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i'm christine it's good to have your company a national shutdown of universities has ended in south africa off to violent protests last month the students' union had called for the shutdown of the country's 26 universities until government agreed to cancel all historical student debt not that has not happened but the union says it's ended the shutdown often meetings with the minister of universities and the stakeholders now in addition to the cancellation of dates black students all also calling for the government to increase funding for them they say they cannot afford to wish. for weeks now students across south africa have been taking to the streets fighting against financial exclusion off students the protests. started here at would soon adversity

in johannesburg more than $6000.00 students were slated to be thrown out because they had accumulated too much tuition dept you see a whole new one of them she owes the university over 3000 euros i'm not able to say just that at all of course we are angry i am a 1st generation university. my parents didn't go to university especially coming from the player community we understand that these opportunities haven't always be available for us so we are very deliberate and very decisive in saying that this this is not going to be nice to us one more time the 22 year old already received his degree she completed her studies with good grades and now wants to go to grad school to help improve her future career prospects but her course doesn't qualify for government support it is a big deal you know where i come from it's not just about to me it's not to my dick lee it is my parents it is my family it is my community it is those who might

you know looking up to me and saying ok i want to do what she's doing but yeah i know the pressure is definitely fathers of students in south africa in fees to their universities here davits university alone fees worth more than 50000000 euros that's almost double the amount that it was 2017 the universities are hoping for the governments to intervene but the big question in the end of the day is can south africa really afford free university education for. the budget for the state run this fast program which covers tuition and offer us a stipend for needy students has more than tripled in the last 5 years yet it's not enough says the head of the university's association the university's depend on the income raised by fees because subsidies and donations are dwindling 50 to 60 percent of the students in the system qualify for the see if it gives you this fee for the. the question is we really don't have. a system with.

the system. basically says that we don't have such a system for students of fall outside of of the national. students financially it's . that is what we think the government needs to focus on. when a passer by was shot by police during the protests it was clearly an emo city between sides had to reach boiling point despite several requests the minister of higher education declined to be interviewed by d.w. to see who was lucky the student association managed to raise funds to cover his fees none the less she plans to continue demonstrating until everyone has free access to university education. and i'm now joined by southern africa are funded hadrian krishi file the reports that you just saw and he joins me now from capetown good to see adrian so tell us more about this national shutdown which has

now ended so basically the protest started earlier this year already when initially 1st 1st year students try to register for their courses but they could not register for the next fast program the the state support scheme for poor students because simply the funds where exhausted there was no money there anymore and although the government said well we're working on it we will find a solution some students started protesting then afterwards around about the same time actually some universities said we have to exclude some of our students from the classes those that have accumulated so much historical dept that we do not believe that they will ever be able to settle these steps and this is when the whole protest when nationwide we had protests in several big cities happening and it almost escalated to a few weeks ago when police used excessive force tear gas against peaceful protesters and that was also the time when we saw as we've seen in the report the case of a young man who was just a bison and was shot by

a police bullet. right so that national shutdown and the prices that you have for into. it came of course as you were saying before the university said that they would be suspending these students who have accumulated all this outstanding mission fees. the universities have now made it turn around tell us more about that . well so basically it's not really a turnaround of the universities only it's kind of a solution they found but it is not really a long term solution so basically they said no well full for the democrat year last year basically people who accumulated debt they do not have to pay it back for now so that basically means they just postponing the problem to next year and students keep on accumulating even more dempsey especially those who already have such a huge amount of historical dept will even have more next year and then the whole debate will have to start once again for now it seems several players jump in to solve the problem too to help with these debts student association for example like we've seen in the case of hulu in our report the student who was supported by her

student association but also some university said ok for now you do not have to pay that's about $22.00 of the $26.00 public universities in the country but we also understand that the government also put in some money although they have not confirmed that and we do not know how much. so as you were saying. this essentially is the proverbial can being kicked down the road the bigger issue hasn't been solved university education remains inaccessible to the majority of black south africans and observe as have say that this is for the excessive basing inequality in the country. right i mean look at the end of the day you have 3 players to the story here and you can kind of understand all the stories they all do have a point 1st of all you have students especially those so-called middle missing middle how they're called here those are students whose parents more than $20000.00 a year they are not eligible to apply for government funding at the same time many

