. >> of the commercial half of johannesburg has been brought to a standstill. very little work is getting done today. tens of thousands of workers and other civil servants take to the streets. they pushed for the government to meet their wage demands. there have been concerns that the police service would also be striking alongside these workers. in the past 24 hours, a court injunction has prevented that strike from going ahead. the soldiers have been deployed. we have seen their lot of soldiers running hospitals and doing cleaning work alongside the remaining doctors. in the past 24 hours, the unions representing those soldiers say they do not want to be used as substitute labor. the soldiers may go on strike, too. >> very much on the spot in johannesburg. a german singer has been given a two year suspended sentence for causing grievous bodily harm by infecting a former lover with hiv. she had unprotected sex with three people while keeping the virus a secret. >> nadja benaissa admitted to having unprotected sex with a number of men without warning them that

. >>> south african police have fired rubber or bullets at workers striking in johannesburg, the second day of strike over pay and work conditions. the army has been brought in to protect hospitals, health workers reporting incidences of intimidation. >> a million public-sector workers are on strike. it is a dispute about money. for those requiring medical attention, it could also be a matter of life or death. at this hospital at the center of johannesburg, strikers forced their way through the entrance, dancing over the gate and into the hospital ward. in other hospitals, nurses were dragged out of words. for those who put patients overstriking, it was hoping for the best, while they were noisily vigilant outside. these workers say they will not be going back to work. the government's says 7% pay raise is their final offer, raising the possibility of the strike stretching into weeks. this demonstration consisted mainly of teachers who walked out of the classroom and attempted to blockade the road. when the police moved in, firing rubber bullets, several were injured. including this man

one in johannesburg had its last adult rhino poached. >> this is the last rhino to live on this game reserves. the latest victim of the increasingly successful poachers. >> we lost a key in june. in january, we lost two in one day. then, one yesterday. >> it must be devastating. >> yes. it is very bad. >> they are doing this with a level of sophistication which has proved impossible to stop. that is where the rhino was hit from the air. the helicopter landed. you can see where the chain saw was used. this rhino was left to bleed to death. that process might have taken as little as 10 minutes. the rate of killing has doubled in next year. there is an increased demand for the horn. >> these are people who are involved in gun running, human trafficking, drug dealing. this is something that is easy for them to do. >> the deadline now that we saw earlier was taken to -- the rhino that we saw earlier was taken to another game reserve for supposedly it will be safe. it will be under guard night and day. >> he is much more relaxed then when we first got him into the enclosure. >> in heat wil

johannesburg has just had its last adult poached. >> this is the last rhino to live on this game reserve. she is the latest victim of the increasingly successful poachers. >> we lost to the pool in june and then in january this year, we lost two in one day, then this one yesterday. >> this must be devastating. >> yes. this is very bad. >> they are targeting small family reserves like this and they are doing it with a level of sophistication which so far has proved impossible to stop. that is where the rhino was started, then the poachers landed and you can see where a chain saw was used to cut off the rhino's horn. this trend was left to bleed to death. all in all, the process would have taken as little as 10 minutes. the rate of killing has doubled in the last year. they are fueled by the east asian desire for the horn. >> these are people involved in human trafficking, gun running, drugs. this is something that is quite easy for them to do. >> of the orphaned baby was caught and taken to another supposedly safer game reserve. he will now be guarded day and night. >> he will be all righ

in june, the former head of the rwanda army was shot in the stomach in johannesburg. he survived and accused the president of ordering the shooting. six days later, a journalist investigating that attack was shot dead outside his home. he claimed he hader evidence that the rue wan dan government was behind the assassination attempt. then three weeks ago, the body of an opposition politician was found almost decapitated near the town of putari. but the president ridicules claims that the government was involved in that attack. >> why would the government be that stupid? i never knew i would be in a government that would be seen that stupid. >> he believes his record speaks for itself. a national health system the envy of many african countries. these women are now less likely to die giving birth. children will be vaccinated for free. it's a move that has brought him a lot of praise. supporters flocked here to help him rebuild the country. development first, democracy later. there's plenty of development but finding progress towards real democracy is getting harder and

