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Water and Sanitation - Episode 25

Public health is a basic right of every person living in South Africa. Our Constitution states that all citizens have the right to basic needs like water and sanitation.  Yet there are still areas where even these basic commodities, that most take for granted, are not easily available or accessible. Despite the negative impact this has on these communities it also leads to poor hygiene, which can create a breeding ground for a variety of diseases and as a result many babies die from diarrhoea and pneumonia.  These could be avoided if people had access to clean water.

Shalom Ncala: Sanibonani siyayanamukela ku Siyayinqoba Beat! Uhlelo lwayo wonke umuntu ohlangabezana nonqoba izintselelo zezandulela ngculaza nengculazi. Minyaka yonke amakhulu ngamakhulu ezingane ayafa kule lizwe, abulawa yisifo sorhudo kunye ne pneumonia. Bekungavikeleka lokhu ukuba izibhedlela ne mithola mpilo ibinazo zonke izidingo nqangi  futhi abantu bathole amanzi ahlanzekile. Samkela ithimba elisekelayo. Futhi samkela ku Siyayinqoba u-Doctor Trevor Majoro. (IsiZulu) Hello welcome to Siyayinqoba Beat It! The programme for everyone meeting and beating the challenges of HIV and AIDS. Every year hundreds of babies die in our country from diarrhea and pneumonia. Many of these deaths could be prevented if our hospitals and clinics were better equipped and if people had access to clean water. Welcome to the support group. Hi guys, Hi Shalom.  We welcome to Siyayinqoba Doctor Trevor Majoro.

Shalom: (SeSotho) Hello Doctor

Dr Trevor Majoro: (SeSotho) Hi Shalom

Shalom: (SeSotho) How are you?

Dr Trevor Majoro: (SeSotho) I'm very well thanks.

Shalom: (SeSotho) it's nice to have you joining us.

Dr Trevor Majoro: (SeSotho) The pleasure is all mine

Shalom: Sihanjelwe ngu Chandre'Prince, intatheli ephuma kwiphepha ndaba i-Daily Dispatch e-East London. Obelandela udaba lwasesifundeni sese Ukhahlamba eMpumalanga Koloni lapho ingane  izilikhulu namashumi amane sezitshonile kulo nyaka. (IsiZulu)We also have with us Chandre' Prince, a journalist from the Daily Dispatch newspaper in East London. She has been following the story in the Ukhahlamba District of the Eastern Cape where 140 babies died earlier this year.

Shalom: Welcome Chandre', how are how are you?

Chandre Prince: Well thank you and you?

Shalom: Good, good to see you

Chandre: Thank you

Shalom: Akhe siye esifundeni  sase Ukhahlamba esise Mpumalanga Koloni khe siyo hlangana nomama osemcane osetsonelwe yingane yakhe. (IsiZulu) Let's go to the Ukhahlamba District of the Eastern Cape now and meet a young mother whose baby died.

Luvuyo Nibe: Namhlanje sise Zwelitsha eSterkspuit sincokola no sis' Thandiwe malunga nomntwana wakhe nothe waseleka ene four months ngenxa ye pneumonia ne diarrhea.Masiyoveni. (IsiXhosa) Today we're in Zwelitsha in Sterkspuit to talk to Thandiwe about her four month old baby who died because of pneumonia and diarrhea. Let's go inside.

Thandiwe Ndabana: Umtwana wayengathi unexhakaxa samsa kwa doctor Nkwali. Wathi udoctor Nkwali une pneumonia and u-bad ambe simse eMpilisweni. Sithe masivika eMpilisweni walaliswa umntwana , mawayelaliswa wafakwa idrip . Ngomnye umvulo the following week wasikhulula ugqirha, umntwana erite. Xandifika apha ekhaya mane etshintsa emane egabha mandimpha ukutya agabhe.  (IsiXhosa) My baby had colic and we took him to Dr Nkwali. Dr Nkwali said that he had pneumonia and it was very bad so we took him to Empilisweni Hospital. My baby was then admitted to the hospital and he was put on a drip. On Monday the following week my baby was released and he was fine. When we got home, he started vomiting every time I gave him food.

