standard they point to the i.o.c. president box support of a joint north and south korean team at the 2018 winter olympics as an example of pushing politics at the games a bit rising political tensions rolled why will athletes abide by the new policy set by the i.o.c. we'll have our answer when the games start in tokyo on the 24th of july. up next is the news that africa is christine milne well thanks for watching. actually this meter just shows the numbers for france shows. the music. hard way to get when you go.

global auto and mobility show every week you w i is south africa struggling to keep the lights on the national politics and it's he is again rolling electricity blackouts across the country costing the economy billions. and the man supplying team was that you can. find out why he had to partner with again step to do such a. thing capital spruces up it's. trying to head off its annual festival. and i'm christine one to welcome to news africa it's good to have your company africa's most industrialized country is bracing for more bouts of pollock's of africa's. paul utility eskom said breakdowns at its policy stations has slashed the

amount of electricity it's able to generate which is state own supplies more than 90 percent of the country's electricity but since 2007 it has struggled to meet demand he says seen the company results cutting supply on a rotating shuttle when the national grid cannot meet demand that's referred to as no cheating in south africa now the public cuts are not just an inconvenience they cost the country billions and last year pushed the economy to the brink of recession all to help us understand why problems prevailed at the seaton as he invited chris yen and on to the program he's an energy analyst at a business intelligence to south africa welcome to africa mr gannon it's quite used to be one of the most reliable power you've seen it sees in the world why is it now in crisis it's a hard thing to explain in in a few words but there's been a series of poor decisions over the us poor decisions by the shareholder that he's

government by the board of directors and by the management but if i would put it down to one major issue i would say the but do p. and q. see the coal fired projects which are intended to deliver something like 10000 megawatts of new generation capacity by train t. 14 these problems have been very long delayed and not coming on stream as they should have and also that massive cost overruns pushing is going to damage. at unprecedented levels and not end up meeting the increasing demand for electricity in south africa and therefore plunging the country into like shipping right so you're talking about long term projects have the commissioning off paul prawns as you were referring to but in the meantime there are short term challenges which is a result as these policies that we're seeing does the south african government have a pad. well we don't have what is known as an integrated energy plan and this

despite the fact that the north quite is the minister of energy to publish such a plan every single year since 2008 it's never been published what we do have thank goodness at last is an integrated resource plan for the address of the so-called i r p this is a plan up until 2038 looking at the amount of generation capacity that needs to be built in order to meet the projected demond. and we do have this plan but it's being slow in coming and it's not yet implemented in any shape or form yet and furthermore that treaty looks at logan to m. planning happened 2030 is about a limit of 12 years and there are already immediate short term needs that are not addressed in this plan for a government as at the moment during a request for proposals for short term in emergency power and last year and it's on board member told south africa's parliament that there was a lot of political interference in the pilots and it's the extent that the right

decisions weren't always taken why would that be the case. it government has kind of c.s. and it's going to see that self being a state owned enterprise as being some kind of extension of government policy and it in a kind of an in committee agency for government policy so for example they kept the price of electricity on to see should be low if for the benefit of the social benefit of people in south africa. has also been seen as a place for for employment to increase the number of jobs in the country as heavy of a soft at the moment one of these things lead to you know the revenue that is at it quits and costs that are too high to the extent when this impacts on investment decisions on its ability to do maintenance properly and therefore it is run into huge debt which is placing huge financial burdens on the company and the plant is

getting old and has environmental issues that 80 percent of south africa's biggest the comes from coal and 95 percent of the tricity comes from a skim so although exactly in a very few boss gets on those boss gets all broken and a lot of this is due to government interference and seeing as good as a kind of implementing agency of government policy rather than as a business right that's christian and african energy analyst thank you. from electricity in south africa it's now 2 boys in kenya people living in nairobi speak era have mostly lacked x. a supreme bunny was said now with the government failing to provide the service so cold water cells have filled the gap but they sell residents overpriced and hygiene if what one man who grew up in good bear made it his mission to supply clean water

to the sun but it meant that he had to partner with a gangsta. this is kibera slum in nairobi pipes with fresh water run through sewer tunnels for a long time residents have been suffering under these and i geni conditions but there is hope now a connection of blue pipes run above the slums shanties they provide residents with clean and she reported all tanks to kennedy or did. growing up in this community it was a tough life of war what i was was i remember looking to get a scientist to go and fetch water you know cutting it on my shoulder and then seeing also my neighbor at night who are sick and dying because there's no health care having grown up in kibera in experience the effects of unsafe or to face hands kennedy or did they founded the n.-g. o. show of course that he would soon face fierce opposition from the so-called war to

cattails. idea of what was so the beautiful to me it was a little bit dangerous at the same time because the people who makes a lot of money because of the tense very powerful powerful men in this community they cut tells run their own want to system the selling of a prize in an age gini quartet and they put an end to any competition with brutal metal. my dream was to bring clean affordable what to the community. but like pipes was cut to pieces. although he was afraid of the cartels kennedy decided to approach monday of back then he was a gang member and leader of the water mafia i look forward to if. i do to be the minister of water i chuckle. like what we. were talking a little bit and then after the public would have for you he really quit

a really small amount of money if it were not. that's how it started and nobody ever touched the water. for monday. because i feel like. that is so young. he can not really my employer because i'm doing what i do to the community reaching out to former gang members like mandy who was the key to making this community service work the price of water reduced to one 5th of the former price and the quality is better to ensure the water meets the safety standards kennedy installed a water purifying system is the only one in the kibera slum. so the water come from the wall while it's powered to the roar water tank our side just one 4th of the littles comes in to be now to be treated so now the water is no drinking

and then we pump it now to the big time from here the water is then distributed so these are clean water or a drink of to show you that. this glimpse. or . test a good. writer sometimes i feel because well treated water kennedy truly inboard is the spirit of the saying what is life he and his employees i helping their beloved community one drop at a time. that's inspiring now in the tiny west african nation off any 10th of january is a public holiday celebrating the ancient beliefs off food to food a difference believe the spirits of family and sister as well among them at worship many day to head off this year's festival dozens of. capital portland oval has been stressed up after years of neglect. putting the finishing touches to whom.

it's one of the capitals. the squares used to be run down tended by a few believe us let st spend part of nova got funding from the french twin city to renovate them. people. get more visibility to the political and encourage people to believe in the existence of our davy's i'm delighted because my people are also increasingly interested in the state he's living. the worship of voodoo date spent by the french colonise us and the government if it succeeded them today just over 10 percent of the needs population practice the traditional religion those that do say the us to date is for hope to save the sites of course ship. one off in a single meeting that shall not surface we held the sacrificial ceremonies we did all we could and then the renovations started in less than

a month we've redone the square root. and that's for those who don't believe in them mr fright and now we can all enjoy this question. the squares follow close in to a city like to enjoy by the fictitious and voodoo science belong to the families who worship there and 10 them the good lord it. oh so. this is a heritage that we have to share with the world tourists are welcome guys explain. how they protect people what offerings are suitable we want to understand that isn't black magic it's rather about the close relationship between people and nature and people and their ancestors not you. after being banned for decades voodoo is enjoying a quiet comeback in the name in full to normal around 20 young people were

initiated into the religion in december alone. that is it by now 5 days every news and account for this week. on our website and facebook page albanian state of racists would a festival on the 10th of january will leave you with some images from the annual event until next time i might. play. such. just shows numbers it's true but. it seems.

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