting is that they're also aiming to be much more than just banks these digital lives yes no definitely definitely discovery banks for example says they are a behavior changer what they are doing is that they're saying ok if you are saving a lot the interest rate you get is actually the fire so so he hoped to kind of creates a saving mentality in the inside africa an

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are covering the story right down to where the virus was born the film industry in apartheid era south africa. and the subsidy that was supposed to help black south africans get into the movie business justice delayed can be justice denied but not in slovakia where the murder . but journalist has led to a crackdown on corruption and. don't be too found in the poem turn to music video turned online anthem for the me too movement the coronavirus story took a turn last week when a government spokesman in beijing told journalists to stop reporting that the covert 1000 virus originated in china ever since last year when the 1st case was reported in the city of han the origin of this outbreak has not been a point in contention not even in china's state media until now why the change of tack it comes down to the numbers more than 100 countries are now affected the number of cases keeps climbing so does the death toll. the cost to the global economy is already in the billions of dollars and it could reach trillions those are the kinds of figures that no government wants to be associated with china ha

news along from. 19 is just beginning to threaten the african continent and it's hitting south africa hard the military is out to enforce a lockdown but people are finding it difficult to state especially those who are most at risk. under. access to health care ease minimal and the territories fighting against time to get ahead of the virus. and how to control a pandemic in one of the world's most densely populated territory. in singapore hope heavy penalties for rule breakers even jail time will defend widespread infection. and michael thanks for joining us the current virus is reaching across the globe starting to spread more rapidly across africa with more than a 1000 infections south africa is the worst hit nation on the continent the country has just begun a 3 week national walk down and local authorities are taking a hard line in enforcing it. we're no no mother no the army is out on the streets here in one of johannesburg's poor neighborhoods it's trying to enforce what seems difficult for many staying at home for the lead waba family lockdown means 6 people sharing 12 square m

some good luck for south africa domestic gold production is up as the gold price climbs over the past august. and what's more expensive than gold 10 times its dollar palladium is also seeing the booming market will let you know what. let's do business fears over the spreading coronavirus hammering markets around the world says a wall street plunge thursday triggering a stop in trading for the 2nd time this week the dow jones industrial average fell by 9 percent shortly after the start of trading is that love coming amid growing uncertainty over global measures to contain the economic damage of the pandemic follows the announcement of a travel ban to the u.s. for most europeans and mirrors tough trading sessions in asia and europe where investors were unhappy with stimulus measures. brussels has hit back at washington's latest travel ban e.u. officials say it came without any consultation u.s. president donald trump says there was no time for talk. the global industry has been shaken up dramatically by the corona virus outbreak empty plans travel bans and forced flight cancellations ha

north of south africa northern part of south africa the province of limpopo the citizens there residents there they are refusing saying these people should not be allowed to go to that province they're saying they're going to bring the infection this some saying they're going to discourage tortoise from coming to that area some saying even investments in the area is going to lose out because all right so they'll be they are rejecting that move by the government right tell us more about about these people have to so and the plans that have been put in place to accommodate them briefly these people that have been waking in china are students professionals in different teachers and doctors that have been in china so there are different groups and their families there are simply people there the government is prepared to displace a lot in the resort area far away from the. area already and look down the military has got to be a no access is allowed then the police are gutting the area no one is going to allow to visit those people they are not going to be allowed to go out for about 14 to 21

cape town and also in south africa this is of course the major challenge in the township where millions of south africans are living under very difficult conditions often in crowded spaces in shacks and the big question is how long can they really stay there how long are they going to be patient right now the lock down is scheduled to last 3 weeks but the hope of experts here is that after 2 weeks we will see a decrease in the new infections but this is not guaranteed we have no idea if this will really work out and there's some speculation already if the curfew and the lockdown might be even extended and then people of course fearing how will people there react how patient can they be in this very trying times remember many of them don't have a fixed salary they have to go out and money too so why have to this is the big question here how is that going to continue how is that going to unfold our idea of use age increase reporting for us in capetown thank you very much. here's a look now at the. latest developments in the corona virus pandemic more than 31000 people worldwide have now d

is also bringing home more than 120 off its citizens from china south africa's president settled on a military staff on the mission this week some of the return niece has been confined to quarantine in china for almost 2 months. now president run up also was at pains to point out that none of the returning ill and they will stay in quarantine once they return to south africa but what do people in the country think our correspondent in capetown at the end creech sent us this update people here are divided about the government's decision to bring the south africans in one big hole many are criticizing the timing already many weeks ago other nations have been bringing their people back home but the government here has been debating and debating and they're only taking action now at a time where the number of cases is going down in china i do this slowly increasing here in south africa on the other hand family members are of course very happy that this is going to happen now they've been lobbying forward with the government for weeks it was a very frustrating time for many of them and a

thank you staying on coronavirus i'm going down south to south africa which has reported its 1st case off local transmission a 29 year old man in the free state province was confirmed infected with corona virus after contact with the chinese businessmen now south africa is also bringing home more than 120 off its citizens from china south africa's president settled on a horse and sent military staff on the mission in iraq this week some of the return nice has been confined to quarantine in china for almost 2 months. now president run of course a was at pains to point out that none of the return knees are ill and they will stay in quarantine once they return to south africa but what do people in the country think our correspondent in capetown actually increase sent us this update people here are divided about the government's decision to bring the south africans in one big hole many are criticizing the timing already many weeks ago other nations have been bringing their people back home but the government here has been debating and debating and they're only taking action now at a time

