students are people whom world over information provide. the means to want to express g.w. on facebook and twitter and up to date and in touch follow us up. to. this is d w news africa coming up on the program will the fees finally fall south africa's government bans to student pressure and acts on universe between costs but will this calm the protests also coming up. another school of duction in nigeria gunmen seize a group of students in the north of the country we also correspondent why do these attacks keep happening. plus the new boss for african football's governing body will this mining billionaire be successful in turning around the beautiful games

fortunes. and south africa's largest ethnic group loses its influential monarch kings when he see me dies after until next. i'm told me all of it boy it's good to have you with us south africa's government has given in to pressure to increase financial aid given to university students now this follows days of protests in which one person was killed in nationwide marches students have been demanding the scrapping of fee debts complaining that university education is an affordable. was at one of these protests in cape town. more and more students in south africa throughout the country have joined the protest trying to fight for one key thing financial inclusion of everybody and

making universities accessible also for the poor part of the population 1st year students. among those who still don't know if they will be able to stop classes because their cation for financial support is still pending we do not need financial stresses cheated because i mean education that he decides is but if you're going to have to stress of getting the education then what motivation do you have to get it. right at this point i'm feeling hopeless i don't want at this point i don't actually see myself furthering my study this year i do not know i'm at a standstill i i. the protesters now enter the building where the fees office is many say they can not afford to pay their fees and the national student financial aid scheme is overwhelms despite promises by the government to put more money in the scheme it is not enough to support everyone at the university of which the drama support about $6000.00

students about to be excluded from university because they are not supported and they're not able to pay their fees it's really bad but i hope that the government will pull through keep their promises and 1st of all just be transparent about meant to stop. lying because that is basically what they do these must what's been coming on to quite some time now the government has had ample time to implement something especially during last year with kobe this it could have also been one of their priorities if they've just in plenty so they have failed i protest i remind of the massive fees must fall protests in 20152006. back then the former president promised free tertiary education but it was never really meant because of the pandemic the government now even has bigger financial issues which will make finding

a solution even more complicated the protesters you know ever say they will continue to fight for financial inclusion where everyone who wants to attend university. let's take a look now at some other stories making news across the continent rwanda's president paul kagame a has become the 1st east african leader to get the covert 19 vaccine together with his wife jean at rundle plans to vaccinate about a 3rd of its 12000000 citizens this year the same number by the end of 2022. morocco's government has approved a draft law legalizing cannabis for medical and therapeutic use recreate a use will remain illegal ready the world's largest producer of unleash illicit hashish and a change with position the north african country to exploit the rapidly growing market for medical marijuana. in nigeria there's been another mass school abduction this time in mondo in north west and kaduna state authorities say gunmen

seized a group of students in a raid on a forestry college around 30 students on missing is the 4th mass kidnapping from a school in nigeria since december. and with a series of attacks on schools in nigeria or stories of promised us children asa cure yet the abductions continue os correspondent address waissel in a buddha why this keeps happening. well it is an indication of the growing insecurity in nigeria that is number one they could not is another indication of but governance on their elected to pull back to because those who are doing these beheads men complained that in the collective for long but it is in reality of a lot of so many things because this is not the 1st time school has been attacked right from 2014 when it happens in chibok we still have been even more watched more

frequent so the concern is that what is the government doing in the government just yesterday heidi of prince conference by the advice i see in that some to no one in dos why do we need even coming out to say that there are some who are cashing in on what is happening on the kidnappings in nigeria. african football's governing body has a new boss south african billionaire patrice but sampai was the sole candidate for the presidency of the confederation of african football was that they built his fortune in gold mining with further successes in other sectors you know face of the massive task of turning around an organization riddled with dysfunction and corruption but does he stand a chance of success in african football. let's speak to sports journalist thomas quinn i say he is in johannesburg so much is going to have you on the program for

years football has administration has been plagued with mismanagement and corruption both in africa and even on the global stage so why would they want to take on such a murky world. well you know also i ask myself that question but i think patrice was approved by a number of people both here. for that bit and. i guess if it. is this is a process 48 countries president clinton did maybe you did friday. that you ended up. and hence he decided to say. can he be the man to reform african football leadership i think i'm really positive. a lot of kids who have cared or simply because you get

to. listen to. it. over have had it in their eyes this how did 15 of us go nuts with the truth here it's mind you to be true i just didn't see your day. to i said. that is it was decided it did go on and did you hear. because. of it you should go to sleep and the prince harry said no to this shit for the last 3 years you have the africa cup of nations you have i think how vicious if you don't want to come out to the ship companies whatsoever seize their potential i mean like that it was just

