South Africa's Covid Storm - BBC Africa Eye documentary
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ค. 2024
- South Africa has the highest number of Covid-19 cases in Africa. The backbone of the country’s response were community health workers with a mission to test and identify the infected.
Predominately women, these front line workers were tasked with navigating the stark inequalities of South Africa to test those in some of the richest neighbourhoods on the continent and also people living in some of it’s densest townships, where social distancing is impossible.
Filmed over six months, BBC Africa Eye follows Tshego, a nurse and mother from the Alexandra Township in Johannesburg, fighting a virus that brought her face to face with stigma, poverty and corruption.
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South Africa has a recovery rate of 92%. Leave us alone and focus on your own country. 😷 Why are you always showing the bad parts of South Africa?
At least we are wearing masks
😂
This has too much fear mongering and lacks substance. People need food, service delivery and jobs not testing for a disease that has only 0.035% deaths to its name in our country. We normally see HIV Aids, Diabetes, TB and Cancer bearing higher numbers that and we are yet to see vaccinations for those. COVID19 is actually a joke to most Africans whom aren't the middle and upperclass.
It's how they keep Africa in poverty 😫😫 by making us depend on em through haux disease. They should lv us alone concentrate on the USA
Looks like someone is in denial
@@ScissorN agreed.
The comments section is so impressive 😂👌 one thing about SA we will call you out on your BS
Exactly 😂😂😂we shall not be silenced
Girl, can you image the nonsense, how are we in the middle of a Covid storm and we don’t even know about it? The propaganda is too much
@@lesegomisay8179 it doesnt take much to silence south africans,altough they tend to lie alot about the current state of their country.
There's no Bullshit here
Mara y'all want to start taking this seriously once hundreds of thousands of people die
@@kevon_shabangu this documentary is exaggeratiing things though, that's the BS Lana and plus Western countries are far worse off than SA they should rather focus on them.
I am in SA but this is not what is happening right now, why are you people spreading lies about our country, this is so annoying hlee
BBC and CNN have been doing this for decades now. Spreading lies about Africa in their documentaries. Where have you been to not be aware of that?
I am in California USA, usa. I am an African American female. Is this really a lie? I read your reply.
@@rozm8754 in SA as we speak, we are on level 1 lockdown, all businesses are operating fully, the only thing that is not fully functional is gatherings, they are limited to a number of people attending, dippending on the size of the venue,
right now SA has less than 35000 active cases out of 55 million population
The numbers are increasing but deaths are very low. Small townships like Alex is what im concerned about. #middag #Matisa
I didn't believe them.they do the same thing to black people here .trying to make us look like the problem
South Africa is amazing.Went for my first trip 2 weeks ago. During the pandemic😀 life as normal things are good people wearing masks and sanatising hands before going into every shop. Had an amazing holiday and got my covid test before i went and got back both tests were negative. 😀 Beautiful country. Like every country it has struggles. I love it.
So tied of this bbc new always an exaggeration and always a negative story ,covidnus worsening the uk we have a 92 percent recovery but there must be some ahit story on sa every week on bbc
Thanks Abigail.❤️
Thank you for the words so profound and honest!!! We really don't need this negativity from BBC!!
I’m in South Africa and i am not experiencing this.....
Hey, how are you doing today dear?
BBC your caption is misleading.. Leave South Africa alone🤮
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Not BBC always portraying South Africa as a slum only place... Like you have the opportunity to talk about the poor the middle class and the upper class and how everyone has been coping the benefits and the non benefits of this virus. Like this is the one thing that doesn't discriminate anyone can get it but nope let's humiliate those that don't have the means... Im so over it
The stigma BBC news show about African countries 👀 which are doing pretty well on covid19 than EU countries
@T Z Great that Africans are waking ⏰ up to How BBC news betrayed South Africa 🇿🇦 🌍 😢 😑 😒 😕 🇿🇦.
An ANC politician
How many South Africans are here?
Take care Mzantsi, peace and safety from Cape Town.
I'm here
Am here and its only a business what is happening in our country.
Same
Hey, how are you doing today dear?
Leave SA alone ! Where is Whuan and the WHO now ??
Forget Wuhan the UK has the second highest deaths in the ENTIRE WORLD competing with their kinds I'm America. So pathetic this media channel. Like vimpires they are waiting for Africa to die so they can gladly report. So disgusting.
The who lied and helped China cover it up, I dont trust them as far as I can throw them. Die WHO kan in hulle dingis vlieg.
You don't want south Africans to tell their own story ???