Dr Mfanelo Titus: Imbangi yokuba kubekhona abantwana abaswelekayo kangaka isenokwenziwa zizinto ezininzi ezizi challenges kwi system ye Department of health as a whole. And of course siyayzi intoba there is also i-poverty indlela nje abahlala kuyo ngayo ilusizi. Ngelinye ixesha you will find that abantu abasebenzi and bahlala kude nendawo abanokufumana kuzo uncedo especially when kukhona i- diarrhea. (IsiXhosa) The reason why so many babies are dying might be a result of many challenges in the system of the Department of Health as a whole. And there's also poverty, people live under dire conditions. Sometimes you find that people are unemployed and they live far from place where they can get help, especially during an outbreak of diarrhea.

Thandiwe: Xandimpha ukutya uya vomit xa ndipha ubisi uya vomit. Mandim ncancisa akancanci nto e serious. So kwathwa uzakulaliswa zange afakwe drip ngalo mini. Sahamba sayo laliswa e wardini. Ngexesha lamayeza waphiwa amayeza ithe engekaligqibi ne loyeza waligabha. Samyeka ke waphiwa elinye iyeza kwathiwa uzakuba rite. Ndihambe ndiye e-toilet ndibuye xa ndibuya, ndibuye umntwana ethule. Ndihambe ndiyokubiza amanesi ndithi umntwana wam uthule akaphefumli. Indithathe enye i-nurse indifake kwenye  iward mayendifaka kwenye iward lenye ishiyeke imkhupha. Mandibuya ndibuye ibedi yomntwana wam ingekho  imthathile i-nurse. Indithathe enye inurse ihambe indindixelele ukuthi umntwana wam uswelekile. (IsiXhosa) Whenever I gave him food or milk he just vomited. I tried breast feeding, nothing helped. So he was admitted again. And he was not put on a drip that day. They took us to a ward and gave him some medicine. He didn't even finish the medicine, he just started vomiting. They gave him another medicine and they said he would be fine. I went to the toilet and when I came back he was just quite. I went to the nurse and told him that my baby was not breathing. And then one nurse took me to another ward another one went to see to my baby. When I came back, my baby's bed was not there, the nurse took him away. And the other nurse told me that my baby is dead.

Dr Mfanelo: Ewe sikhe sanayo ingxaki ye fluids particularly kwesisibhedlele ndisebenza kuso Empilisweni. But ke having said that I think isibonisile intobana kufuneka kustokiwe well in advance ifluids particularly nge season esiyaziyo intobana izakuba ne diarrhea. (IsiXhosa) Yes we had storage of (rehydrating) fluid, particularly at Empilisweni where I work. But having said that I think this has taught us that we need to stock these fluids well in advance, particularly in the season where we're to have an outbreak of diarrhoea.

Shalom: Dr Mjoro isad kakhulu isituation yase Eastern Cape. Bendifuna ukuthi usichazele kahle ukuthi, zingaphi ama types of diarrheal infections atholakala kubantwana? (IsiZulu) Dr Majoro, the situation in the Eastern Cape is sad. Can you explain to us the types of diarrheal infections found in babies?

Dr Trevor: I-diarrhea kukugula okuthi sihu define ngokuba khona kwamanzi amaningi kuma stools omuntu. And lawo manzi amaningi aye ayenziwe kaningi  kukuthi kusuke kunekinga ngaphakathi kumathumbu. I-cause e-common diarrhea yilena kuthiwa yi Gastroenteritis. Gastroenteritis inga caused by i-virus inga cause yi bacteria kwesinye isikhathi inga caused by parasites. Besekukhona nenye icause ye diarrhea ekuthiwa yi Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). Kodwa lena sikhuluma ngayo laphayana irelater kakhulu kwi Gastroenteritis ekuyona e casue i-viral infection. (IsiZulu) Diarrhoea is an illness defined by excess water content in a person's stools. That excess water is usually a result of some problems in the intestine. The most common cause of diarrhea is what we call Gastroenteritis. Gastroenteritis can be caused by virus, bacteria or parasites. Another caused of diarrhea is called Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). But the one we're talking about here is related to Gastroenteritis which is caused by a viral infection.

