Mulalo Munyai, a final-year student at the University of Venda, has come up with a very creative way to address problems that people are sometime faced with, and that is to act out certain scenarios in a somewhat comical, but also educational, manner. He then records these on video and shares them on social media.
In one of his more popular videos, the young man, who is by now well known as 'Vho-Nese', imitates a round, rude nurse at a public clinic in Ngovhela. Instead of assisting the sickly patients and treating them with compassion, the nurse is always insolent and inconsiderate, takes long lunch breaks, constantly entertains village gossip and even ignores nurse-patient confidentiality.
This scenario was inspired by an instance that Mulalo himself experienced with a very unfriendly and unhelpful nurse at a government clinic when he was only 12 years old. "When I started making these videos, I wanted to pass the message on to rude nurses out there, so that they can see for themselves how they treat their patients."
Mulalo said that this video had stirred a lot of reaction from the public. "People really love the content. I especially receive great support from professional nurses, which is extraordinary," he said.
The 22-year-old from Ngovhela village, who is studying to become a teacher, has 27 900 followers on TikTok, and his video has already been liked by more than 168 000 people.
Despite playing the role of a "bad nurse" in the video, Mulalo also reminds people to be safe and use protection during sexual intercourse.