Out of all areas you show Alexandra township?and what about all the people who survived covid?two of my family members are nurse's they survived covid and most we buried died from other diseases not covid
Lol Alexandra has been the "go to" for every international news outlet for the whole year. CBS, SKY News, CNN, DW TV, France24.....all of them.
I suppose it's because, as an informal settlement camp it represents the highest obvious risk, but it does get rather one-sided.
There's no storm upon us. You are the real storm
Can you do one for Boris Johnson cos Africa is doing fine with covid
In UK they are saying that BAME people are more affected by the virus so they need special protection.
@@grahamt5924 For real? What type of special protection?
@@misst3524 have to write a risk assessment with everyone from a BAME background and ensure all reasonable risks are illuminated even if that means pulling them off front line duties and putting Europeans in those positions to protect them.
Lmao recovery rate in South Africa is more than 90%, I wonder what's the real agenda...
Probably forced vaccination from supporters like Bill Gates.
Now that's a fact. We should boycott the vaccine now we are starting to realize the narrative. Forced or brainwash us in believe covid is thriving in S.A.
Don’t forget Bill Gates wife prophesied that there would be dead bodies in the streets, when the virus reaches Africa. That did not happen so they are finding new ways to sabotage our country and continent. The west is really sick and disgusting at this point.
To force you on their sorry Oxford vaccine.
Big up South Africa..we are managing this..God bless Africa 👏🏾👏🏾
Why they only showing the townships?
It's to show how poor rsa is.
@@dirkandries6644 while their extreme wealth is sustained by our extreme poverty.
@@tshiamishogopane633 that's the point. To keep Africa poor and keep pushing this false narrative about Africa to create fear and keep people misinformed about Africa
Because thats where the worst impacts are. You guys have no idea what this thing did to people in SA. The deaths are actually more than double what is reported now. I have a friend that works at a morgue and he tells me they ran out of space to store bodies, when the government was still reporting less than 5000 deaths.
@@rickmorty5215 dirty lair 🤢🤮
South Africa is safe and we have 92% covid recover rate . Every store and economy is running full . We are not even on lockdown. South Africa is beautiful place. but BBC choose to show the rudown side of South Africa
No Cov19 only stress and No food
And no jobs
Everybody’s out of work. Jobs are being in Artificial intelligence
“So you are afraid of us because you think we have corona ?” 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
not corona she said Korona
Corona Virus 🦠 is the new racism
What storm is SA facing when there is a 92% recovery rate? BBC are you serious??
I just love how bbc shot this documentary in august yet posts it in november.things have slowed down dramatically and our recovery rate is over 90%,much better than the richest countries hit harder than us i may add.leave africa alone and focus on europe and america where people are dying by the thousands every day.🙄
Exactly my dear, always portraying Africa to be the worst, they can't simply take it that God has pardoned Africa. Their wicked plans for Africa have failed and they are confused. Africa, we should be very grateful to the Almighty God, even in our so called "poverty" that we've been branded with. Africa will rise🙏🌍💪💪💪
They have another agenda dont have the vaccine. It's a lie.
Mxm always exaggerating things when it comes to Africa😒
Recovery rate is 93% in south africa stop this scaring tactics
We don't get to see documentaries from the west i mean tge spreaders even though it hit them the most... Rest easy mother Africa.
I'm South African, most of this is old news around May give or take, and the 'Storm' isn't as bad as projected here.
Another citizen here, this documentary is bs. Someone needs to be held accountable for this.
What’s crazy is at 5:55 that guy handling the testing swabs with bare hands. What’s the point?
This is madness..
Her and her son are so beautiful. She is raising a you g King 👑. Amazing mother.
South Africa does the most testing on the continent of course they have the highest recorded numbers 🙄
I am searching for the "storm" BBC has captioned as its headline 😳. We have stunned observers by managing this virus quite well. Please go do your documentary somewhere in USA or UK where there is a real storm.
You're saying South Africa has the highest HIV/AIDS statistics in the world? Where do you take that statistics BBC? Thats all bull
It's 8 months later and I still don't know anyone who's died from COVID.
That’s purely subjective. Many people have died and if you can’t believe COVID then I don’t know 🤷♂️
It's people like you who are the problem
Same here!
You should count yourself lucky, but don’t test your luck with carelessness.
@@toxic73omane80 So people ain't dying from AIDS, Cancer etc... Anymore, all deaths are covid deaths. LMAO!!!
The police officer said, "you can't block roads because of food". Are you SERIOUS??? Give the people food. It's the most important necessity for human survival after water. And this shows the minds of our leaders. They ALWAYS undermine the needs and cries of our people.