Shalom: Amasymptoms ayo abanjani? (IsiZulu) And what are the symptoms?

Dr. Trevor: Ama symptoms akhona ayahluka aya nokuthi le diarrhea leyo ikhozwa yini na. Kodwa ezinye zezinto ezingaye nzeka  kukuthi umuntu anga complainer for example ngoku buyisa, ngokuhlanza phezu kokhuthi akhishwe  nayisisu.Abanye bantu anga complain ngaphezu koku kiswe yisisu ba-complainer gama pains la esiswini. Abanye abantu banganezinto ezi edded phezulu kwalokho njenge fever and then umzimba njena wonke ube weak. (IsiZulu) The symptoms differ depending on what caused the diarrhea. But one might complain of vomiting on top of the runny stomach. Some people complain of abdominal pains on top of the runny stomach. Others may complain of other things, such as fever and weakness.

Shalom: Chandre' wanted to ask you amafindings enu nize nibreaker isitory ze Eastern Cape what really happened? (IsiZulu) Chandre' what where your findings when you broke the Eastern Cape story?

Chandre': Yes in the area we visited all the hospitals in the district and what we found was that there was a litany of malpractice at the hospital. For instance there was no oral rehydration medication in stock at the height of this outbreak. Not enough medical staff to attend to these ill kids. Just generally poor primary health care in the district.

Shalom: How many kids died in this whole outbreak?

Chandre': At first they said 80 but the report that was released about two weeks ago the figure was as high as a 140

Busi Maqungo: When did it start again?

Chandre': It started in January the deaths were recorded from January to about April.

Dr. Trevor: Within a space of four months 140 children died because diarrhea related diseases?

Chandre': Yes and only after the story was reported in the media did the department react. And even then they shifted the blame. At first they blamed the department of Water affairs and the Ukwahlamba District ad then the blame was shifted to the health department. But clearly it's a case of both departments have failed in providing the services that they should. In the Ukwahlamba area we found that the water facilities were runned down they had not been maintained for years. An investigation into the water in Sterkspuit found that there were traces of Icoline and the municipality tried to hide that report from the public. They knew about it and for a few months after that report was handed to them they still did not report on this.

Busi Maqungo: Yabakhona into from both departments and bazame kuba bayimise ingaqubekeki? (IsiXhosa) Was there any effort from both departments to try and stop the deaths?

Chandre': Ezi departments' ingathi bafuna ukuyifaka ngaphantsi lento le report omnye ufuna ukuveza omnye ba wena uyenze wrongo wena wenze wrongo. But happened subsequent to all the reports that went out they commissioned several tasked teams to go into the area and educate people on washing your hands with soap and if you bottle feeding sterilize that kind of thing. But even after a few months when we went back and revisited the area not much has changed. (IsiXhosa) Both departments tried o keep he report under wraps and the one tried to shift responsibility to the other. But happened subsequent to all the reports that went out they commissioned several tasked teams to go into the area and educate people on washing your hands with soap and if you bottle feeding sterilize that kind of thing. But even after a few months when we went back and revisited the area not much has changed

Dr Trevor: What you're sharing with us is very important and I am actually asking myself what else is happening somewhere, where reporters are not saying anything. I am just wondering if things are going to be done after they are exposed by journalist or things are going to be done because people have got a primary responsibility to people's lives. Because if you people shave reports or point fingers at each that does not stop people from dying especially children from dying they will keep on dying.

