many of soweto's poor and indigent utilize the services on offer. we serve a huge population here of the greatest separators probably at least 2 and a half 1000000 we don't know the exact numbers and we know it is they are hospital we've been here since 1955 and be part of berra and we have a good reputation we have a lot of social violence motor vehicle accidents and it is then also gunshot injuries that come to us in our main function was to do catch a surgery here we are overwhelmed on a daily basis by all the trauma that. dr rob daniel is a few weeks away from completing his 5 year residency at st johns and he will be moving into private practice and i think that. this is the screening clinic the function of which is to filter out to needs to be seen today and really to pick up the most urgent problems and really to treats small problems that can be sorted out in a short period of charm on the loop. on a typical day rob can see between 2 and 300 patients. and. the stress of them in this is africa is always short equipment is always a problem. mo

this is why the vaccine is being tested here in the johannesburg township of soweto as well as in other places too mandy lives in soweto but many of his neighbors are baffled by his participation in the trials. but says mom they can't understand all the excitement after all he says the vaccine is also being tested in brazil and anglo and he wants his family to also take part in the study. so joining me now is a professor kerry south africa an epidemiologist and infectious diseases specialist here is also south africa's chief advisor to the cobra 19 a response team that was like are in fact for joining us before we delve into the issue of vaccines that 1st tell us we know that south africa is the way as his country on the continent how is it coping with the pandemic. i think we're if you know saw 1st case back in march we were anticipating it are rapidly increasing cases but we didn't see that because of some of the early actions that were taken so we haven't delayed it epidemic and the delay was about 6 to 8 weeks so they have us an opportunity to be better prepared in a bully field hos

ambassador on the streets of soweto trying to get to see them on robbins island. got arrested trying to see him. flying down to south africa, nelson mandela. i came back from south africa trying to see nelson mandela and getting arrested for trying to see him in robbins island and he was in prison. >> tucker: soweto, he needs soweto, and not technically arrested in the legal sense as in cuffed and sent to jail. no, biden was talking about arrested in the literal sense meaning a pause in an objects forward motion. those fascist south african cops momentarily arrested joe biden's progress forward, and for that, he will never forgive them. >> what i said arrested, i meant i was not able to move. cops, the afrikaners would not let me go with them, made me stay where i was. i guess i wasn't arrested. i was stopped. i wasn't able to move i wanted to go. >> tucker: that is life in soweto when you are joe biden, and it makes sense but big picture, if you're keeping score at home, this is getting confusing. just how much time in prison has joe biden done? is it more or les

a moving series which followed doctors working against the odds in the south african township of soweto one's home to nelson mandela so wet it was at the forefront of the country's anti-apartheid struggle back in the 1970 s. hundreds died when student protests were put down with tear gas and live ammunition yet more than 25 years after the end of apartheid so what over maine's a dangerous and disadvantaged place at chris hani but i'd win the hospital one of the largest in the world and known locally as bada maybe 70 percent of all admissions are emergencies many of them gunshot wounds about as ophthalmology department the st john i hospital treats around 50000 patients every year many of them victims of domestic violence bullet wounds and car hijackings back in 2009 al jazeera aired a series of films on the work of bottles medical teams and today we've chosen to focus on those eye doctors facing a severe worker. hard with insufficient responses here a saving so what seeing the light. so went to a south africa's most populous township and home to millions of by. some chance i can it is p

it was his time at st john's hospital in soweto to inspire him to continue serving the poll even though he now runs a successful private practice with the latest technology. i think spending. a very popular. in front of the experience on to me that. no. privileged group of people i conned to. the aspects of life we've done all have. dr daniel treats adults it's an eye clinic based in this church. of god. in english we call it a cataract so the cataract means that the lens. is. we're going to arrange for you to have an operation. 10 years later the plight of you every person for community in south africa is no better perhaps even a little worse than what it was this is a great motivator for us to keep giving back to these communities and to a little bit to improve their lot. well that's it from rewind for this week there check out the rewind page on al-jazeera dot com for more powerful films from archives from am is a problem and the rewind team thank you for watching and see you next time. rewind returns with a new series and brand new updates on the best about his english documentary t

nationwide travel is allowed on the ban on alcohol and cigarettes is being lifted for me to miller is in soweto with more. we are the street and so we're told this is one of johannesburg's most popular tourist attractions this is a street that was once home to the former president nelson mandela as well as archbishop desmond tutu and for that reason both local and international tourists visit this area because of the historical significance but right now it's deserted following the lockdown people here say they have not seen tourists in months and even those of africa is now easing those restrictions now officially moving to level 2 where people can be in public spaces where people can also move across the country and visit places like this it's going to take some time before people here see the benefits we've spoken to a call card who says that he relies solely on the income he gets from looking after cars in this area because there are no visitors there's no income restaurants are quiet and there is concern here that it will take some time to see any changes so that rico is also unbanned alco

revisiting a moving series which followed doctor's work against the odds in the south african township of soweto and once home to nelson mandela so what he was at the forefront of the country's anti-apartheid struggle back in the 1970 s. hundreds died.

nationwide travel is allowed and the ban on alcohol and cigarettes is being lifted for me to miller is in soweto with more. we are the street and so we're told this is one of johannesburg's most popular tourist attractions this is a street that was once home to the former president nelson mandela as well as archbishop desmond tutu and for that reason both local and international tourists visit this area because of the historical significance but right now it's deserted following the lockdown people here say they have not seen tourists in months and even those of africa is now easing those restrictions now officially moving to level 2 where people can be in public spaces where people can also move across the country and visit places like this it's going to take some time before people here see the benefits we've spoken to a call card who says that he relies solely on the income he gets from looking after cars in this area because there are no visitors there's no income restaurants are quiet and there is concern here that it will take some time to see any changes so that rika is also unbanned alco