According to sources from one of luanda's cemeteries, before the
declaration of the state of emergency, the cemetery was recording only
15 to 25 funerals daily, but now has risen to more than 50 funerals a day. Interestingly,
these people are not dying of coronavirus. So far, Angola has recorded only two
deaths from covid-19.
What then is the main cause of death of these people?
"People are disobeying, because where there is hunger, laws are not
respected." It was well predicted that coronavirus would increase hunger,
crime and poverty in Africa, long time before this invisible enemy attacked the
continent.
The prolongations of the state of emergency in the country have been a
great punishment for thousands of Angolans, especially the most vulnerable.
Which leads Citizens to put their health at risk when they go out on the
streets to look for daily bread. The crowding of people continues to be
visible, whether in leisure areas or in commercial establishments and banks,
without maintaining the required social distance. Especially in the peripheral neighbourhoods,
where people continue to circulate, "moving around in bars and tents
work" as if nothing had happened.
It is impossible to comply with the rules of prevention in a country with
low and bad quality of life. Women have been the main victims of this
misfortune. Many of them are single mothers and street traders. If they do not
go out to sell, they will not eat. We have witnessed daily beatings and murders
of these ladies constantly by running over on the roads while trying to escape
the police. These cops use force against them when they're found selling on the
streets, as if not enough, they also steal their products. Moreover, at the end
of the working day, many women are assaulted by their husbands inside the home.
Unfortunately, the covid-19 pandemic also increases the rate of domestic
violence that continues to be one of the leading causes of women's death in
Africa.
A large part of the inhabitants works in informal sector enterprise. The Social
isolation has decreased a lot, i.e. it has cut off the income of these people.
Food, sanitary products and biosecurity materials are very expensive. Poor
people cannot afford.
Hunger plagues many families, cooking gas prices has increased and it is
scarce, education is at risk, drinking water is lacking in peripheral areas for
years, resulting in non-compliance with hygiene rules against covid-19. People
are not washing their hands constantly. Many just take a shower in the morning
and that's enough. We also observed an increase in the number of domestic
violence, poverty and crimes of murder and theft. It should be noted that
Angola does not have any food distribution system and also does not offer
support to the neediest who often die of hunger and life disgust.
The office for Citizenship and Civil Society of the MPLA, is accused of
being distributing to several leaders of the party in the power and friends of
the office director Anabela dos Santos Dinis, basic baskets of food that were
supposed to be destined to the most vulnerable people of Angola.
These corrupt leaders enter with their personal vehicle in the warehouses
located near the headquarters of MPLA, where “PONTUAL” (advertising company of
these comrades) is located and from there they are supplied with various food
and biosafety goods.
Since the emerge of coronavírus pandemic in Angola, the funerals in the
cemeteries rose from 10 to 50 burials a day. It is obvious that people
are not dying from Covid-19 but rather because of hunger, domestic violence,
home burglaries and other street crimes, which has increased
significantly during coronavirus pandemic. These and other factors force
Angolans to break the rules of prevention and go out into the streets in order
to search for daily bread.
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An article by: Sofonie Dala
