I told him use it from the sun how way a new initiative is making it possible for artists to send back shoes all over the world. Its good to have your Company South africas a new strain of the current viruses driving a 2nd wave of infections in the country experts say the new strain appears to be more infectious than the original virus and that cases all spreading fostex it is still unclear if it is also more deadly Scientists Say the new variant is different from the one party causing concern in britain the number of daily cases has doubled in south africa over the last 2 weeks. For more on this im joined by variety just professor berry shooby is the founding press. The african veronica g. Association and is chairing south africas Ministerial Advisory Committee on a coronavirus at Vaccine Development welcome to the japanese africa profit we understand that this new variant off called the 19 in south africa that it seems to be spreading faster than the current one how worried are you about its. I to sydney a sense of concern this variant is gets called in 51 why is very in this version to the to the vision one actually was in london in the u. K. Its also 5 to one else is a bit different you go to different tensions but like the one in england were all very concerned because dispiriting very rapidly in fact it has fought displacing the original code virus and this is really going to become the dominant virus in many parts of the country but during the in the south and eastern cape the western cape and wasnt all provinces this is really become the major dominant strain as a says responsible really for a steep increase in cases in a 2nd wave professor many people in south africa have travelled and will be gathering groups over the Christmas Holiday how concerned are you about that in light of what you just say it you know this is a problem we actually were anticipating a 2nd wave later in the probably even january favors come. For 2 reasons one of them is or you had a big super spitting event in whats called the rage festivals when the students who finish the high school they have get togethers and many thousands of these jews get together and thats probably initiated the epidemic and now this new strategy actually employed fired it and this is really become now the dangerous as it is night and restrictions. You know all i have that i have increasing risk have increased some restrictions but you know its a balancing act theyve got a balance whats the people need for their livelihood as. You guys were trying to disease the old lies is livelihood equation. Increase some restrictions but balancing it against what to keep the economy going and what is the discovery of this new variant of the virus meaningful for Vaccine Development professor rolls fortunately so far does not appear that this is what you call it escaped mutation other was that the either people had augie uniform previous infection or if they have the vaccine that theyre going not to be protected it doesnt seem to affect that part of it the vaccine does appear to be effective suffer all studies is ongoing but hopefully it will demonstrate that it is not affected by the by any changes and join the city other words the density right thats professor speaking to us in south africa thank you. Thank you. So before we move on we would like you to take a look at this. You have. Already congratulations. So that was cristo the founder of the in geo water. Finding out that shes been awarded the cisco Youth Leadership award at this is Global Citizen prize awards and other prize was set up into an 18 to on a young people who have dedicated themselves to working towards human goals in this case off providing african communities with clean water up. Is a social enterprise that supplies of a 70000 people in rwanda with clean water on a daily basis now throughout the lockdown crystal has made sure water x. Has run to continue to operate giving away free water to those who have become unemployed so they wouldnt lose x. Is all be forced to return to old and send in few ways of connecting russia. And im now joined by from her office in kigali welcome to news africa crystals so youre supplying clean Drinking Water to 75000 people every day and to some of them for free just tell us what inspired you to do this. Yeah what theyre what a crisis is its a huge crisis nowhere grain now almost 2000000000 dont have access to reliable so what and whats a some thing that affects everything about our lives humans are made of whats out mostly. Up to 70 percent but it is what are but who also need whats out to leave for productive uses to group well afford to watch to keep a good idea when he titian and in 2020 most importantly we needed water for handwashing so we can fight against cooking 1000 christo just to pick up on the no thing where you say you know excess what is a basic human right in your home country of wonder unicef say its only 57 percent of people have access to safe Drinking Water your work is incredibly noble crystal but is this not the work off government to provide water to people yes it is the way of governments but governments private sector can support governments to increase this axis yes government has to do it is the access to infrastructure but as private sector was going to respond and decided just let government do this this in way private sector is involved in creation of roads which end up benefiting companies in the economy at a large private sector can also be involved in the work of providing water what it is if your resources shed resource by the pipes in the infrastructure needed to access that what are not for your easy as it would be required financing and quite large projects sometimes so that people can end up with access to what to that they need right i guess you know there perhaps is a conversation about you know private sector involvement when it comes to industries that all what we call basic human rights women are not private pays their profit in a way that they shouldnt but im interested to know crystal how the pandemic has impacted your work. Much like everyone else who were his affected as a company but the biggest effect came because our customers were affected so our mission that what access from these to provide what in a simple way to make it affordable but even affordable independent make can become impossible so when we not just a drop in demand we reacted very quickly we did a q. Days as a company we reached out and found who was traveling instead it to provide visit come on to what. We also extended payment for customers who go for our more. This