with two south african writers, and she said to me, and i know them, because every time i go to johannesburg to see my stepdaughter, we have dinner with them, and they make me laugh all evening. so one day, she said, "i would really like to make a feature with them." and i said, "what a great idea, because you would hardly have to write it. those two guys are so funny, they could improvise." and she said, "how much will it cost? " she told me a fib. i said, "let me finance it." maybe we will make some money, but even if we do not, it will be great to make a south african comedy. tavis: the fact that is your stepdaughter. you do realize that movie-making and investing is pretty risky. >> well, i do realize that, but i just felt that, and comedy is difficult. i do not do, the, but i know it is difficult. i just knew that this team, i thought this team could do it wonderfully well, and so, i thought, i am going to finance it. ok, i know it is risky, but i just had such faith in the story and the idea. it is a get me to the church on time story. kenny has to be in town for his wedding, and someo

. >> the commercial half of johannesburg has been brought to a standstill. tens of thousands of teachers, hospital workers, and other civil servants take to the streets. things like this across south africa has pushed the government for their 8.6% wage demands. there has been aware that the police service would be striking alongside. in the past couple of hours, a court action has banned that action from going ahead. there are teachers among them. we have seen a lot of soldiers running. they are working along signed the remaining governors. for the past few hours, the union representing those soldiers say that they do not want to use substitute labor. the soldiers may go on strike, too. >> the german singer nadja benaissa has been given a two- year suspended sentence for causing grievous bodily harm by effecting a former lover with hiv. she had sex with three people while keeping the fact that she had the virus a secret. >> nadja benaissa admitted having unprotected sex with a number of men without warning them that she was hiv-positive. she escaped to jail.

bbc news, johannesburg high court. >> this is bbc news. still a hit, the price of the pristine rainforest. keeping oil companies the way. here in britain, northern rock had to be rescued for taxpayers, and they have no return to profit. they still owe the taxpayers more than $22 billion pounds. -- 22 billion pounds. we have this report. >> the story of northern rock. turn back the clock three years, and there was the credit crunch and the worst crisis and almost 80 years. what followed in february 2000 was about nationalization, and they have had difficulty keeping up payments on mortgages. there was a colossal losses. 1.4 billion pounds. more losses in 2009. job cuts and a break above businesses, there are two parts of them together returning to profit. earlier this year, northern rock divided itself into two, a good bank and the supposedly bade baked in the public sector. the good bank made a loss of 143 million pounds. this is the part of northern rock that is going to be privatized. why is it making losses? it was taking in more deposi

crowd said they want to show its support for bay area law enforcement, among them the father of johannesburg. >> we are supporting all law enforcement officers in the dangerous jobs they do, i am certainly supporting my son and you know, it is a piece full -- peaceful protest. he is wrongly convicted of the charges and we hope to see that change when november comes around. >> reporter: his father says his son is doing as well as anyone would under the circumstances. >>> well we just learned that an undergrad student was among those killed. he was flying to islamabad to play in a soccer championship. the pakistani person was also on his way to the area. >>> they found the black box over the weekend but they say decoding it could take weeks. >>> they are watching for crimes. police recently ruled out crime cameras and they are mounted right there on top of police cars. they automatically run license plate numbers. cops say the cameras will save them time and free them up to watch for other problems. >> i can go out and look into the roadway and not be distracted by my computer. >> reporter: th

in these hills, just 50 minutes from johannesburg, in what is called "the cradle of humankind."we humans came from africa. and scientists here have spent the better part of a century looking for fragments of our earliest ancestors. >> berger: there's probably nowhere else on planet earth that has a denser, better record of... of human origins than... than this land right here. >> simon: yet berger had been searching for fossils in caves here for years and hadn't found much of anything. >> berger: and this is typical of caves in this whole area. >> simon: so he started a mapping project using a very modern tool, google earth. he discovered some 500 caves in the region, which no scientists had ever explored. >> berger: and then i started walking. and i walked a lot, hundreds of kilometers. >> simon: berger was walking through the malapa nature reserve with his trusted dog, tau, his nine-year-old son mathew, and his colleague, job kibii. and you came up with mathew and job. >> berger: that's right. >> simon: sounds like a biblical expedition. >> berger: it...( laughs ) it does, doe