Shalom: Unganyakazi sisathatha ikefu eliphuthumile. Siyabuya khona manje. (IsiZulu) Don't go away,we're taking a quick break. We'll be right back.

Shalom: Siyanamukela futhi ku Siyayinqoba Beat It! Namhlanje sikhuluma ngokuswelakala kwzigindo nqangi  azifana namanzi ahlanzekile kanye nokunakekela okufanekile kwezempilo, lokhufuthi kubangela izingane eziningi zilahlekelwe zizimpilo zazo minyaka yonke le. Umnyango wezempilo usandula kuthula uhlelo olubizwa phecelezi nge vaccine programme esifundeni sakwa Ukhahlamba eMpumalanga Koloni. Lohlelo luzosiza ukunciphisa izinga lezingane ezibulawa sisifo sorhudo kane nomkhuhlane wamakhaza.  Akhe sibheke. (IsiZulu) Welcome back to Siyayinqoba Beat It! Today we are talking about the lack of service s, such as clean water and proper medical attention that causes the death of hundreds of babies in our country each year. The Departments of Health recently launched a vaccine programme in the Ukhahlamba District of the Eastern Cape. These vaccines will help reduce infant deaths from diarrhea and pneumonia. Let's take a look.

Luvuyo Nibe: Namhlanje sise Upper Telle kwisikolo sase Mabele apho uMinister of Health Manto Tshabalala azothi anikezele nge vaccine yabantwana ebakhusela ku pneumonia nakwi  diarrhea. (IsiXhosa)Today we are in Upper Telle at a school in Mbele, where the minister of Health Manto Tshabalala will be giving the vaccine to children to prevent pneumonia and diarrhea.

Daisy Mafubelu: On behalf of WHO it gives me great pleasure to have accepted an invitation to come and witness and be part of this launch of two very important vaccines.

Manto Tshabalala Msimang: And so we are here today to launch two new vaccines ezenza ukuthi abantwana bethu bangayitholi i-meningitis bangayitholi i-pneumonia bangaitholi izifo zendlebe.  Kanti futhi sizokwenza  ukuthi sibavikele kwizifo zokuthulula ezi kozwa yi virus. Kanti futhi enye into sikhulume ngayo ukuzwa kwthu lana kukudla okunomsocho. Ukudla okunempilo. Ukudla ngizophinde ngisho futhi  okuno garlic. Ningesabi ukuthi ngandinikeze uManto banisidla u-beeroot niwdle beetroot . Ngoba labo ebehleli bengixheka they eat beetroot, they eat garlic. Umabefika la eyitolo they go and buy beetroot. Baleleani when I say so. I say so because ngiyazi garlic iyayilwisa ivurus ngikwazi kahle lekho ngakufunda. When we introduce these vaccines we will save about 40 lives of children each day or more than 4 thousand seven hundred deaths per year from pneumococcal pneumonia and viral diarrhea. (IsiZulu) And so we are here today to launch two new vaccines. It prevents our children from getting meningitis, pneumonia and ear-aches. It prevents them from getting diarrhea that is caused by a virus. Another thing that we speak about is that people should eat healthy food. Food that include garlic. You should not be afraid to eat beetroot and think that you are eating Manto. Because all those who critise me, they eat beetroot, they eat garlic. When they go to the shops they buy beetroot. Why do they disagree when I say so? I say so because I know that garlic fights the virus, I know that because I have studied it.

Daisy: We know now as was released earlier last year by WHO and UNSEF that between 1999 and 2006 the missile mortality was reduced by 68 percent. But what is important and for me heart warming as an African is to see that Africa is actually reduced missiles mortality by whooping 91 percent

Manto: By the end of October this vaccine will be available in all districts in the Eastern Cape and by the end of 2009 the vaccine will be available in all the districts in our country. Zishayeleni izandla.

Daisy: I am really very proud and comment South Africa to have been a leader in the African region for introducing the new vaccines.