of the families cannot afford to pay fees that are often $34000.00 euros for one year even at a public university and also the students it's very difficult for them to apply for a loan to cover their for their fees so they have a hard time and you also have other cases like in our report she basically 10 supposed great program that is also not supported by the scheme and because she doesn't have money she would not be able to basically study and this is of course unfair i mean also from my background i studied in germany for me it was given to have free access to education from school to university and enormous privilege so of course i can fully understand her and the students position but on the other hand you also have the university see a basically they are running a business in the end of the day they have to look at their expenditure and their income if they don't get money from student fees they will eventually not be able to pay lecture us and the last play of the government of course and i do sincerely believe that many in government do really want to make university education

accessible for everyone there's no doubt about that the big question here is money south africa is an emerging economy and there is not enough money especially if you look at the current pandemic that made things worse the debt to g.d.p. ratio in south africa is almost 100 percent because of the pandemic so that means all that the country makes in one year that's the amount of debt that this has accumulated already said will be very difficult to pay that back on the one hand and on the other hand you have to make difficult decisions on what do you want to fund students or unemployed people or infrastructure i mean kristie you know it yourself are some of the schools public schools in the country are looking like they're in a terrible. right and in the end of the day of course the government also has to sort of keep an eye on making sure that you have the right amount of graduates and that they find you can't just some students you have to make sure they find the employment afterwards because otherwise what's the point of reading graduates on the market right that's an increase reporting thank you.

that's a museum capital tunis is home to one of north africa most important wittman's but the new good in all its beauty is creating a problem for the people that live around its banks they constantly complain of flooding and swarms off mosquitoes from the water but environmentalist have a different problem they say the witness has become a dumping ground for construction waste generated by the growing number of building projects in the city. natural beauty and a dumpsite junior groom is both the veteran at the gates of the capital tunis has been degraded for years but urbanization and construction projects since the early 1900 to me just moved to entirely new business districts here according to a government study more than 1800000 cubic metres of solid waste have been disposed

off in the lagoon in the last decade the government is well aware of the problem. the look cool and there goes daily fillings and this reduced their construction and that kick dumps if you do nothing it will disappear. which would be dramatic because the lagoon is an important wintering site for about $100000.00 migratory birds including rare species the government has set up a restoration project but environmentalists are not happy about it. as normally as an s.s.h. and friends of birds are not against the development project in general back to be against a variant that was presented and accepted which does not take into account all the ecological specificities of the site. the project will involve the deepening of the lagoon a problem say the environmentalists because this will change the character of the

vet lent. she give up a listener lost some ducks to feet like ducks that can dive on the other hand the ducks that are surface stacks will no longer be able to find food and that means they will not remain any more in the sweat lent and neither will bathing birds like the pink flamingos she. says she called me for more was. but the government rejects this criticism. that i'm reporting that we were going on a project in the long term environmental impact studies and taking into consideration. as well as the hydrological aquatic environmentalists and ecological invest the women and men in jail when the. ex needs to be taken rep a cli because they see jimmy lagoon as a false most significant wetland in north africa is an important message for coping with climate change in the region. and that is

a proper of them save a lot of the stories that is on come forward slash africa we're also on facebook and on twitter that wishing you a wonderful holiday weekend see that's. more than a 1000 years ago you're a witness is a huge construction good. christianity probably established itself. both religious and secular leaders want to display their power . to trace. and create the tallest biggest most beautiful structures. stone masons builders

and architects compete with each other. this is how massive churches are created. contests to. start. off t.w. . british singer celeste has been called the next queen of soul. we're here about her side in the rise to fame in her own words here on arts and culture and a little later on the show fighting to the death in style the intricately designed armor of ancient romans collaborators. and also on the show a german city promoting centuries of jewish history was one of europe's oldest

synagogue. welcome to arts and culture well not that many debut albums draw as much attention as the one celeste put out earlier this year she says she made the $21.00 tracks on not your muse not for commercial success but just to be how she liked them and it seems a lot of other people like them too this week celeste was nominated for 3 brit awards. behind the scenes with one of britain's biggest new talents celeste epiphany. this it design is simple the crew's making the best out of the pandemic restrictions. on. it's been

a year of breakthroughs for the singing despite the coronavirus and look. 7 7 i think everyone in the last year and everything as being like somewhere in suspense and i just enjoy what i'm doing really and i think the. the sort of stardom thing is never like the thing at the end of it that i'm like looking to see what that point looks like or feels like and i guess some people it may seem like in the waiting room i don't really feel like that because i'm still you know chipping away every day like doing something and i feel like in my stride of things .

in songs like strange. it's almost like. a song becomes like a map of my understanding of like myself and how i see the world and how i see my relationships with other people and. i used to write diaries and then i used to write poems and so at the age where i really needed. it could have been anything really it's just music became the thing that presented itself as so fluent to me. california parents. british mother.