WHY MUST SOMEONE NEED AN ID TO GET FOOD. THE ONLY REQUIREMENT TO GET FOOD SHOULD BE THAT YOU ARE HUMAN!!!!
They are practising for the new world order
Limited resources. We got too many illegal immigrants that if we had to try feed everyone it will be impossible since we already can't manage to feed south Africans
@Welcome's House are you gone let your kids go hungry and feed your last food to strangers mam when you absolutely don't even know where the next meal will come from?
@Welcome's House feed your mom/dad/children/ relative before you feed stranger, south Africa government should think for it own citizen first and other countries should do the same for their citizens, there is nothing wrong for south African government to feed south African
respect to the healthcare workers...keep it up...you are appreciated
We need fighters like Tshegofatso. She is a good nurse. Such an inspiration 🫶🏾🔥
Wow!! South Africa has one of the best recovery rates in the world bro BBC really doing us dirty yoh
There is no such, leave us alone we are in peace
I didn't even know we have a covid storm, maybe I've been living under a rock...Haibo BBC remove this
This is an example of how good most African countries have been handling this. First by taking it very seriously and second by using all the lessons learned during other Public Health challenges. Look at it that way people.
I’m so glad there’s people like Tshego on the front line, she seems so determined.
This BBC is lying there is no storm here in south africa they should focus on reporting about their country an leave us alone
They haven't done this kind of reporting in their own country where people are dying in thousands per day. They don't want to acknowledge that Africa as a whole has done relatively much better than the rest of the world and if our leaders were more Afro centric in their approach rather than toe their "masters" line at least here in Mzantsi we could have done much better. BBC we are a different breed of Africans and your stereotypical third world narrative doesn't stick anymore. Where is the "storm"?. You were forced to apologise few months ago for associating slums and poverty with COVID-19 but your visuals here are still perpetuating the same line. Why didn't you show that in South Africa the COVID-19 hotpots were the so called affluent areas?
Not BBC making another biased documentary about South Africa
Great documentary and thanks to BBC News for sharing.
Thank you very much and much respect to all the doctors and nurses who have been doing an amazing job, since the beginning of the pandemic.
May the souls of those who died rest in eternal peace 🕊 and may God bless South Africa as well. Peace!!!
"when someone is hungry, you cannot reason with them." powerful but sad statement.
Why are the people not getting the support from government? You should have a look at the corruption happening in South Africa. Where is all that money going? Who is getting all the money?
Hi B
Ooh my🤔🤔
My Aunt Had a stroke end of july,after 2 weeks she was discharged from hospital and she was at home,the whole left side was not working hand cap.my cousins where taking care of her at home and 1 was HIV positive, after 1 week they said she cant breath and was admitted at hospital again,she only stayed for 3days at hospital, she died.My cousin send a message that my aunty was tested positive ,my question was,did everyone at home had a symptoms of covid19. Was no and they all negative even the one who was HIV positive and was bathing my aunt is covid negative, so how my aunt got corona virus in bed and she cant stand up?how can her guidance is corona free?is the time that am 100% sure this corona is business and very sad for the country our government selling his own people
Maybe I don't live in the same South Africa 👀
I was also amazed to see this, maybe they are reporting on a different South Africa because the one we are in is doing fine. This is insane
Who is paying for all the testing? In Ghana the government charges $150 at the airport for covid19 testing. The testing kit only cost $16 dollars which the procured from Chyna
If you have signs of covid 19 after screening then government do the test for free but if you need test you can also go to private labs and do the test, S.A. government did prioritize older people and anyone with underlying conditions during high peak of virus, it was easy for this group to get test because is the group that can end up dead by complications of this virus
That's a shame mahn. If that happened in S.A we would relentlessly be on the government case. And testing is free in S.A.
Sad, they are opportunists. The one thing that happened here is they tried inflating sanitizer and surgical masks prices and some people got arrested that was a few months back.
The West is so pressed that we're not dying shem
My South Africans are still living in shacks like this😴while the ANC is Chopping all this tax payers money"They should be ashamed of themselves
Where are you from ?
Why is our country being painted in this light 😕🇿🇦
We live in a broken and unequal country. The stories in this documentary are true.
@@samanthataylor1761 you are so correct
Hey, how are you doing today sister?
One thing i have discovered is covid is friendly with cold countries that experience winter...
Well, the people worried about nurses bringing Covid to their homes do have a point.
Yes and boom she was positive. Due to backog
Doc. Was could but they should have shown comparisons to the rest of the world i mean SA has high hiv rates yet has less deaths than uk, US etc.... Its more poor economic management than covid infections.
This is very good...making people aware of the importance of staying safe due to covid-19.