Shalom: Dr Trevor ngisacela ukuthi ungichachise le angizwanga kahle kule insert ukuthi u-mister ebethetha ngani ? Lama vaccines alontshiwe yiyaphi nayaphi, alwa naziphi izifo ebantwaneni? (IsiZulu) Dr Trevor, can you explain this further? I didn't quite get what the minister was talking about. What vaccines did they launch and for what diseases exactly?

Dr Trevor: Lama vaccine ebelontshiwa  yi vaccine ye Rota-virus . Ilwisa iRota-virus ekuyona eyenye yama virus ayenza ukuthi abantwana babe ne diarrhea nakubantu abadala nakubo ikhona. I-rota-virus irresponsible approximately for 20 percent cases of diarrhea. The other vaccine bekuyi vaccine ye pneumonia. Because of la magerms akhoza  i-pneumonia akhona nokuthi akhoze i-meningitis akhoze futhi Otitis Media okuyi infection ye middle part yendlebe. That's why esizwa atsho umama laphaya avikelana nezozifo lezo. (IsiZulu) One of the vaccines they launched is for the Rota -virus. It fights the Rota-virus, which is one of the causes of diarrhea in children and in adults as well. The Rota- virus is responsible for approximately 20 percent of all causes of diarrhea. The other vaccine is for pneumonia. But because the germs that cause pneumonia also cause meningitis and Otitis Media, an infection of the middle ear. That's why the minister mentioned all those diseases.

Busi: Niba expozile and then ba responder  which is a good  thing ukuze bazise la vaccine. But then as uMister I would have thought qala into yokuba une responsibility yokuqala aqale axolise kubahlali ngesselo ngesehlo esenzekileyo baze abayithathela manyathelo lonto leyo. But she is busy going on and on about i-beetroot ne garlic ukuba zinyanga zifo. (IsiXhosa) You have exposed then and they responded which is a good thing because they brought the vaccines. But then the minister, I would have thought that she had a responsibility to first apologies to the people for what happened and the lack of urgency in their response. But she's busy going on about beetroot and garlic and their healing powers.

Chandre': What I find funny is that the Mister or the previous MEC they never went to that area when there was this outbreak. They never apologized and yes it's all good and well that's there is this vaccine that they have launched. But who is going to administer because they don't have staff.

Pholokgolo Ramothwala: (SeSotho) And also, she said in the insert that the vaccines will be available from October. I think it's time that everybody who needs the vaccine start asking if it's really there. I think we know that she says something and then something else happens.  It's important that we know if the vaccine is really available in the district.

Luckyboy Mkhondwane: Ingabe kuzakuba yinto eyenziwa regularly na or it's just that  umntwana unikwa yona mhlangabe kuyasoleka ukuthi ingaba nesifo sorhudo or yinto ezakwenziwa mhlawumne every month or every year kanjani abantwana bayithola kanjani ? Ukuthi uphakathi wazisiwe na ukuthi ikhona into injena ingakwazi ukuthi ivikele izifo eziyi so? (IsiZulu) Is this vaccine going to be administered regularly or is it given to babies who thought to be at risk of diarrhea? Is it given every month or every year, how often do babies get it? Was the general public ever informed about these vaccines?

Dr Trevor: Enye yezinto ezenza sihlangane kanze sonke sikhulume ngezinto ezenzakalayo kukuthi  siyathanda ukuthi sazise umphakathi ngezinto ezenza kalayo njengayo yona lena. So mphakathi so uyezwa manje ukuthi ikhona ivaccine kufanele manje  ngoba  majne ama communities ayazi adimande ayithole leyo vaccine. Kodwa enikwazio ivaccine ye Rota-virus iye inikezwe kabili within six momnths. (IsiZulu) One of the reasons we get together like this to talk about issues is to try and inform the general public about developments such as s one. The public now know about the vaccine and communities should stand up and demand access to the vaccine. As far as I know, the Rota-virus vaccine is administered twice in six months.

