Like any information on the crown of virus or any other science topic you should really check out our podcast you can get it wherever you can get your podcast you can also find us at dot com one slash 2 science. So its not for the present whos in the extremely strict look in order to curb the spread of the crew. Is proving particularly tough on the many crew people country. It in that they are not going to die of goalie lying in the going to die of angle. Women are suffering too. As a lot during continues the message of violence has been on the rise. So youre going to get my cat carry on like this my boyfriend hits me in front of my son. The war in the coronavirus is exacting a heavy toll on people across south africa. I. Life im sure turning to the streets of cape town more than is permitted in fact a country wide lockdown began in late march restrictions have been minimally east since then exercise like doors is not a light again only between 6 and 9 in the morning the sale of cigarettes and alcohol was still back to people who go back to work tension and im sure are rising. This is a Selfhelp Group for women who face gender based violence under lockdown in meeting Caroline Peters backyard. She was the victim of a gang rape when she was young. She now helps other women abused by men in particular by their male partners who feel the misty 1900 peacekeepers who miss your member main office today could be nothing i mean the home they are going to take it to be one pound instead you take it in cleave to highland means hes able to move in on 2 means that the balance has moved back into the house. Rates of gender based violence against women in south africa are among the highest in the world on average more than 100 reefs are reported every day. These women say things got worse since the start of the lock down. They agreed to let us film their group in the hope it might encourage other women to speak out. So. This week has been really tough for me its been very exhausting because i dont sleep. Im trying to protect my children as well i want to get out but i dont know how. Im feeling broken but i have little kids so i need to get up and i need to make them breakfast and i need to make them lunch and i need to do things for them. To use the motion psychological sexual. Economic. I mean. To use humor to those many more we came to assist you. To keep to a point you can see see. So you dont want to. Think. Kims life has been marked by alcohol drugs and physical violence she also says abuse by her partner has increased under lockdown conditions. Shes decided to break free. You know. You may want everything you said ive been through it to you. I have to tell you something important so i want to stand up. It says ive made a decision and i havent told anyone yet enough is enough i cant live like this my boyfriend hits me in front of my son. I cannot love this man im going to take my bag and leave yet although. Both of pandemic and the response to it are making life even harder for many. President s and ramaphosa has been preserved in the world for his swift and Decisive Action imposing a tough luck time and creasing a 26000000000 euro package to support the struggling economy at the start of the book down the country was behind the president the problem is that the poor are not getting the help they need at this job center many are critical of the authorities thank god i do not believe that but i why didnt you know. That this is months now why what is the look you know what are we going to do in the pit in the children are going under so. At the end the day were not going to die ill go with buying one youre going to die of hunger because i didnt even know who parcels in cape town or if i must put it like that no food parcels were as this is a must go down to the nearest premier to the nearest councillor but there are no councillors so what are we supposed to do no i dont know so the government are not doing enough for us. In cape town d its mostly private initiatives the organize foody no state even shady characters are getting involved leo meyer you said the mongols going. No he hands it food to his neighbors. I know now most of the people dont have financial wise and stuff from deep seated shoulders. Thats why i do this. Leo meyer spent 18 years in prison for a range of crimes including murder. But since the lockdown began he has become a respected figure in the neighborhood says does a resigned she has 4 Children Welfare child alone payments are only enough to see the family through half of each month. Its really all its people if you dont live your life and people like that in our neighbors doing our own people out there that we now know. And i dont and i think you cant be here and we dont get anything that only you know you would know much about plenty. Of them to have a known type of the if you want to lend it youve got some unity and support the Community Nobody else doing. Some go further. East what we say is i would lead to see these moments because. This Neighborhood Flats is notorious for its criminal gangs find to control the local drug trade but just are hard to find its also created here social distancing is virtually impossible. The murder rate in cape town averages feet per day. Pastor Stanford Hill has been working for 2 decades citrate to end the gang violence. He says the under the law that it has abated to some degree. I like to think over the course of the dissing in disguise. But at this really really. Brought people together from all walks of life and we invite have been in the 11000000 seem to get it when i get 2 of the gang leaders most of them will busy creating with hooch what its like that i would do topless or you know what im saying with these motives are sincere or not how do you how do you explain that to a people because lets face it im hungry. You thought of these and often you have this man coming down the street and he puts up a meal on my table for the next 5 days. Im going to speak to this man you know im sick. And poor neighborhoods gangsters tonight be seen feeding the poor rather than selling drugs. It doesnt mean they have given up crying it is more likely they are polishing their image and consolidating their position. Leon meyer is clear on this answers for me gangsters. Kids is never going to go away im going to be in sunday in the gangs it will always be there will always be gangsters you know why you me staying in the way beat up the old together i used to considering itself against all the time so. Im against im a born again among i was the against because the only way out for me. In through this i can supply. You if you miss one. Back at the woman Selfhelp Group in Caroline Peters backyard. Now that kim has decided to leave her piece of partner it is time for action she has already packed her back. Now i have to go and get your 6 year old son leo now no. You know. You know somethings got to mean a thing. Let me. Make a name that. Jims son seems cheerful but this is actually a dangerous situation. Jims partner doesnt yet know what is about to happen. Shes still teaching crystal meth that we can do and shes leaving him after each drug filled years together. Is stunned. But doesnt get violent. Kim has finally taken this important step. She reassures her son. Telling him she will keep him safe. Where theyre going to be nobody is going to hit anybody and. People there will be kind you know that she is going to be a better mother. Knew smoking. Or drugs be more or violence. After an hours drive they get there. Caroline asked him if she is nervous or worried can concede she is nervous says she is not worried and believes perhaps as clearly yes they resist him. And count how they feel lets say the leave for women one thing he said to make a mistake im fear p. V. P. Listen. Kim and her son can stay at this shelter for 3 months. The hope is they can leave the problems they face so who hide them. But at the National Level problems are really set to intensify. The number of Coronavirus Infections is still relatively low but is surging in some areas. The pandemic is not expected to peak until sometime between july and september. That means the upturn will continue threatening to deepen the rifts in south african society. 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