the, the south african police of buffalo against the legal mining flaming at this stabilizes the economy of hundreds of trump. workers refuse the surface, fearing are rest all to a head on the program, the 11 on capital c, u. that 2nd flurry of is really strikes within a 24 hour period that says it doesn't rescue workers are reported, kills. following on an overnight had to go to civil defense center in the country. these didn't breaking. use this our own rest rocks, the cows in capital, following a decision by local lawmakers to postpone discussion around investment free tape with russia

the across the world around the clock. this is archie. hello, and welcome to the news. our south african police are continuing with their operation to come about legal mining. hundreds of miners remain trapped. busy underground in the north west province, socrates block, food and water supplies into the attempt to force the mode, accusing them of endangering locals with their activities. a visa might miss that kind of life in our community, but i think how definitely comes up quick to forget on what add lead to the basement of. i'm not going to open ration you would have called, but if you add just to, i think it's it yet. but when we had to do that, the incident of a, do we mean that we can cook and stop and both women wear 3 by eco, my next code to be that hasn't been paid through in this case because all these

really go minus the majority of them in the country and they come in that it becomes difficult for us to praise them. and we also forget that we used to wake up to date bodies that will be picked up in the movie. and although they bodies courtney guidelines good will 5 to of a tough in the very same area will be open to the and we are implementing west i please you to blow food and we'll get to go down there as a form of forcing these in the minus to do so, so safely. we picked up a year ago, 20 dead bodies of the go by and that's, that's look at each other into each other a what are to use the for you couldn't gay joins us. no, i for more on this, at the far, he saves a legal mining communities can come up to the surface themselves. so the situation isn't this clear cut as workers being trapped on the ground on this day? not helping is that, what else do we know about it?

union, what we do know is that's ation means. henry in crisis continues to unfold in south africa's north east providence has hundreds of off illegal. mine is a trapped on the ground and a band and mine soft, but there's something that a lot of people are not aware of when it comes to this particular case because these mine is refused to resurface feeling imminent risk, they have results resorted to hiding in the dangerous gifts off the mind when they are rapidly depleting the supplies of food and water. and this all stems from the fact that the authorities launched a crack down on the legal mind me activities cutting off essential supplies to force the minus to the surface. the but due to safety concerns and the potential city itself on resistance. police have now decided against sending offices on the ground to the states pissing off of the national police. it has even expressed

concerns about the have that is what conditions with in the mind, including the presence of toxic gases and the risk of protest will collapse off the mind. she has also highlighted the potential danger posed by the hair believe on mine is the spokesperson says they have gone as far as sending a negotiate tax and even some water. i've moved to dc the minus so that they will be able to come out of but even those if you to have fallen on this is and they just refused to re surface and co operate to the minus have the capacity to come up . this is the job with is what they do on the daily they used to doing this, but this time the police on standby risk them at all points of exit an entry. and what people also do not understand is that legal binding in so that the guy is a coordinated, a very dangerous and very professional enterprises. these activities feed into the

black mocker trade in precious metals and dime was run by while we saw suspended cade. and that's why the police, even the so that we can defense forces not being sent down the mind. in fact, put these tells us that there's an entire gang in these months off. so sending the police officers even the defense force would be in humane. it's rights in that context that the minister in the presidency composed of dr. any has adopted a very clear and controversial source of refusing to provide assistance to the top mine. this is insisting that to the government will not a criminal and that the mind is will eventually be forced to surrender. have listen to this to in our sending help to remove criminals. i'm going to be not claiming those to be pissy cutest, a web or just move them out. they will come out. however, a critics argue that this approach could lead to a tragic loss of life. they urge the government super. all right,

so as the safety of the trapped mind is and to consider more compassion that solutions such as the offering amnesty or providing humanitarian aid. and then as much as it said that many are not able to use the surface of their own. at this particular point. you need to remember that to the police say these people have a choice to come out and be arrested. will face the words which is this, but i have listened to some of those against administer stuff, design mazama, those are 2 single miners are trapped underground because they fear arrest. but after days, without access to basic and assess cities like water, food, and medication, many are no longer able to reach the surface on their own. this humanitarian crisis demands immediate attention. now it's on clear how long the group of mine is, have been underground to reports. i know, sorry to use a said the groups often stay on the ground for months. depending on supplies,

the face, it can assist that he's like food and water from the outside. we are also told that some of these to be go mind is a foreign nations from neighboring countries to not have the legal documentation to the syndicates. they talk it's and they exploited those and display the circumstances facing poverty to risk the life and live on their behalf. the mind is taking these risk to not even realize the real value of the efforts as the crime bosses take the bulk of the prophets. while many of these illegal mine is operate to add to the surface level. and i think that's why you have the police and prisons civil rights union in the northwest sort of including the same sentiment as the minister and the presidency. because they say that they uphold humane working conditions was that africa's police been busy. but having listened to the full statement, the alarming increase in illegal mining operations has led to violent crime,