blacks can make that happen on saturday against south africa both teams have been training in johannesburg ahead of the big clash new zealand are coming off a thirteen game winning streak including their latest target and victory over australia while the springboks in contrast have suffered three straight losses and cannot successfully defend their title with only two games to go set of this much however i will say in one thousand nine thousand mainly south african crowd ruler of the hosts as they look to regain a sound oneself pride. we want to. play play better than we have done and that means going out and beating the springboks. trying i since obviously as potent but we want to perform we want to want to switch over here and do that last year and that's what motivates us this week. to visit with you try to think you always have things up your sleeves that you go to use the right tone but. it's not just checking the ball around for the sake of it a long term goal is will go we've gone away from that. but. at this moment very pleased with the focus of the guys we know they will govern. i

blacks can make that happen on saturday against south africa both teams have been training in johannesburg ahead of the big clash new zealand are coming off a thrashing game winning streak including their latest target and victory over australia while the springboks in contrast have suffered a three straight losses and cannot successfully defend their title with only two games to go home saturday's match however will see an one thousand nine thousand mainly south african crowd ruler of the hosts as they move to regain a sound oneself pride we want to. play play we have done. in the spring books. but we want to go before we want to want to switch over here. that's what motivates us this week. or the try to fix up the sleeves and go to use the right tone but. that's. just for the sake of it. is we'll go we're going to wear it. at this moment. because of the guys we know the. now let's finish by taking a look at the pick of the strikes which were abandoned over the weekend in the russian football premier league and by the end of the mall it's still pretty with a comfortable lead at the top. n

in front of an eighty nine thousand and mainly south african crowd at the national stadium in johannesburg. over to basketball web team usa beat france in new york in the first of a series of friendlies ahead of the world championships came the americans with a slow style though unique local laws pushing strong by three away to the fast forward so that but it wouldn't last long second for the caving do wrong so it was the last case considered to be the go to guy in the u.s. team he has fourteen points and they rebounds all of the nights the house on cruise control from there all not getting the team to taint the madison square garden crowd on the way the current world will travel to europe while more cuts will be made to kill the children studies. and back to the russian football premier league finally where they've been plenty of noteworthy results over the past weekend and let's go over all of that once again with the latest edition of the goals go lower . and that wraps up the sports news for the moment coming up shortly the headlines before that let's check the wild weather. and. you.

in june, the exiled former head of the rwandan army was shot in the stomach in johannesburg. he survived and accused the president of ordering the shooting. six days later, a journalist investigating that attack was shot dead outside his home. he claimed he had evidence the rwanda government was behind the attempt on the general's life. three weeks ago, the body of an opposition politician was found almost decapitated. the president ridicules' claims his government was involved in these attacks. >> for the government to be that stupid -- i never knew of would be in a government that would seem to be that stupid. there is an opposition leader, a general, you kill and kill. as if there is anything to gain from this. >> it is not just recent unsolved murders that are raising concerns. in the run-up to the election, there is little space for critical voices. two independent newspapers have been suspended. have fled the country. >> if you are independent of the government, they see you as a negative journalist, as a person who is worth death. >> that is not what david cameron saw.

used the bullets against protesters picketing the entrance to a hospital in the country's capital johannesburg on day two of the nation wide strike the number of civil servants taking part rose to more than one million as teachers were joined by hospital workers strikers want higher pay and housing subsidies rejecting a government offer of a seven percent wage creates a walkout of medical personnel paralyzed hospitals and a newborn baby died after being rushed from a rural clinic which had shut to school. now it's time for the close up series where we take an in-depth look at russia's diverse regions including some of the more remote. areas. and today we visit the city of our school located in northwest russia became the trees first seaport way back in the seventeenth century recognized as a regional capital it now has everything from ship building to diamonds we sent tess arcilla to explore. thanks to its waterways on hundreds is known as the gateway to the arctic but this wasn't always the case in the one nine hundred twenty s. it was called the national hard currency shops as its rich timbe