this is d.w. news live from berlin high drama in south africa as president zuma defies his party's order to resign he says that he is being victimized the a.n.c. says go by the end of the day we will take it to parliament. also coming up german journalist dennis you cello has now been it held in a turkish prison for a year without charge his detention has soured relations between berlin and ancora now there may be new hope for his release plus celebrations in ethiopia as the

government releases some political prisoners and drops charges against others so what's behind the boom. i'm sara kelley welcome to the program thanks for joining us south africa's president is hanging on to his position despite an ultimatum from his party that he leave today or face a no confidence vote in parliament speaking on state television jacob zuma described the agency's moves against him as unfair and said that their arguments are wrong because president zuma remains defiant in a live television interview he responded to his party's cause to resign i don't need to be for news on what i have done unfortunately.

no one has been able to provide what is it to that i've done so i've found it very strange that i'm going to be told by my organization you now must go. because. we now have three no president who must come in. not to follow in any policy of the in c. there's nothing more that makes. early years in his party the african national congress agreed to remove him his refusal sets the stage for a no confidence vote in parliament a high ranking party official said the motion is already scheduled for thursday and decided to recall the city since taking office in two thousand and nine zuma has been accused of numerous corruption scandals including making some deals with the influential gupta family on wednesday an elite police unit raided the family's luxury home in johannesburg detaining three people. the captors are accused of using their connections to the president to win lucrative state contracts and

several of the ms relatives work for the family's companies to raids to residents and i think you've got about. it's about time this happened i think iran has been waiting for it we've been wondering why. it hasn't happened but now that it's happening i mean it starts but and as i say you know about time it happened i hope any hidden secrets may come to the surface and it will give a lot of people in our country a bit of peace of my family and hopes that it's moving forward with south africa will be a bit of an easier task not just drugs forced in this war what was going on in here about it in the news and i just think it's quite a watershed moments and south africa to come and witness what's going. to zoom a successor would most likely be deputy president and a.n.c. party chairman cyril run a poser he'll have to tackle rampant corruption and cronyism to revive his party

support ahead of next year's elections. for more let's bring in jason burke a journalist for the guardian newspaper who has been covering this story from johannesburg welcome to you jason i want to talk first about his claim that he needs to be told what he's done wrong at this point is the a.n.c. under any obligation to do so. well not formally this is an internal a.n.c. process. himself as a victim of some kind of. unsubstantiated allegations of wrongdoing now i mean those sources say so the claim rather is not really going to be seen as very credible as south africa everybody here is aware of how bad unemployment is how the economy has been flat lining since he took how crime has been rising hosers and other issues and of course everybody's aware of the corruption allegations that

have been swirling around him and have been substantiated against people who are very close to him so the who trail of himself as a victim of some kind of. process within the party is unlikely to convince very many people so the next step now is this no confidence vote in the parliament and that's what the a.n.c. wants to move ahead with how are they working with the opposition in order to do that and how likely is it that it will actually go through. it's very likely that it will go through because you have to once the opposition and the a.n.c. old are united on a. cheating a single goal which is to get zuma out. the difficulty fiancée is that obviously they're voting. no confidence motion against

a senior member of their own policy and a president who's been selected for their politics i was very embarrassing to make matters worse the actual no confidence motion was registered in parliament by one of the main opposition groups and they have to salute all the a.n.c. have to sort of piggyback it to get what they need but i think now everybody is in the political world here is aware that the priority is to get zuma out of the presidency as soon as possible after that they can go back to school playing out whatever details they will but that is the parisi and they're likely to achieve it tomorrow afternoon if syria doesn't resign first which is also a possibility in the meantime we know that the police that they have added to this political drama by swooping in on the good as one of south africa's richest families what do you make of the timing here. well there

is absolutely no way the police would have moved to gates to go to this a month or so ago the way they've moved into a very high profile raid on johannesburg home gupta. shows quite how far jacob zuma has how. we cure in recent weeks days even this is clearly a demonstration where i still run oppose the deputy president of the night who. had a day or so. that he is not in charge and the kind of practices that went on under jacob zuma simply no longer going to be tolerated so it does signal a significant change in the way a lot of people who were close as they move who are also to vote him out protest who have been protected in the two who will now be very nervous jason burke journalist for the guardian newspaper with the very latest reporting from johannesburg thank you.