service is like filters Irrigation Systems and so on crystal we sold excitement when when nick jonas told you about your having won that award but just tell us how important that recognition is. At this recognition its great amazing its almost like winning the olympics of doing social way it is quite amazing in the future it could mission it comes with money which the company will you put to very good use in improving us over says and i reach across africa but its also a testament to their work and really been doing in the a very mission focused culture what axis runga when the pandemic we trust to keep tops open and to keep people employed. And that impact of division will drive going forwards to in 2030 will be 6 to have over 30000000 people using the services are its a pretty grand vision so having to support a Global Citizen in this i wade is a pretty big cuts and least for that moment where you sense without a vision well have to leave it there but thank you and crystal and congratulations to you and all the best for the with that you continue to do. Musicians in mali and other parts of africa face. Beyond their countries thats mainly because of the difficulty of sending. Files and it turns out that music are happy to pay. For a recording session in his. Its a low tech session using a mixer and. Tree or a seems to be longing for his hometown of. The town and. When hes happy with the sound. File whats happening to his producer at this time sounds like in the us. One day my producer asked me if i could record some song tracks with my phone and send it over words. So i said ok no problem ill do that. And thats how it started. Sahil sounds then puts the tracks on line the idea behind the low tech production is to help musicians from the sad hell to reach new audiences says the producer its just essentially an experiment to see you know how can we break down these barriers in truth for artists in west africa who really dont have access to things like. You know the credit card or how they can get on a lot of these digital platforms. Some of the sad sounds artists and now waiting henson sounds from fans who pay to download tracks its really going to really well go i mean the weve got artists typically artists are making between at say like 800 to the highest artist made by 3000. 00 and a lot was. For trailering as well as making money this is a chance to expand his horizons beyond bamako. A label from mali cant get you to the United States are going on International Tourist and kamaka doesnt have that possibility. His hope now is that others will also hear his music and help him to hit the big time. And on that musical notes thats labeled leave it for todays program be sure to check out our other stories on com forward slash africa were also on facebook and on thursday well see you next time about. The global use crime fighters are back with the africas most successful radio drama series continues only because those are Available Online if you course you can share and discuss on w africas Facebook Page and other social media platforms crime fighters to me and now. How does a virus spread. Why do we panic and when will. Introduce through the topics covered in the weekly radio show is called spectrum if you would like any information on the krona virus or any other science topic you should really check out our podcast so you can get it wherever you get your podcast you can also find us at twitter dot com ford slash science. d as 20 twentieths finally draws to an end you can hollywood it is were placing bets on oscar contenders people around in time like mexican jumping the world some to my mind goes well netflix finally win best picture thats coming up on arts and culture and later on the show. Musical genius good fun beethoven reimagined as a comic book hero. And odd introspective often dark photos by one of germanys top actors who is enjoying time behind the camera. First in a normal year this would be whats called oscar season that time when studios packed the cinemas with their best movies that was back in the day of course before carving 19 now things are a little different still hollywood is watching the last movies of the year with wide eyes and the speculation is heating up heres more from our film reporter scott roxboro. Say you know what are you concerned about an overreaction from with. 2021 could be the year netflix finally wins the oscar battle for best picture. The streaming giant has 3 big films in the running the trial of the chicago 7 set in 1968 gives an alternative spin on hippie history. And the plan was. I swear revolution looks like the real. One is what you should gary oldman stars as the man who wrote film classics citizen kane in manc dissection of 1930 s. Hollywood from new york i removed any distraction eliminated every. Rule. And viola davis is a wild 1920 s. Blues singer and model raineys black bottom which features the final performance of the late actor chadwick boseman. If you can but the contenders for summers biggest honor have never looked so diverse. Oscar favorites include judas in the black messiah about the f. B. I. Is infiltration of the black panther party. One night miami portrait of 4 civil rights giants as well including malcolm x. And muhammad ali. Because were all fighting a lot. In which director Lee Isaac Chung tells his own immigrant story. Redefine words somewhere his family moved from korea to arkansas on the 1980 s. Become farmers. Through thing or in the acting categories pay close attention to Anthony Hopkins who turns in a late career master class as a patriarch suffering from dementia the father the bit confused something wrong. I mean. And in our night to kate winslet and social ronan as 1900 centuries fossil hunters and secret lovers. But the big oscar front runner is no mad land from director. Frances mcdormand is eyeing her 3rd best actress award with a bare all performance as a woman living as a modern day nomad travelling the American West in a camper van. Theres no fine no madeleine one the Venice Film Festival and its the odds on favorite to take oscars top prize next year. All right im joined now by her film scott roxboro scott so the nominations are being announced in february the awards in april but already it looks like this could be the 1st best picture oscar for and netflix movie but do you think that it will be. Yeah im not quite sure i mean netflix has come really close before to winning the top prize winning best picture oscar i mean 2 years ago with they were within a hairs breath of it but this year i think theyre going to also fail the final hurdle