dean. fishing village on the edge of a city right. culture seems the city. of making music. something that had always been so significant even before i started to make music myself was like those times from my grandad period always usually have like means so much for frank when i left it's just like in the cd in the back of the call and i was hearing i put a spell on you by me miss martin for the 1st time and i remember kind of like going like that in my c. because her voice was so deep and it kind of just like a boom for the call put

a spell on you. celeste experimented with folk music cause electronic music but she kept coming back to jeff's and some following in the footsteps of great african-american singers and not just and had music. our goal was to go to. anything new or used to what we had some compassion for and all those high and one summer i just took out and i saw him i had a friend of the fast talking and some mothers had come up to me and said look all that my daughter has had like yours but she feels too shy to come and take a picture just so hard just to see just to show her that. me well you had that kind thanks.

for being yourself that's the message of celeste debut album not your muse since the sudden rise to stardom comparisons to amy winehouse adele and retha franklin have been on avoidable. now. i guess something that comes with. a heightened level of expectation for where you should always could be it's kind of just up to you to kind of set that aside and make your own way and kind of show people like why i'm different.

today it's all about music but in ancient rome pop star status was given to the strongest fighters gladiators who battled wild animals and each other to the death to entertain crowds a new exhibition and looks at gladiator history and legend. on the big screen they alone heroes fighting for justice in reality plenty of us fought for fame money all their own freedom. this exhibition at the national archaeological museum in naples shows the history on display here. helmets and their weapons paintings of gladiators risking their lives. because. it is mostly came from the fathers reaches of the empire.

they were captured slaves other times they were exogenous but they could also be free men who decided to pursue this career. most gladiators fought twice a year at most and yet very few made it past the. they're deadly shows in the in reno where in some ways not so different from big football matches today. of a war that all did for you bill and there were many stalls outside the amphitheater selling takeaway food. it was also very noisy and there would be music mocking the various performances. there is no doubt that gladiators were at the center of ancient rome entertainment industry visitors can now see the part they played in drummond society on the museum's website and when it's cold with restrictions on

the states in person as well. from italy now to germany where 76 years after the holocaust the city of el swords is now rediscovering and probably promoting its jewish history the city boasts remnants of jewish communities dating back to the 11th century. is famous for its medieval city center attracting millions of visitors exploring the city's rich jewish history. it's for this reason that air force is applying to be included on the unesco world heritage list. after its old synagogue a major tourist attraction has been very well preserved. it's a bit here has been working on efforts unesco application for over a decade. and. a half art applied because we believe that these edifices are so unique that they should be protected as part of humanity's cultural

heritage he even writes. as a mentor. we know of many jewish settlements and communities that existed during the middle ages but most remnants of them have vanished got kind of talking some. time to. rabbi alexander who moved to employ several years ago to become part of the local jewish community reestablished after world war 2 efforts jewish community now has some 800 members with god is called minute now there is hardly a synagogue anywhere in europe or the has existed as long as this one. and that's. why i would recommend coming to our 1st of all to see this exceptional synagogue. the synagogue seller boasts a vast collection of 13th century gold and silver coins jewelry and other items.

up stairs in the former ball room historic hebrew manuscripts are on display. next to a medieval jewish bath or mix discovered in central air force in 2007. major construction work was needed after a section of the riverbank wall collapsed because we discovered vestiges of an old cellar in the process. we continue digging and found brick work not found in any cellars in this city. to talk of the new quality it was clear at that point we had found a mikvah. for. the city's so called a stone house isn't far. back to the 13th century it was once home to jewish residents. the city began carefully analyzing the stone edifice in 2015

foot ceilings feature unique will themed paintings which were created by the residents. here over 100 gravestones from the former jewish cemetery on display. afterwards jewish medieval heritage could make it onto the unesco list the 1st in germany. and this year germany is celebrating 1700 years of jewish history keep tuning into arts and culture and check out d w dot com slash culture for more i'll leave you now with the royal opera chorus in the london in their 1st performance all together and a year and you may recognize the anvil chorus from various opera it's all about dotty so you said.

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lead. player. this is g.w. news a live from security alert in washington d.c. the u.s. capitol is a lot to down after a car rams a barricade killing a police officer and injuring another a suspect armed with a knife have been shot to death also coming up on the show taiwan's the deadliest or train disaster in jackets the packed train inside a tunnel after colliding with a truck at least $51.00 people have been killed and dozens more injured.