and obama are younger than 65. that's me and me and you. and you know what it's time all voices part. of the 77 percent we talk about preclusion. this is where you. are 77 percent this weekend on g.w. . this is state of the unions africa coming up in the next 15 minutes a wounded president south africa's so what i'm opposed to is dealt a blow off to risk a body that investigates corruption accuses him of money laundering but some of the same skill fight the allegations. after careful study i have concluded that the report is fundamentally and irretrievably full. and

getting to grips with the all racing scene in maadi we need one of the sports aspiring champions. i'm christine one to welcome to news africa i'm glad you're tuned in south africa's president said hold on a pole so has gone on the offensive against allegations he's 27000 campaign to become leader of the african national congress so a.n.c. benefited from money laundering also went on national television to slam the report by the country's anti-corruption watchdog which claimed he misled parliament over a donation that report contains human rights for children not. offered material nature. the findings we have found are only in law irrational and in some instances exceed to the scope of the powers of the public protector i have

therefore decided to seek an urgent judicial review of the public protect us report its findings and its remedial action i've instructed my legal representatives to prepare an uptick ation to this effect as a matter of urgency and they were going to go over to johannesburg now it. is standing by high too so good to see you so i am up was has acknowledged that these findings and get stand off serious why does he insist they are not credible from a post i believes he has given enough expansion to the public protector he say's he went back to parliament to apologize for the 1st mistake that he made to explain that the reason why he did it give a different explanation is because he did not norm that the funds were deposited with the company and i was that appointed to campaign for his presidency so he

believes his statement was not considered in coming up with this conclusion and also if you look across the country the pope reported as a person was findings have been questioned by so many people some of your findings have been even rejected by the court and in one of those findings he has been made to personally be liable in pay 15 percent of the legal costs because of the findings that to me that were oh so i imagine double so just not one to accept those findings without taking them to a court of law that will really put a judgment to say they are valid didn't know or they are not right practice i mean i think it's fair to say i mean i'm opposed to is an embattled president but just how damaging is this report for this president but in a sense it's fighting to stay in office. the public protector sir findings are legally binding if the if she says i'm a process has to be investigated that has to happen so if from

a force that does not challenge this finding that damaging to his repetition is the president because he's like a president facing kinds which is not acceptable to many people in south africa so what i'm opposed to is taking these steps to try and challenge and take the findings to fall for review so that they don't dent his image you know mc's divided from bottom to center they are those that are supporting from a porsche and there are those that are supporting the former president jacob zuma and analysts are saying this could be some political ploy by some that are opposed to rome oppose us stance in fighting corruption to try and tonnage image so that once his image is tarnished then he's recalled then it means tougher for them apostle so he has to try by all means to prime mix sure the charges are squashed or put aside so that he focuses on the wyckoff ruling the country and getting rid of corruption right speaking of corruption i mean last week we heard from former president jacob zuma testifying at that corruption inquiry you were reporting for us there just remind us again about some of the testimony we heard from zuma and

perhaps what that means when of course in the context of all that he is facing as we speak. before the commission zuma is what are facing corruption charges were it is alleged that he allowed a lot of people to loot the state especially one day reach the family that is it contracts across government departments and in some of those contrasts the did they did nor work at all but they were paid millions of friends and also president jacob zuma is also facing some charges in court of rocketeer in and these are some of the charges which in corruption charges that he faced or alleged to have committed even before he became the president so to sit on the pasta has been trying by all means to use the state inquiry commission to make sure those that have done the wrong appear before the commission and lots of ministers about president former president jacob zuma have appeared so it is all those i forced that on the process trying

that some are saying nor does the right to fight to you they use the problem protector to try and prevent that ok too so one looks even very briefly how our south africans reacting to these findings against president obama policy this many times divided south africans left to right and center the opposition is calling for him of course not to step aside they are calling for him to face the music but there are those that are supporting him that are saying no he's a this is a man who is being victimized for the weight that he is doing against corruption and they want him to continue and they voted to protect him it or course even halting that rally to try and say we're defending it i'm apostle we defending our democracy to socal milo in johannesburg thank you moving on to kenya now a country where corruption is widespread in and then president of me police have the rest of the country's finance minister and we've got a chance to face charges of