I think those that are angered by the BBC coverage of the impact of COVID-19 in low income areas in SA are missing the point. As l watched this report l felt as if the BBC was actually balanced and some parts of the response was even showing how SA was handling the situation better than even the States.
What do l mean?
1. Prompt response by the government (even deploying the army...by contrast the States response was arguably laissez-faire in some regards)
2. The people themselves were compliant than some Americans who were citing the right to the freedom of not wearing masks.
Just two things l noted off top. And yes, this report also exposed the poverty stricken population of SA. But this is the reality of Africa. The swanky Suburbs of Sandton will not be as affected as Alex would be, so BBC wouldn’t be out there covering how Covid is affecting the rich.
Let’s be objective in our criticisms as Africans. We have a beautiful continent and we will be better in due time...for now let’s continue bettering ourselves and supporting each other.
Good documentary.. I experienced first hand in Jozi
Genocide into the shackles of the minds false fallacy of COVID. Vaccination?
You should have went back home
Cza to your house ?
It has exacerbated an already bad situation
Be strong sister. South Africa needs you. Stop corruption, please, the ground workers are suffering🙏
Please god help us with this virus, today it is out of control.
I didn't even watch, went straight for the comments because I knew there's lies. Mxm!
Covid spread so fast in Europe and America because no one believed what WHO was saying the rest of us got it, stay safe Stu Africa this is from all black country we need you well for competition, all the best SA
Things that make you go Hmmmm
we give thanks to all working together we will be stronger forever give thanks to JHA
Set a side BBC and there agendas. Hats off to our health workers 🙏
Bloody hell just leave us alone😑😑😑
What storm is this BBC talking about ??!
Nice job guys!
I actually wish there was a more thorough interrogation of the corruption element. I think there is still a lot to find there. Those Covid-19 funds need to be properly accounted for. As for the rest, I agree that it was blown out of proportion. I still haven't met a single person infected by this thing, let alone somebody who has died.
My country people 🇰🇪 ✌✌✌
Sasa 😏
@@GamerZz-yk3mf poa sana
In my town not even 1 death was due to covid ever since the virus came to SA😊
🙏🙏🙏
0:13 duping delight?
Thhe country u nice
Murder is the leading cause of death in South Africa. Lawlessness and corruption is rife.
What scope of practice is Tshego in in my knowledge as a nurse she is a general nurse but she is doing community nursing . I'm 😕 confused. Where is her "community nursing bar " HAYII! THE department of health Mara.
BBC likes Alexandra Neh
Yep. Just like bill gates
Been wanting to visit Capetown , in Africa, I'm now in Doubt..
Please don't be fooled by this nonsense
Lool never seen a video about the american covid storm.
SA have good red wine ...😁👍
Damn are you shallow.
There’s more to this place ,a lot more
Hey, how are you doing today dear?
I'm always amazed by how you tell stories. Keep it up.
True 💯
Hey, how are you doing today dear?
🙏
Yeah and we have alooooooot of recoveries
We’ve been dancing Jerusalem from the first day of lockdown, we’ve been loving, laughing and playing. No corona here, we are happy 😊 and healthy (healthiest), we do do not need vaccines we depend on traditional medicines.
I'm in SA and what are you guys talking about? 👀
Asin ..best
Good job
Wonderfull
😢😢😢
Praying for you in South Africa, you have been through so much. Strong people mashAllah
I will never ever watch BBC documentaries again
Filled with the ecstasy of Gods love after asking Christ for mercy and forgiveness, I felt the flames of His love and mercy consume me and bring tears out from the bottom of my soul. In excitement and joy, I want to share with others what I have discovered :) He is breathtakingly beautiful !
And He reigns with righteousness, justice and mercy!
Let’s just remember that this was filmed and edited during our first wave. We may be in Level 1 lockdown now, but the numbers are still raising. This was simply a commentary on what was happening back then.
The cases are going up again ,ec is the biggest culprit
Not mentioning how low our death rate is or high our recovery rate is. Only showing one poor township. So typical of BBC.
Well, we're in our second wave of covid in s.a.
When level 1 started, some of the provinces went back to their old ways.people ignored the virus and more and more people got infected
I drove through transkei and the rest of the eastern cape 2 weeks back.
People slept in front of the post offices and atm's at night.
To get their Grant's in time on the 25th of November.
During the day it was a horrible face to see how they ignored social distances. They just did not care.
And now we are going back to where it all started
On Durbans beaches they just did not give a f..k about social distances or wearing masks.
South African government needs to move people out of slums and into adequate housing
It's clear you don't know South Africa. Do you're own research
false or inaccurate information!