germany's foreign minister has called for a german turkish journalist being held in turkish jail to receive a fair and speedy trial tennessee a child was arrested one year ago suspected of terror and espionage offenses and has still not been charged the sigma gabrielle's call comes after turkey's prime minister suggested that there may soon soon be movement in the case dennis you charles continued detention has soured relations between on korea and berlin. this maximum security prison in istanbul is where denise huge amount is being held one year after the journalists arrest and no formal charges have been made. so why the state nation it's a question for which turkish prime minister banally has a simple answer.

that it is not my decision to make but the courts. i hope that he will be released soon. and i'm confident there will be development soon or not the. critics are don't feel that the judiciary will treat you case fairly. but you drams remarks have given germany renewed hope. this may not be able to miss conduct a mistake that there will be a judgment soon by. us since i don't quote more and i hope you will be a dentist you chose a favor you always been working for weeks to ensure that happens and he lets them talking with. it is now up to turkey's high court to decide if one year will mark the beginning or the end of you just incarceration and for more let's bring in correspondent julie han who joins us this evening from istanbul yulia we just heard there turkey's prime minister basically hinting that there would be a development shortly is that just

a negotiating tactic ahead of his meeting with german chancellor angela merkel or is their calls for help. well sarah i don't think it's just negotiating tactics off the roll dana as usual scase is the major obstacle when it comes to improving german turkish relations and that's what definitely once they won two men ties with germany unfortunately mr you didn't specify what he means by saying he is expecting developments shortly but he was again referring to the turkish court saying in the end it's up to the judiciary to decide unfortunately or ironically the same to differ that couldn't come up with any formal charges any indictment in the past year which led many here to believe that in fact they don't have the necessary evidence to come up with such an indictment so what do i expect what will happen i don't think dennis you joe was suddenly walk out of jail here in

east as a free man but the more likely scenario is that state prosecution ofter the government cleared the way will present a formal indictment and then at least a trial can start. let's talk a little bit more about that claim from the turkish prime minister saying that this is a matter for turkey. and that it's basically out of his hands is that correct. well first of all the president himself publicly blamed his usual for being a terrorist supporter and a foreign agent that already says a lot about the political sphere is influence on any judicial decisions and then we saw another case of german human rights activist peter who was released a few months ago in his case we saw that if the government is willing actually things can move a had quite quickly and there are many critics here who don't believe in an

independent judiciary anymore dennis here child for his part he says that he doesn't want to be released as part of any so-called. what might the turkish government want in return for his release. well for sure there is some kind of political bargaining going on right now of course behind closed doors but many people are sure that the turkish government is not willing to let in his usual go without getting anything in return the political or economic concessions repeatedly said they want germany to extradite members of the so-called movement these are the people i'm correct claims to be behind. in turkey and some of twenty sixteen but again turkey has also threatened to reintroduce death penalty for these people so germany conscious to extradite them without breaching international human rights obligations so i think this isn't an option but then again there are other people

turkey wants to return including certain secret service secret service employees there also talks about a potential tank deal germany modernizing turkish tanks in the end we don't know of course it's just speculation but the big question is how high will the price be that the german government has to pay for dens your jewels freedom correspondent yulia han istanbul thank you. prosecutors in ethiopia have dropped charges against shoe bloggers who criticize the government they were arrested four years ago on charges of inciting violence it is the latest in a wave of political amnesty as announced by if you know his government last month opposition supporters have also been celebrating after one of their kid leaders was released from prison was thousands of opposition supporters thronged to the local stadium and adama to welcome home their hero the. secular

galba credited his release from jail to people power. he called on supporters to keep up the pressure on the government and our struggle should not stop until no single prisoner fighting for his rights is left in the federal prison they should be free. but it's not enough that they free one or two the should set free those who are fighting for truth justice and equality. they should be freed one by one from that home of death. that listed charged of inciting violence for his role in two thousand and fifteen protests over property rights in the overall mia region. the many of your roma ethnic group which makes up more than one third of ethiopia's population with your back to look for speaking up for their interests. or doctor as a hero not only for romeo but he's an example for all of africa like nelson mandela

or rosa parks i'm very happy that we should continue the struggle with strength. back to lewis freed in the middle of a three day strike across the world mia to cross for the release of opposition activists and journalists who are still in jail. you have to date now on day to have you news i'm sarah kelly in berlin thanks for joining us to see who can see. the one mine is made by them as nearly as i have. c.w.c. towards me to challenge. our elite sports teams and supply stories let me update tournaments and then go on to college with this new challenge about that you should better check it out yourself.