i mean theyve got a lot of great films of the running this year but i think i think its going to be no matter land. Is in my opinion the best film of 2020 and i think its going to win best picture oscar and i gently put money on Frances Mcdormand winning her 3rd oscar her 3rd best actress oscar for this role i mean she plays a woman literally on the edge of society and her performance is astounding i mean most of unvarnished real and powerful performance ive ever seen from our and i think everybody else can just basically pack up and go home because Frances Mcdormand has this one in the back ok so if you were a betting man your money would be on mcdormand for best actress are you ready to place bets in the best actor category. Yeah this ones a little bit harder but i think the smart money has to be on a chad but bozeman for a nice black bottom. Both but of course stark black panther tragically died this year and this is a very final performance and its a real knock out and he plays a 920. 00 blues musician whos really ambitious and striving to get ahead a really sort of a powerful powerful performance and because this is. The last performance because this is the last chance the academy has to honor this amazing actor i dont think were going to miss out on this and i think hes definitely has his performance is definitely going to win best actor interestingly this is a netflix film and another netflix film could win best actor best supporting actor and another africanamerican actor could take that prize im speaking of delroy lindo he stars in the 5 blood film from spike lee playing a furious vietnam vet whos also an avid trump supporter its a real raging performance thats gotten a lot of critical support and i think its a pick to win best supporting actor next year ok scott so we could see for the 1st time 2 africanamerican actors take our top prizes thanks so much always a pleasure. Well if youve been watching d. W. Arts and culture you know that this is beethoven youre marking 250 years since the composers birth and illustrator haas is looking at the musical genius from a new angle as comic book out in german is called god your meaning golden boy. Larger than life a hero one of musics greats thats how we think of Ludwig Van Beethoven today bought berlin cartoonist mikhail ross has now taken the musical giant down office pedestal and turned him into a comic hero. As this is in november so this is with frozen fingers since its winter but what i find amazing is that all of the images we have of beethoven show him looking grumpy. To help people get an idea of beethoven ross turned to the composers childhood in bonn a big source of inspiration with the accounts of beethovens then neighbors got freed and society official. Does. Incredibly direct theres so much detail beethoven is described as a serious child who doesnt laugh much the one who doesnt have much to laugh about and then suddenly when he gets piggy back he freaks out and then hes totally happy and cant stop laughing because going to fuss with pen and ink ross paints a picture of a childhood marked by a sometimes violent father a 2nd great tenor who drank the familys earnings away at the local tavern. And is outside during beethovens time the idea of the von dickey indoor child prodigy 1st appeared. Beethovens father thinking his son is fairly talented fairly good on the piano things can make some money with this one ill turn this one into of wunderkind so he comes up with the concept of the golden boy he came up with this whole plan without realizing the true scope of his sons talent so his new owner tell him for the show. The only person in the whole story whoever forbade beethoven from playing his own music was his father who thought it was their accounts that the boy liked to improvise on the piano but his father was against it and banned him from doing it and he said stick to the notes and do not improvise as they sort of his ear. But how do you to pitch the music of a brilliant composer. Ross does it with just a few strokes. Of a nickel off it was i listen to the music to see what images were there but then i had the problem that when it comes to beethovens music in 20 minutes there are just 5 images of music but 35 for the 1st bit of the story of a gifted child capable of creating whole worlds with sound but whose ears and digestion fail him a very human hero. Worthy of applause. As one of germanys top actors last i think is used to applause hes in several movies a year his stage performances so out within minutes and as if that werent enough hes also put out a book of photography. A trainee manicured almost beyond recognition. Shimmering forest on the back of a trailer. Photos that capture the absurdity of the big city and natures battle with the human world. Photos taken across the globe by one of germanys top actors plus. He captures these moments with his mobile phone some of them just odd others tragic. And i remember that moment with the man in front of the Mattress Store he was snoring and. Thought i mean thats what it was so embarrassing standing there in the cold knowing that my hotel room was 5 minutes away and he has someone sleeping on the street and just a major away on the other side of this glass that a 5 unused beds in from 20 minutes to bed and. We meet up with lars iding at the museum for photography in his hometown berlin adding it says people wouldnt be so interested in his photos if you werent already a famous actor. Who going for it was pretty smart of me to place my bits on acting for 20 years so that i could finally put out a photo book. In German Television films and theaters i did his face is everywhere published his photos on instagram under the pseudonym or to stick disco. The photos point out flaws and weaknesses in. Human existence despite our best efforts were vulnerable everything with achieved our lives and the lives of all beings are at risk if we cant curb our appetite for more. Dollars and dream of these images you cant escape because were all part of this system isnt a were also in tangled in capitalism so how can we even look at it from the outside and denounce it because but a little was. The seemingly harmless images that one Second Glance reveal painting. Just as when he is on the theater stage last iding a brings the world to us in its contradictions and tiny failures perfection is out of reach. And we are out of time thats it for this edition of arts and culture but you can find us online at g. W. Dot com slash culture to see their top man take care and stay safe. 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