a misuse of funds related to the planned construction of 2 dams by an italian company and that the $27.00 officials are also going to face charges but it has to resign immediately this is the 1st time a sitting minister has been arrested on corruption charges in kenya. ok. the ball is in nairobi with more on this story. what exactly is. accused of doing. wrote it and his co accused face a challenge as ranging from conspiring to defraud to financial misconduct in short of course we're talking about corruption here as with a bit of more background and as the minister of finance wrote in and his ministry the treasury are responsible for the releasing of money to government projects and overseeing how that money is being used so in this very role not only did he

apparently inflate the budget necessary for the construction of these 2 dams but also released $20000000000.00 kenyan shillings that's around $200000000.00 u.s. dollars to this italian construction company to construct 2 dams in the rift valley we're talking about an area region which is really dry suffering from water scarcity farmers and their cattle there was supposed to be helped out to get some water with these 2 dams but 5 years on not a single crop of water has reached them so the big question is why did that money goal and now the man who was in charge is being held responsible for it right i mean what's what's the sense they made any does this a raised mean president is getting serious when he's defied corruption. corruption is not new in kenya and. has been accused several times

criticized in the past for not cracking down on corruption for decades we have seen scandals we have seen corruption on every level including in the ministry but until now it's always been small offices all well connected businessmen who were arrested so this is the very 1st time a cabinet minister is arrested who has to go to court so many see this as the beginning of the fight that kenya has promised but it remains to be seen if he actually gets to go to prison many believe that yes he will go to court that he will then just pay a cash bail and is released that the trial will be delayed for 5 to 7 years judges will be bribed and he might just get away with it off the roll. talked about how. the problem of corruption is in kenya and they are those who are suggesting that there is politics at play here that perhaps the finance minister has fallen out with certain people and hence is now facing the wind what are you learning about with this is there is no politics involved or perhaps there is.

well kenyans call of their country the country of keep to keep google which means something small which then again means a bribe everywhere you go you're supposed to pay a bribe everywhere you go there seems to be corruption and many kenyans tired of maybe a game of politics but just politicians putting the money that they supposed to save got into that very own pockets many of the people i've spoken to today told me that they have resigned to this reality that they don't see a pup isn't going onto the streets anymore and protesting because the only thing that will change is that they will not make a daily income this is not the scandal it's not the biggest scandal we have seen scandals of corruption surrounding kenya power we've seen when it comes to the kenyan railways corporation or even national news this is but this is the 1st time

that a public figure of this extent is going to court so many do believe that this could genuinely not be about the play of politics but this could be a step towards getting rid of corruption once and for all in kenya ok that's 1000000 according to bol in nairobi for us thank you. it may not be the 1st thing you'd think of as a spectator sport with each match gusting only a few seconds at a time but competitive on racing is growing fast all of africa in mali one competitor is hoping that the international championship recently held in the capital bamako will be a springboard to greatness in the sport and this might not look like fun it's not it's serious business 27 year old. is on. display is on the rise across the continent. i've loved arm wrestling since i was really young.

at that time i couldn't lift weights. go to all the events whatever they were. mimic the athletes actions and then i went for it i started lifting metal bars i didn't touch the white plates when you love something you find a way and the means to get it. out is working hard to reach his goals under the watchful eye of his coach who is more than pleased with his progress. place a big role in our team every time he competes most of the time he wins distinctions in his category he's an assett in our team. this competition in mali's capital bamako which brought hundreds of athletes from across africa together none of the judges spoke french or bambara meaning so couldn't understand their instructions. that didn't stop him from finishing in an impressive

3rd place. still drones isn't gold and that means there's more work to be done in the gym. so god is hoping to go far in the sport and with arm wrestling on the rise in africa this is no time to be taking it easy. and that's it when album b. that means africa has always been a casual story on our website and of age after the steam would run to the next time i'm. actually pretty. sure links to news from africa to the world sure link to exceptional stories and discussions from our use of easy town while website d w 2 comes to much because join us on facebook t.w. for. her 1st day of school in the jungle.

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