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Atleast dey are testing their ppl..How many of our ppl are we testing down here

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One week into South Africa's nationwide lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus, and it is tempting - dangerously tempting - to breathe a sigh of relief.
After all, look at how much has already been achieved. More than 47,000 people have been tested, and 67 mobile testing units have been organised.
There are even drive-through testing centres. Soon the country will be able to test 30,000 people every day. To date, only five deaths from the virus have been confirmed. About 1,400 have tested positive for Covid-19.
'Formidable leadership'
South Africa seems to have acted faster, more efficiently, and more ruthlessly than many other countries around the world.
Heading the fight here against Covid-19, President Cyril Ramaphosa has emerged as a formidable leader - composed, compassionate, but seized by the urgency of the moment and wasting no time in imposing tough restrictive steps and galvanising crucial support from the private sector.
And one rung below the president, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has likewise garnered near universal praise for his no-nonsense, energetic performance, and his sober, deeply knowledgeable, daily briefings.
Of course, there have been mistakes, and worse. The police and army have, at times, acted with thuggish abandon in their attempts to enforce the three-week-long lockdown, humiliating, beating, and even shooting civilians on the streets of the commercial capital, Johannesburg, and elsewhere.
There has been confusion about some of the regulations, clumsy messaging and U-turns from some of the country's less impressive ministers.
Above all, there has been the struggle to impose social distancing and effective hygiene in South Africa's poorest, most crowded neighbourhoods, where many fear the virus could yet wreak havoc.
But overall, as South Africans mark their first week under one of the strictest lockdowns introduced anywhere in the world - no jogging outside, no sales of alcohol or cigarettes, no dog-walking, no leaving home except for essential trips and prison or heavy fines for law-breaking - there is an argument to be made that a government so often attacked as corrupt and inefficient, and a private sector so often seen as aloof and greedy, are rising to meet what is widely anticipated to be the greatest challenge this young democracy has ever seen.
It is fitting that the man now loudly warning the nation against any hint of complacency - indeed about the profound dangers of such complacency - is the health minister himself.
"What we may currently be experiencing is the calm before a heavy and devastating storm," said Dr Mkhize, gravely, at Wednesday's official launch of a new batch of mobile laboratories.
"Unless we move fast we will soon be swarmed. There will therefore be no further warning before the pounding descends upon us.
"There will not be time to prepare what we will not have put in place in the next seven days," Dr Mkhize said, noting that the virus has already begun to spread inside the country and that "we don't as yet have a true picture of the size of the problem".
In other words, for all South Africa's impressive early steps, the real battle lies ahead and the real test of the country's health system has yet to begin.
Given that this is one of the world's most unequal societies, it is already clear that the battle will be fought, lost, or won, in the country's poorest communities.
'Shambles and incompetence'
It is also clear that - for all the impressive, skilled leadership available at the highest levels of the South African state, government, and private sector - years of cronyism, corruption and economic stagnation have damaged key institutions.
"We are not well prepared and positioned as a country… after a decade of the hollowing out of state institutions," conceded Adrian Enthoven, a prominent businessman now helping to run a solidarity fund set up to collect and administer private contributions to the fight against the coronavirus.
"We were in a much stronger position going into the global financial crisis [of 2008] than we are today."
Those same concerns apply in provincial health departments, sometimes led by incompetent political appointees.
"The clinicians are getting on with it. But the senior management is overwhelmed. It's always been a shambles. They're mostly cadre-deployed. There's no leadership capacity. They're completely out of their depth and very anti any co-operation with the private sector," said one senior figure in a provincial department, speaking to me on condition of anonymity.
A walk through the township of Alexandra, on the edge of Johannesburg, is another sobering reminder of how difficult it may yet prove to contain the virus.
Despite the new presence of army patrols, constant messaging about social distancing in the media, pick-up trucks dispensing free hand-sanitiser, and the speedy intervention of testing units trying to track down those who might be exposed to the first confirmed case there, the dirt streets and narrow alleys remain crowded with children playing football and friends strolling to visit each other.
There is concern about the virus in Alexandra, but for now that feels eclipsed by the more pressing issues of lost jobs, unaffordable food, and the near impossibility of isolating yourself or your family for any extended period when home is a single room with no running water or toilet.
The virus has already brought South Africa's systemic challenges - and its enduring inequalities - into sharp relief.
But a sudden, extreme crisis - like a war or similar emergency - offers the tantalising possibility of radical change, of forging new alliances, of disrupting failing systems and patterns, of exposing bad leadership in the most unforgiving manner, and of bringing the most talented and dynamic people to the fore.
Some of those changes are already underway.

https/www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-52125713?iorg_service_id_internal=624173547714020%3BAfrwej-qGeJcGvtE

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Mtcheeeew!.... Rubbish

These stories are fake na

Computer science education

iammolise:
There's one confirmed one and his name is OBJ

Hahahaha... Funny

dnawah:
the black ones want resemble me small. thank God no be me.

Definitely your ancestor

Lebrai:
this is just another racist conspiracy
they are trying to say Africa has ape or neanderthal relations

Ehn... Don't humans have Ape relations?

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SniperSmurf:
So far I just count my blessings. But what is so special about 6969? Una don spoil finis.

Lol

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How will you celebrate this monumental day?

vitiligo!

KanwuliaExtra:
You have admitted she is socially awkward.
She just needs to go out a little more.
Loving her means accepting her the way you found her and loved her.
Just make sure she does not have an underlying mental disorder.
She should be encouraged to get a job to develop some social skills.
Simple therapy.

Next time, invite her sibling or familiar relative of hers' to go with her to large gatherings.
That should help her to break the ice a little.