this is state of new south africa coming up in the next 15 minutes brace for it that's the message from the south african government says the number of coral now virus cases rising. is going. well. so the hope. and zimbabweans hoping for closure one. devastated many parts of the country some people still missing. the last of all for months. it was a further difficulty. you know when you burned mold what's next. the difficult situation this comes from what it's called. kristie wonder welcome to news africa it's good to have your company sanitizing and hygiene products all flying off the shelves in south africa way officials have warned the coronavirus pandemic will hurt travel and tourism and negative impact the country's already struggling economy the health minister has weighed in as people not to panic a to pre-pay south africa currently has 24 confirmed cases. it's going to. be just. so they do. the station for the writers. so we'll. is the fight of trying to please jews the number of infections break the cycle of infection and make sure we have bicycle recovers and make sure that so

load shedding apps are among the most used apps and south africa at the moment. when the next power cuts are going to happen and became an essential tool for south africans to plan their days around the power supply. movin and his colleagues our ready shutting up shop for today they were only able to work for 5 hours once again. that it was all a nice visit with. with different languages we fight with different things that's fine but me all stick up for freedom freedom of speech and freedom of press. giving freedom of choice global news that matters w. made for minds. is the human race destroying itself. ruining the basic elements of our existence or using too much water and. her life's. going to go most employees will last for ever but they won't. when the rain stops starts march 20th on. this is state of being is africa coming up in the next 15 minutes brace for it that's the message from the south african government says the number of coral and the virus cases prizes are those who's going to go where the road will. be just moved. so that. there was dishing for

and in south africa to patrol the stop of a total lockdown a correspondent reports from the streets of africa's most industrialized nation. i'm anthony held welcome to the program set another record for the most deaths from corona virus in a single day almost $1000.00 people have died in the last 24 hours bringing the total death toll to 9000 that's the highest number of any country and health officials say the worst may be yet to come hospital wards are still full doctors say the number of patients is now stating contagion rates appear to be slowing giving hope that the strict social controls. working at the lockdown is hitting the italian economy homeless are among among the most affected churches and charities are over loaded with people looking for basic supplies. well earlier we spoke to journalists in the gupta who is following the events from the run we asked her how authorities have been explaining these record numbers of fatalities it's shocking figures really but earlier on friday you had representatives from italy's national health institute essentially saying it cautiously

and i find in a minute with this update on the situation in south africa which reported its 1st case of local transmission on thursday despite the government urging people in south africa to remain calm panic is certainly sitting in especially given the amount of disinformation out there and also that 1st person to person transmission when the corona virus was 1st detected in south africa it was within a group of people who were travelled to italy for a skiing holiday on their return some of them experienced some terms and that's where the 1st cases were detected now when this person to person transmission it's in a different province in the free state and what is concerning for people is that it appears that the spread of control is something that can't be avoided and that's certainly a reality for many people in south africa but what's also making millions here anxious is the government's plans to repatriate about a 122 south africans from all who have been to south africa and there is a lot of debate around just where this group will be quarantined no president has repeatedly said

and for more on south africa's lockdown i am joined by d.w. africa correspondent krishna standing by in cape town so i jan what was it like there on day one of the lockdown. so i have never seen capes on like this you can see it behind me the streets are almost empty although i'm in the city center on long street which is unusually one of the busiest streets and so on you know but it seems most people are following the order of the government and the president which you can read right behind me on this house stay home this is an order for the next 3 weeks for them you have said that the rules here are quite strict you cannot just go out and have a walk or go for jogging this is all a bit and you can only go to the supermarkets and to the hospitals and to follow up on essential services this is it and at least in the city center here you can see most people are following it and just come from one of the townships of the crowded poor areas of cape town it's a bit more difficult because it's a very crowded space many people are still going out and

true total and warn the continent should prepare for the worst for me al-jazeera johannesburg south africa the head of the world health organization has urged countries in africa to wake up ahead of a possible spike in cases in the continent we have seen how the virus actually accelerates at after a certain tipping tipping point so the best advice for africa is to prepare for the worst and prepare to do violence really speeds up then accelerates you know the. continents or countries so that's our advise and i think africa should wake up my continent should wake up. i don't do is an associate fellow in a global health program at chatham house she says the focus for african nations is on containment. south africa and probably uganda has the most doctors per population and that's just one doctor or a 1000 people and that's a lot that is already overwhelming just for the health care workforce and then when you think of intensive care units we think of hospital beds we also have a critical shortage across the continent as well so really the efforts right now need to be focused on insane meant r

come to africa have your company sanitizing and hygiene products all flying off the shelves in south africa way officials have warned the coronavirus pandemic will travel and tourism and negative impacts the country's already struggling economy the health minister. has people not to panic but to prepare africa currently has 24 confirmed cases. it's going. to be. so the only choose the station from dubai has been a real fight so we've seen is the fight of trying to juice the number of infections break the cycle of infection and make sure we're going see good recovers and make sure that south africans can look back and say that was corona virus but we survived. by the is standing by in johannesburg to seoul south africa's health minister didn't mince his words but how prepared is the country for coronavirus the government has left no stone unturned i think everybody agrees that all has been done correctly is respect for the government. health addresses the nation almost on a daily basis updating them on the numbers the number standing at 24 currently those people that are infected and also me

has people not to panic but to pre-pay south africa currently has 24. case. is going to. be just to be. so that you only choose the station for the right is the real fight so we. is the fight of trying to please jews the number of infections break the cycle of infection and make sure we're going see good recovers and make sure that south africans can look back and say that was quite enough but we survived. by the is standing by in johannesburg. south africa's health minister didn't mince his words but how prepared is the country for coronavirus the government has left no stone unturned and i think everybody agrees that all has been done correctly is respect for the government. addresses the nation almost on a daily basis updating them on the numbers the number standing at 24 currently those people that are infected and also measures they've been taking to make sure they are about 10 or spitballs across the country that are ready to take in those people that need to be treated as well as when you go out around the areas where the government has been meeting the provision h