environmental degradation, and economic instability, leaving communities vulnerable and law enforcement resources stretch, then a legal mining activities are often linked with criminal syndicates that endanger the lives of residents. damage critical infrastructure and m p local economic growth. of course, there's been a huge debate raging across the country, often administer the statements, who have some political thoughts for intimacy in the handling off the issue of trapped illegal. mine is the democratic alliances and the economy. freedom 5 to this has been one of those things, the current approach, lex humanity, and is causing on to suffering. but you would also remember that since the last i arrived at the launch off operation for the vin. not even the price of losing the operation before the 142015 authorities have arrested over 10000 illegal. mine is

and have sees a significant amount of fi on this end and valuable window. so it's a very complex situation indeed. yeah, absolutely tragic for the people involved with us. you say it does go beyond the set. very interesting and break down there by are teasing with you couldn't gay and johannesburg, let's delve into the points. visit was raising there because i'm happy to say the spokesperson for the south african national union of mine workers live who money? my little board. i joins us live now on the program. you're most welcome, sir. and can you perhaps give us a little background on this mind? was it officially close that on? how did such a large illegal operation go on notice for so long? you can hear me. okay, mr. mama, barbara. yes, i can hear you. yeah, we're just wondering, i thought the mind itself was it officially closed and how did such

a large illegal operation go on notice? um, fifthly, i want to say these is and there's not enough bandwidth as the to, we do not organize the leak on minus. and we, as we call them, uh, we do not condone a legal binding. the reason being that the community is being total allies by unique of minus communities, women and children that been getting gripped where there is a unique of mining a violence and it couldn't be knowledge. it's uh sizing. so as a m e m, we, we do not condone it become raining, but what we want to put a clear is that, um we have proposed solutions before to say, oh, our position is that we want to see

a situation where at isn't not in my anymore, he lick of mining is a, is illegal, live and regulated by the government. because if we do not do it relate and, and, and, and, and legalize it, we're going to see a situation where the domain name is not going to be stopped. we're going to see a situation where i'm to permit at 40 and as we come to the country and get involved in the legal mind. and as i'm speaking to you now, the community, much to sign for africa, is, is being to arrive, bailey get remaining. this good and then that is why you see the community amenities. members are being a one thing. the police or the law enforcement agencies to deal with the to combat illegal remaining. i mean the country is also losing 7 to be don't grands. have to look at them. i mean, whereas if we can nicolai's, and particularly it will make a difference on what stopping. that's,

what's the main opposition to that? because we know that the miners appear to have been operating there for several years. at i understand the concept of, of a mining mafia. indeed from organizations outside the country. but has anything being done by trade unions to push for that to legalize such activities to meet the operations safer to make people in the area at feeling more confident in the people around them. i mean is that is why the amy m is proposed for you as that to the department. the department of mean that associates we cheese directly tell, demanding invested in fiber optic. i must sit down. we stay quoted us like unions to map out the way for on how to deal with the leak of mining. so one of the proposal that i thought the any m has is to legalize integrate

the mining investment so that they the leak i d, i to some of my name's thought that these people are able to pay tax and, and contribute to the economy. unless if we do that, i don't see in the got them writing a being combated inside of it to to continue. um, because if yeah, i just want to ask about the actual situation itself, sir, because police have blocked food and water supplies. the miners in an attempt to get them to come to the surface that's come in for a strong criticism. why are these people so fearful of being detained? that they'd rather risk death and end up in custody? and i, i don't know why they know normally normally they know that to what they're doing is illegal. and obviously, like i said that to this people, to the rise in their communities,

the weight we weigh the operate. and i think that is why they are fearful of coming back to this uh faith. but we see that the law enforcement agencies in the pick up my ass month find a human way to deal with the issue of, of them coming back to the south face. because if, if, if, if they don't come back to this uh, fees, we get this situation. i will get with goodness and people de, underground. and it's also said it's not safe for, for those people to remain underground because they are doing that, i guess is the underground. so i think it's important that to the law enforcement agents is wick with the community is that some of the community members knows these people, the said for to them on the ground. so it is, it's important that that to be work with the community is to go on the ground and, and, and, and, and, and paste await them to come back to the south face because it is in that us. and