A time will come, you will miss this side of her.
People do change you know.

She doesn't have a mental disorder, she's just very introverted

kushercain:
Guy it's not a fault abeg it's who she is. Aswr you dey vex me like this

Forget the mumu...

ginaolo:
We have been together for a year plus. For how long will this continue? When you marry, in my culture you marry the family and it’s very important that you can relate with each other’s family well. I’m just concerned honestly.

Dude, just let her go.

That's just exactly how I am. Wish I could find someone like her

catwalq:
Off I go to my crush...

lol.... good luck.

Saw this online, thought i should share.

Fear is a normal feeling. We all experience it in some form throughout our lives. It could be the knots you got in your stomach on your very first day of kindergarten, being scared to ride a bicycle or maybe it was the anxiousness you felt when you had your very first kiss. Whatever it is, we all know what it’s like to be afraid.

Personally, I think that the thoughts we have are worse than the actual act itself and even with our crazy thoughts, we still end up doing the things that scare us. Your first day of Kindergarten is nerve-wracking, you’re so worried about being away from your parents, and if the kids will be your friends, but you still went didn’t you? Riding a bike can be intimidating. You’re scared to fall off but you probably still tried it right? Think about how scared you were for your first kiss. How much did you worry about it? Even despite your worries didn’t you still have that first kiss? Were any of those events really THAT scary? I doubt it, and even if they were (aka your first kiss was horrible, you broke your arm the first time on the bike and you spilled a juice box on your pants the very first day of Kindergarten so it looked like you peed), does any of that matter now? Nope, it doesn’t. Want to know why? Because you move on. You go through life doing things that you think will make you happy, despite your fears, and sometimes it doesn’t work out the way you want, but you always move on and eventually it doesn’t even matter. It’s this very same concept that makes me so confused as to why so many people are afraid to tell others how they feel. This fear stops them from taking a chance to explore something that could really make their lives better.

I am sure that you have already thought of a situation with someone where you have missed out on something great because you stayed silent; and I'm also sure that you have already thought of a time when you were stuck in a pretty bad situation because you never told someone what they were doing to you was wrong. Now is the time to stop this and start telling people how you feel. No matter what the situation may be, take a risk, because speaking up may make your life way better than it is now. This goes for all relationships, not just one with a boyfriend or girlfriend, but even the ones you have with family members, friends, roommates, co-workers… Anyone.

So, if you’re in a relationship with someone and you love them, but you have been too afraid to tell them because you’re not sure if they’ll feel the same way, I want you to take a deep breath and go tell that person right now. If you have a crush on someone, but you haven’t said anything because you don’t want to get rejected, you need to go tell them. It does not matter if your friends all say that it’ll never work, that they would never be into you, that they’re out of your league. None of that stuff matters because there is always the chance that your friends are wrong. Yes, I realize it is a risk, but when you take that risk something wonderful could come out of it, and wouldn’t that feeling be so much greater than the worry and the fear you had? And if it doesn’t work out the way you had hoped, well, you are no worse off than you were before, but at least now you can stop wasting your time worrying about “what if?” Yea, okay, whatever, it could be embarrassing if the feelings aren’t mutual, but it’s not the end of the world. Just like spilling the juice on your pants in Kindergarten was embarrassing, you survived didn’t you? You’ll just go about living your life and move on. But, honestly I think it’s worth taking the risk to say something that could potentially lead to something amazing.

Maybe you are having a hard time with your family, but you don’t want to say anything to make the situation worse, so you just sit quietly hoping that things will magically get better. Well, hate to break it to you but it doesn’t work that way. You need to communicate with your family, and tell them whatever it is that’s bothering you. No it’s not going to be easy, and no it won’t be instantly perfect, and yes you may fight, it might have to get worse before it gets better, but at least it will get better. If you stay silent and let your family continue to do things that upset you, then how will they ever know that they are hurting you? How will you ever be able to be truly happy if you’re ignoring something that has such a negative effect on your life?

Or maybe you feel that you and your best friend are drifting apart, but you’re scared to say something to her because you don’t want her to think you’re jealous that she has other friends and you definitely don’t want to fight. Well, I am telling you that you need to talk to her about it. Just be honest, tell her you miss her, ask her if you did something wrong. If you don’t speak up then you could lose her forever, and that’s even worse than having a stupid fight.

Maybe your roommate is really pissing you off because she never takes out the garbage, and always leaves her dirty clothes in the living room but you don’t want to make it a big deal because you have to live with her and don’t want her to be angry with you. You need to TELL HER (obviously don’t be rude about it, there are nice ways to get your point across) but, if you don’t say anything she will never know that it bothers you, and she’ll never make an effort to change it.

Whatever the situation may be, you need to start speaking up. It doesn’t matter if you are afraid. If telling someone how you feel could potentially make you happier why wouldn’t you take that risk? Don’t you want your life to improve? Don’t you want to be with your crush, have a better relationship with your family, make up with your best friend and have a clean apartment? You still went to Kindergarten even though you were scared right? And couldn’t you say that you’re happier now because you were able to get an education? I'm sure it wasn’t all rainbows and roses, but you still did it and aren’t you glad that you did? So, why are we using fear as an excuse to avoid telling people how we feel when there is a chance it could make us happy?

In the words of John Mayer "say what you need to say," you don't want to end up regretting what you never said.

https://www.theodysseyonline.com/stop-being-afraid-to-speak

perhaps, same thing i was told!

optm:
left for the doc to ascertain if there's any pathology or just amblyopia in that eye. let him discuss his findings with you.

thanks.... had this for a long time tho'