a contribution to kind of. you kind of get it. we are in such a mess that we need some who will go into that. look to life focus because he doesn't need. the silence is a. you need. to do. very quickly thomas what should. they prioritize when he gets when he begins his job gomez for the road see a. couple or. 3 years we saw this is vice president of care we see a city boy. we're going to stay alive who is not a 45. 0 you him you have. for

me is british crush it and. so i think god's. used to soften so people and passion. and he wants to i think are going to line up their pockets certainly a huge task ahead sports journalist thomas quinn i say thank you for your insights it's always a pleasure but traditional media or south africa's people has died at the age of 72 after more than a month in hospital king goodwill when he teenie did not officially hold political office but will did great influence among the south africa's largest ethnic group reports and local media say he had health problems related to diabetes. well

fooling goodwills very teeny was seen as safeguarding the zulu people's connection with their history his job was mainly ceremonial. but it was the leader of south africa's largest ethnic group the zulus that make up about 20 percent of the population. we've lost our last if you lost alligator if he dies and some analysts sulk culturally away seminal is bringing all the pieces together and he's a great loss given the fact that historically a magnitude of a muslim game leading armors lived through difficult times during a bout of the the king's conservative attitudes to words women's rights and l g b t people raised eyebrows but he also spoke out against femicide and on the hiv epidemic. he reigned for more than 50 years making him the longest serving zulu

monarch. south africa's president said he'd be remembered as a visionary leader who made an important contribution to cultural identity national unity and the development of south africa as a whole. all bats at a knob be sure to check out other stories on the last africa on facebook and twitter and tell us what you think about the stories we're covering we'll leave you with these images of the late zulu king meeting regional and world leaders see you next time i've.

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on haight street show. prevention and sustainable production. all of a sow's are available online and of course you can share and discuss on because facebook page and other social media platforms. crime fighters to need to know. it sounds like an actor's worst nightmare going on stage to perform a play with no preparation no idea even what the play is about and yet the play white rabbit red rabbit has been performed thousands of times in dozens of languages talk to the playwright coming up. the cool tale of the dream works a little known opera that could snag a grammy this weekend rabbit red rabbit has been performed thousands of

times in dozens of languages talk to the playwright coming up and. the cool tale of the dream works a little known opera that could snag a grammy this weekend those stories coming up but 1st a possible game changer for the art market just half a year ago the artist be people have never sold a work but on thursday christie's auction off a digital collage by the artist for over $69000000.00 the 3rd highest auction price ever for a living artist it's also the highest price ever for a purely digital artwork the piece containing images the artist had been posting online daily since 2007 sold as an n f t a non fungible token a form of encrypted data that can't be replicated the artist whose real name is mike winkleman says it's a new day for digital art. there are thousands of artists and that is something

that you know i sort of really hope comes from that and i'm going to be pushing or is sort of going back actually and looking at the history of digital art over the last 20 years digital artists design websites they describe apps they desire off you know t.v. shows how t.v. shows look they design how characters look at movies and you know. that's all digital art so they have a huge huge impact on visual language of the moral and so i think it now be applicable act i meant look at them as you know real artists i'm super super excited about the euro vision song contest as told bellerose to change its tune or get out they say the song bellerose submitted breaks the contest rules against political entries it features the lyrics out t 2 to toe the line words that feller's opposition figures say support the regime

of strongman leader alexander lukashenko and mock widespread protests in the country following last year's elections. more music news and a piece that still very much in the running for this weekend's grammy awards a recording of the dwarf by austrian composer of exxon that sam minsky is competing for best opera recording sung by the door to berlin it's a chance for the world to get to know an opera that is rarely performs. it's the 18th century and the spanish royal court is celebrating the birthday of the king's daughter one gift in particular is causing a sensation it's a human being a dwarf a gift from a sultan the man doesn't know he's a little person because he's never seen himself in a mirror. the

one act opera was written in 1922 inspired by oscar wilde story the birthday of the infanta director to be as cuts or has brought the tale into the present day he sees it as less a drama about an individual artist and more of a description of the state of society. where. you can read it as a very individual story regardless of age or size that's what i found to be the crucial issue of all the characters in the piece not just the dwarf have that great discrepancy between their self image and their public image how they want to be perceived and how they think they are perceived and how the others really see them . the dwarf's attempt to win the heart of the princess with a love song only appears to succeed. i have a tragic story takes its course as the dwarf ends up seeing himself through the unloving eyes of his beloved. the.