Busi: I think its going o be important especially kuba sisazi ukuba sinabantwana naba HIV positive aba more vulnerable kwi  diarrhea enokukhaweleza ibabulale. (IsiXhosa) I think it's going to be very important especially for HIV positive babies who are more vulnerable to dying from diarrhea.

Shalom: Unganyakazi sisa thatha ikefu eliphuthumayo. Siyabuya khona manje. (IsiZulu) We're taking a quick break. Be back now.

Shalom: Siyanamukela futhi ku Siyayinqoba Beat It! Namhlanje sikhuluma ngokulethwa kwezintsiza ezingekho  ezingeni lapha ezweni lethu. Lokhu kuholela ekufeni kwamakhulu ezingane  minyaka yonke le. Akhe siyobana uhudo lingahlolakala kanjani ezinganeni futhi lungelashwa kanjani. (IsiZulu) Welcome back to Siyayinqoba Beat It!  Today we're talking about poor services in our country that lead to the death of hundreds of infants every year. Let's go and see how dehydration can be detected and treated in infants.

Luvuyo Nibe: Namhlanje sise Nolungile Clinic eKhayelitsha eSite C. Onesi bazakusichachisela ngokwenza umxhube wokunqanda isisu esihambisayo. (IsiXhosa) Today we're at Nolungile Clinic in Khayelitsha, Site C, where the nurses will explain how to make a rehydration solution for diarrhea.

Thozama Swangu: Ngoku into esijongileyo yintobana  akunyanzelekanga ukuthi abantwana bethu babe bayasweleka. Ukhona mhlawumbi umntu olapha onokundichazela mhlawumbi xa umntwna ene sifo sorhudo ubona njani na ohlula njani into bana lomtwana unesifo sorhudo ukhona umntu onokundixelela? (IsiXhosa) Children should not be dying from diarrhea. Is there anyone here who can tell me how they know when their child has diarrhea?

Mama: Uye ahle nalapha e-weightini amehlo la akhe ayatsona umbone ngokuhambisa nalapha ezantsi. (IsiXhosa) They lose weight, their eyes looks different and they will have a runny stomach.

Thozama: Umntwana xa enesisifo orhudo into eye yenzeke  uphelelwa ngamandla obethanda ukudla umbone akasathandi nokudlala. Ukusuka apho ommye akhale okoko. Ngoba kaloku unalento anayo apha emzibeni. Kutsone ifokotho amehlo atshone ngaphakathi. (IsiXhosa) When a child has diarrhea hey become weak, they stop playing. They cry all the time.  The soft spot on their head is sunken and so are the eyes.

Vuyo: Xa abantwana befumaniswa benesi sifo sotyatyazo ingaba loluphi uncedo lokuqala esinokuba nika lona? (IsiXhosa) If a child has diarrhea, what help can we give them?

Tundezwa Blaai: Sidibanisa amanzi anagange litre, iswekile iteaspoon zisibhozo zeswekile ihalf ye teaspoon ye tyiwa . (IsiXhosa) We mix a litre of water, 8 teaspoons of sugar and half a teaspoon of salt.

Vuyo: Umseza kangakanani umntwana one sifo sotyatyazo? (IsiXhosa) What is the dosage for children who has diarrhea?

Tundezwa: Akhukho age yamntwana. Omnye umntwana uye aziswe ngumama emncinci  eyi  newborn esithi uyagabha uyahambisa asezwe umxhube. Into ethethayo kuthetha i-measurements. (IsiXhosa) There is no age limit for this mixture. Some people bring their new babies who are vomiting or have diarrhea and we give them this mixture. The only difference is the measurements.

Vuyo: Ingaba lomxhube umlungele umntwana one HIV? (IsiXhosa) Is this mixture suitable for children who are HIV positive?