why hasn't been it? why has it not being more of a focus on targeting a legal guidance like this that controls such workers and minds before i think that is what they do in the face of enforcement agencies. mas must on so why they have to console him, or he has to come back, eliza mining. the problem is it, it's very big, it's all over the country is africa, it's all over the country. and as i'm speaking to you right now, we've got another situation in the area called a big as far in them in, in 5 up that they were just beginning global problems where you find illegal chinese main as looting in stealing crow inside of africa and taking needs to move them i was on be can vote is to so he got my name is i think

it's very light and the government must also try get it to use. the chinese must be as well uh, stealing and looting chrome in, in philadelphia and, and taking it through the mozambique and board. so it's, it's, it's a live feed and is better. but we've also seen video is purportedly showing the miners displaying fire arms underground. not for, for people thinking of minors, that's not the 1st image they, the associates, they, the associated with, you know, the helmets on the shovel, not guns. so in a way, does that, does that give the authorities the right to go in heavy handed with such a response? because you're not dealing with ordinary workers in this case. you know, this lady who is, that is why is it any and we, we are, we want to emphasize that we do not condone eliza mind that goes with is legal binding, the killings and there is violence. so that is why the law enforcement agencies are

becoming tough on, on, on legal maintenance. and the, we feel that the law enforcement agencies must do their job. but in this case, in, in, in that's been formed in much was the stuff that we feel that the police must find a human way to allow this in the government us to come back to this office. and they also, they must record the committee. so what if they come back to this up is obviously the law enforcement is they must do their job the most out of this that i'm the at the so, so that is, that is our position. is there any? okay, well, thank you for coming in the program and sharing it with us as well. mr. algebra, one a member of spokesperson for the south african, nashville union of mine workers. thank a a thank you. all right, and we're using a basically use day on we moved to 11 on where israel has continued. it's a tax on the nation's capital. this friday

the a freelance reporter for our t shirt, this footage of a residential area in the south and favorite. so as it came under is really fine. one building was purportedly split into for a project out crushed on to it's in the workforce. there's been no official statements as of yet to call the casual team leaders. we do know that earlier 12 people were reported me killed an overnight idea of strikes and the ancient city of fall back. the victims are bleed to the rescue. workers who were searching for trump colleagues under the rubble of a destroyed civil defense center. the lebanese health ministry called it a bark attack on a state run health facility. you know, that came hours after neighboring syria reported strikes in and around its capital . the muskets while also in bay roads. the video here with me. so i was hitting

a neighborhood very close to the cities international airport on thursday. in fact, just as a plane was to talk, seeing on the runway other images, circulating online show pillows of smoke and debris in the aftermath of the plaza. the is really military claims, the attacks target capable of weapons death, but was command centers and other infrastructure the this is the key. yeah. separate volts. so in the southern favor, which was hit by the idea from the same day, smoke filled with images show the aftermath of the strength of level residential building solvers. or to correspondence these 25, this report from the 11 east capital explain another night of heavy bottom bottom. it is right above, above and across level and now in the east of the country and back out. this is where the attack so leads a single defense to them. at least it will defend cease. so the people that arrive

on the scene, often these lighting bump off, but they carry out the search and rescue operations affiliated to the government, the liberties, government. and at least 12 were killed and it is ready to strike. the car is an area that has come under intense, from baldwin and for for some time now. really since based on to be is way be escalation that the entire city of becca was at one point evacuated by is obviously the city, the where the, well, you'd ask her, what would happen. she sent us a say it's 12. so we're defense to it because of killed that, but they've been schools of housework because they've been killed in that particular area. some of them have been targeted, driving along the way into the, into the city and into the region via prototypes that describe it in the media as the most by the time. instead of being seen on the city as well. struck at least full strikes on commercial areas and residential areas in the city, a guy,

and this is a, a city that has been the focus, been type of bob and i mean the visible building without a struct at last month getting elected of official was that what the paving aids for this place, people, the bulk area that the marketplace was struck and destroyed in that particular intensive time. now we know that these 5 people were killed and these overnight strikes each valve insist is affiliated and tied to heads. but all they all tend to just have a targets is issued frequent warnings, all asking people not to have anything to do with the stomach. how so towards the saying that they all have a fights as of weapons to, has blown in southern them. again, there is no the evidence of this go into the liberties, helps me to save more than $200.00 health while it is about being killed. 60 is a new question. in september, the majority of that is in the southern 11,

and that's spoken to the local officials. and they say that the next 2 months that there is going to be an intensification all these way. the question, of course, the defense minister of these valves, and you defend the soonest that is well past. well, he recently both rise an expansion, as well as ground operation in southern lebanon. again, he's also in a statement said that the we noted c 5 in level to now amos hawk side who's the usa invoice 211. and he was due with the blessing of the us president elect donald trump, to arrive in lebanon. sometime this week, that didn't happen. he was supposed to hold a series of tulips and officials, including the complementary speech and not being buried about the potential for sci fi here. but that now is looking further and further away. the scuffle is, have broken out in front of parliament in the kazi and capital supreme. it follows a decision by officials to postpone a,