how do we see ourselves how do others see us and how do we deal with being different director cuts or does without makeup and elaborate costumes simply casting 2 people in the main role. coming in from isn't quite that i decided to bring the conflict of interior images the conflict between the self image and the external image of a character onto the stage through 2 characters and a cast the title role with a tenor and with an actor who corresponds to the image one already has when reading the libretto mainly of an actor of small stature for me that was the way to really make the inner conflict theatrical. and this approach to casting works thanks to the excellent performance by mick morris may not an actor with dwarfism and the extraordinary singing by american tenor david but philip.

was. the stage production has already been celebrated by audiences in berlin if the video production wins a grammy award this weekend that would certainly help bring it to the attention of an international audience. was. also this weekend actors and over 120 places from tokyo to new york el salvador to mumbai are performing the same play and none of them knows what it's about with no one her soles and no director the work white rabbit red rabbit by iranian playwright nasim so a month where is perhaps the perfect choice for a day of action calling attention to the plight of theaters one year and the

coronavirus pandemic. this unusual play always begins the same way ok so i have just. begun to read and i have no idea what's going to happen. there are no were her souls no real script and no director the actors get their instructions once they're on stage where they slip into the role of a 29 year old theater director from iran there is a bit of a plot but that's a secret it's all part of the concept and it's meant to allow the actors to be more spontaneous in their improvisation that's also why each actor is only allowed to perform the piece once in the meantime thousands of actors have done that including rami khouri my preparation is to not prepare you know not google not think about it too much actually i just want to be vulnerable as possible with it because. i think the whole point of broadway producers tom courtesy and devlin elliott came across

the piece at the edinburgh fringe festival noticed that there was a play written by an iranian playwright and thought that would be interesting to check out and within minutes we realized we were seeing something we'd never seen before for their 2016 production and new york's west theater they were able to recruit a number of acting stars that helped bring the play with a secret plot to the world's attention. and i'm joined now by theater creator nasim soleimani poor who lives in berlin but wrote the play white rabbit red rabbit in 2010 when he was still in iran so in the same you've said that this device of keeping the play a secret even for the actor was born out of necessity what do you mean by that well hello to you and everyone thank you just like in 2000 and among you might know i was a still in iran and in war and i was really keen to to do

a show globally so i thought maybe i can shift some paradigm. in that in the future as like a structure came up we did. something with you supposed to be formed fight and theme quite a 1st time with an actor in front of a live audience and the actor basically is reading your voice now i've got a question about the story so if there are any actors out there who might perform this play some day stop watching right here. i understand that the end of the play there's that the actor who's playing who's basically instructed to do something terrible to him or her south it's a kind of test whether the audience will intervene why did you include that. well i think it's a choice you're ryan. david i strongly believe that we live in a very beautiful but yes very very troubled world now we have black lives matter

the climate change is real and you and i are speaking something that is often a catastrophe in myanmar so question is do we basically react to those things was or the borders of our of the media and how much do we push in which direction what are the red line i think that's what that's what the play is is trying to to to to explore with the help of the performer and the audience and he told me that when this performance is done live as is usually the case there is actually a lot of audience interaction. it is the i it happens at all didn't even they they try you know the audience members to go on stage and stuff to show friends environment like you were going to do a show where we're going in may and mexico tomorrow inside of prison so different context as i was bringing it brings and brings in different you know moments and

with this black was speaking of the white rabbit red rabbit is being performed in over 120 places this saturday's some virtually and you can't possibly be there to see all of them 120 performances in one day is there a show that you're particularly excited to see are you going to be participating in any way. i mean i look at the list today i was doing good we had like what mama mama you know you have to stumble i want china to york london and some of those plays i have of being there personally can perform i want to talk about you know the mexican company you know or he showed across the netherlands i've yet only find one theater in crete different venues in the land there are 7 painted peter doing shows and the audience without a choice on whom to basically pick which show room part of the show it went to from actors i would try to do sneak peek you know if you'd get the different show if

they are on you know most definitely i would do that well it's not some silly monk or thanks so much for coming on arts and culture congratulations on this work of art which is now 11 years old and still as relevant as ever and as popular as ever thank you very much i also want to thank you all removal for initiating it's an old heave great preview series and the actors are going to take a look thanks so much. of our more culture news now england's royal shakespeare company is harnessing 3 d. videogame technology and live stream performances of a midsummer night's dream the technology transforms real life actors into virtual avatars actors and the troops say they believe the once radical 16th and 17th century playwright shakespeare would approve the performances are free of charge but viewers can pay $10.00 pounds to interact with the cast as virtual fireflies.

and to leave you now with some new works by french artist sipe who uses sand and grass as his canvas and the last 2 years he's taken his biodegradable paints to 3 continents painting giant linked hands he says the project is all about friendship here's his latest from then in.

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