Thozama: Wanesifo sika gawulayo awabinaso waneswekile wanantoni uwulungele umxhube. (IsiXhosa) HIV positive or not, you can drink this mixture.

Tundezwa: Kanti xa uthe wamceda ngncedo lokuqala soze umtwana wakho atyafe zonze athini. Akasonze abarite ngalo mzuzu uzakuthatha ixesha kodwa uzakudlala ubone ukuba tyini bo uyadlala ebehambisile nje lomntwana kutheni ngoba ephuma uyagalela. (IsiXhosa) If you give you child this mixture, they won't have diarrhea. This doesn't mean they'll get well on the spot, it'll take some time. The child will be active because as much as they have diarrhea, they are also replacing lost fluids with this mixture.

Pholokgolo: (SeSotho) If in the Eastern Cape they had done something like this, would it have prevented some of the death that happened in the hospitals?

Dr. Trevor: Yes definitely several lessons we are learning from that insert. Firstly before we even go to treatment its promotion of good health is important. We always have to make sure we are in a good state of health. Secondly if a child now has got diarrhoea what we can do then is we can simply do that mixture that the sister was talking in the insert. Then we can stat rehydrating the baby ourselves or the child at home. Some times you rehydrate the child and there is no need for the child to go to the hospital because vitality is back and the child can play again. But in a case where you start rehydrating the child and you don't see any improvement then you can rush the child to hospital or if you see some of the signs the told you, irrespective of how you rehydrated the child you may still need to take the child to the nearest clinic or hospital.

Luckyboy: Dr Majoro umbuzo mina enginawo ukuthi ngiyengizwe  sibonile futhi kwi insert ukuthi amanzi uyawabilisa. So ngifuna ukwazi importance ukuthi amanzi ukuthi uyabilise qala iyini ngoba ngingavele ngiyithathele amanzi aandayo straight la ngiwakhe khona ngihlanganise oshukela nosawuti. Importance yokuthi siwabilise amanzi kubayini? (IsiZulu) Dr Majoro, as we all know and have seen in the insert that you have to boil the water. So I'd like to know the importance of first boiling the water when I could easily take cold water and mix it with sugar and salt. How important is it to boil the water?

Dr Trevor: Ama germs amaningi akhona uku survive nokuphila ukufika kuma degrees athize e-heat. Manje siyayazi ukuthi mangabe amanzi abile ase a-reache hundred degrees Celsius. Once ese boiler amagciwane awasakhoni ukuthi aphile kuleso simo leso ngoba ayashisa amanzi ayawabulala. Manje mawuke wawa bilisa amanazi wenze sure ukuthi ubulale ingciwane leli belingabakhona. (IsiZulu) Most germs can only survive up to certain degrees of heat. And we know that water boils when it reaches hundred degrees Celsius. And when the water boils the germs can't survive. It becomes too hot so they die. So by boiling the water, you're making sure that you kill every germ that may be there.

Shalom: Akwamkelekile neze ukuthi kusenendao ezweni lakithi lapho abantu bengenakufinyelela kalula ezidingweni nqangi ezifana namanzi ahlanzekile. Kufanele sifune izidingo nqangi ezise zingeni elingcono ezibhedlele kanye nase mithola mpilo. Siyafisa ukuzwa umbono wakho ku Siyayinqoba Beat It! Thumela umbono wakho kwiminini ngwane ekumabona kude wakho manje. Sizo buya ngesikhathi esifanayo endaweni efanayo ngesonto elizayo . Kuze kube ngokulandelayo zivikele uphinde uvikele nabanye. Salani kahle emakhya. (IsiZulu) It is unacceptable that there are still areas in our country where people don't have access to the most basic of services such as clean water. We also need to demand better services from our hospitals and clinics. We love hearing from you at Siyayinqoba Beat It! Drop us a line at the details appearing on your screen now. We'll be back same time, same place, next week. Until then, protect yourself and protect others. Stay well.  Bye