the ratification of an investment agreement with russia. so far as the protesters has managed to break down the fence and enter the government complex, negotiations are now underway. between some of the protesters and local authorities, the protesters are demanding that an agreement on investment activities of russian legal entities on the territory of a pause. yes, the completely removed from the agenda or the deputies vote against it, making it impossible to return to the issue ever again. all thirties and the protesting opposition are still in talks. right, let's get more of a fin from our t correspondent, marina cost. forever mean a big crowds. clearly a lot of hunger enough because it took us through why? absolutely human. well, it seems that tensions are rising in a positive as protest. there are really taken, it's hard for the worst of scenes that small farms and even tear gas was being used at one point. as protesters with fine vaux and sticks outlined forestman officers

before they were even as a boot, already saw arriving a car, a truck through the gates of parliament. now they were trying to their aimless to disrupt the meeting. today's take, the place of parliament were deputies with potentially ratifying the agreements between russia and a positive. and that agreement basically gives a lot of benefits to russian investors in the country. and critics, all of this say that this is a violation of the interest of local businesses. now of course, all of this has been going on for a couple of days that all started on the 11th of november for under detention or 5 opposition accidents because they supposedly attacked a member of parliament. now they have since been released by protest continue. it's important to mention here that the opposition claims that this is not an issue against the law. so this is actually truly a business matter that it does not serve their interests. have in stuff that we do know that the west likes to exploit protest movements like these in the presence of a positive has already said that he believes he has reason to believe that external

forces are responsible for finding the flames there. so, so far today the agreement has been postponed, so we'll see what will happen. we are of course, monitoring the situation there. rena customer, i bring this right up to date with events in so can thank you. a ride to at the other side of the globe. not a special tribal rights or on the chopping block in new zealand. a new bill could potentially cancel a near to century old agreement that serves as a foundation for indigenous quotas and protection. the country's parliament was forced to suspend the 1st reading of the legislation of tomorrow. ready m p's performed to hook up to protest the device above. the

news is suspended until the ringing the bell of the protesters and traditional cost . it was also performed. try both sean so say march to the streets of oakland to show their support for the white tongue. deep free to the 1840 agreement with the british crowd is victim freeze cornerstone. and defending my rewrites, originally guaranteeing land ownership and the continued practice of traditional customs the country. libertarian. a c t party is seeking to replace the tricky with a new law offering, no legal distinctions for indigenous groups saying it leads to inequality in society for others. but those who oppose the belt say it will simply undermine mari mean some things that are happening in a government level and not a k. and we want to show them that we are united and were strong regardless of these laws that are trying to be foster. and so we're strong regardless. we're

going to show them how unity and we're not here to hate. what i would like to see happen is full body culture to be embrace across the by will news in those, you know, so that actually we can be tomatti, nation living and partnership with our treatments, treating partners. yeah. and then we can actually all enjoy those values and that cannot lift every body government, which is sadly united, finding some secret data on settling the former new zealand for and the 1st the official map robson spoke to the program earlier. he's up to the view that the spike, the existing goal aimed or protecting my re people. their culture has been steadily rooted. so i think that the, the tracy was 1st of all signed between the british and different tribes. a

guarantee the rights of the original people in this 1840 will talk about the imperialist countries involved, let us or is that right? so it was quite unusual to have a treaty, but it was a node boulevard suite. no, a 100 is. the land was taken, the language has taken the culture was taken. that body doesn't die out as happens with like the native americans and the united states design. the very few native americans list. but in new zealand, multi doesn't die. office still live and gradually built a political move it to have the rights very thoughts, vision. it hasn't been easy. it's still cause a lot of things that i think the, the majority of the country in the end, big majority of people revise testimony, do have particular lights under the treaty and they should be kissed at just trying to say no, that's the phrase he shouldn't have a special place in the law. everybody should have the same rights. sounds good. he

forgot if you all the people have had your rights taken away from you by the majority of it's not fair. it's not good. and definitely to piece. so those body and piece of expressing the anger of particular bill, the point that i'm making is that, that anger, all the opposition to the bill is felt by the whole country. okay, time for something a little different. no, a comforting trip. and we're not talking about the back yard, joined it, peter scott, as he embarks on a journey home discovery to one of the freshest most christine on spectacular regions. our tongue goes latest episode of inland visions gets going, the, [000:00:00;00]

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