there is a fundamental question mark facing all of south africans.of allegations of corruption going to the very top of government? your message seems to be, yes, they should. is there any reason why we should believe anything that a gupta family member has to say. i can affirm to you in categorical terms that the deputy minister of south africa was offered 600 million rands as a bribe in order to take the position of finance minister, later that year, in 2015 — which he rejected and, as a consequence, he was dismissed, as i was, towards the end of march this year. secondly, a number of others who are implicated and mentioned in the e—mails that you refer to, have not contested the truth. in fact, have provided one or other kind of explanation, either to vindicate themselves or to extricate themselves from the allegations of... are you ready to see the guptas in court if they choose to pursue you, because, of course, they deny all of the allegations that you've just mentioned — are you ready for that, if necessary? no, no, that is not myjob. it is th

anc, resulting in the increasing lack of trust and the deficit of trust that there is between south african. 0ur african citizens and our organisation. our aim is african citizens and our organisation. 0uraim is to african citizens and our organisation. our aim is to increase the level of trust to sustain the support for the south african national congress, and ensure they are ina national congress, and ensure they are in a position to win the election in 2019. others might have a short—term objective of participating in the looting of the state for their personal benefit. let's not get ahead of ourselves talking about 2019 elections. talking about the anc choice as to who should lead the party after jacob zuma. his term runs out at the end of the year. it seems he wants his ex—wife to take over. the other leading candidate who has stood has made his intentions known. who are you backing? the anc will discuss it in september. the candidate is qualified to lead a better future for all south africans. looking at his record, he has been woven into the governing elite of business and politics s

i have just the south african president himself.ust come the south african president himself. i have just come to say thank you to all of you. those comrades who are in parliament who landed this supports from the membership and supporters. they came in the numbers to demonstrate that in the anc is powerful, bake and difficult to defeat. i'm sure you remember that today the vote of no—confidence is the eighth one. always they try. that was president jacob vote. angina by the director of programmes thatis angina by the director of programmes that is social economic research institute. the vote was not close, but it was quite close. it was surprisingly close. i don't think anyone expected it and any mathematical approach you can't erupt, even though it has a secret vote and we don't know who voted each way, if use of track the number of opposition mps from the total number, it appears that at least 26 anc mps voted with the opposition, which shows the amount of fracture and division within the mainstream of the anc. i think it is quit

earlier story is tuesday'svote of no—confidence in south african presidentjacob no—confidence in southzuma, will be by secret ballot. it is being seen as a test of unity within the governing african national conference as seniorfigures become increasingly critical of the leader. —— african national congress. 0ther critical of the leader. —— african national congress. other stories: a tea m national congress. other stories: a team of 15 volunteer firefighters on sicily have been accused of fraud. it is alleged that they claimed state payments for particular far as they themselves had started. that is bbc world service. the government have killed three people and wounded to others on a popular beach in north—western mexico, officials say. and one of our most watched videos is of these areas. this is a talent in remaining with the animals had been leaving the mountains to scavenge for food and local homes. —— in local loans. 0ur —— in local loans. our next story is about a british model who was allegedly kidnapped in the italian city of milan and then held captive for nearly a week. she h

the addition of two south african clu bs to the addition of two south african clubs to fund a new leaguen dublin, we got the final details. the expanded toa got the final details. the expanded to a lament, which will now include the southern kings and the cheetahs will split into seven, two welsh, two irish and one team from scotland, italy and south africa. the cheetahs scotland, italy and south africa. the cheeta hs and scotland, italy and south africa. the cheetahs and kings will play their home games in port elizabeth but will not be able to qualify for european competition. it has also been agreed that full—time professional south african referees are to be included, part of the long term strategy to improve the standard of the league. we have ring fence the derby games, added not out by fence the derby games, added not out rugby with three rounds, rather than too. we have really allowed us to develop a tournament that is good for the player, fits into the calendar. making those changes now, bringing in super teams to play an exciting brand of rugby, i think it will be a fantastic a

tom: the mining sector is still crucial for the south african economy. many economists expect output to decline at the end of the year. is that a view you share? >> i think we have some challenges within the mining sector and those challenges are, to some extent, global. usedn't get the prices we to get, which says to us we need to move into more value added activities. we are producing powder. there are a number of projects out there that are on the go. but we have got to promote a high level of confidence among investors, who are also going to have to embrace the idea of creating exclusivity and a more diversified ownership within the mining sector. wanted to get your views on what is happening within the high court. the reserve bank is pushing for this ruling that will change the mandate. they want to get that overruled. presumably you side with the central bank on this. do you? and how concerned should we be about the greater politicalization of south african industries? quitehink there has been a lot of rethinking about that. thet was to happen, if

a cash—flow analysis seen by south african mps suggests south african airways is running out of moneyke a look at this from nancy kacungira south african airways has run out of money, but no one can really say they didn't see this coming. even though south africa itself is a big air travel market, the airline has made a loss every year for the last seven years. that is due to high costs a nd seven years. that is due to high costs and many depths. the airline says things could improve by october but only if they get help now. they need a $60 million bailout, and the planes looked good in the adverts but they are expensive to keep in the sky. south african airways‘s long haul fleet is mostly made up of gas guzzling aeroplanes, which are quite fuel inefficient, a disadvantage considering that their fuel costs in africa are much higher than average. the airline says they have a plan to turn things around, but analysts have been crunching the numbers, and say that to take an injection of up to $1 billion over the next three years. workers at the nissian plant in the us state of mississppi

south africans found him, furious, enraged. on social media, people were angry at the anc for once again protecting the president. you know where it was quiet? the rural areas. this is where the anc support base lies. in those plas, people are happy about the outcome of this motion of no-confidence. in the urban areas, you will always have the numbers. you will always have the people screaming and saying the president needs to step down. where it matters most for the anc, rural areas, you are not seeing that. the opposition has a lot of work to do, to convince people in rural areas that this is not the party for you, come the 2019 election. the anc goes to an elective conference in december, less than three months. they are going to choose a new president. zuma is not coming back in terms of anc leadership. it will be interesting to see what hpens in december. sarah: the most important -- the fact that there are elections in two years. we will see how these dynamics affect that. christine joining us in the studio. thank you. me

no south african was catching that, so jonny bairstow took it. fielding several floors up.rain arrived — england's lead, is it now out of reach? arsenal have won the fa community shield for the 15th time after beating chelsea 4—1 on penalties at wembley. it finished 1—1 so it had to go to spot kicks. in a sport so often divided, the rare sight of rivals united. this year's community shield dedicated to the grenfell tower disaster. many of those affected in attendance, and all of the victims honoured in silence. a repeat of the may fa cup final, arsenal picking up where they left off as record signing alexandre lacazette was so close to opening his account. slowly, chelsea showed glimpses of the form that lead them to the league title. a contentious decision saw willian booked instead of receiving a penalty. but there was no doubt about the effort by victor moses that put the blues ahead straight after half—time. and they stayed ahead thanks to the reflexes of thibaut courtois. after pedro was sent off for a challenge that suggested the game was a friendly only in name, arse

they were trying to focus the attention of south african citizens on the concentration of wealth in thethe feeling put about by opposition political parties in south africa was that this was divisive and knowingly raised racial tensions, but also designed to distract attention away from scandals that have surrounded the current president, jacob zuma, and an indian born family, the guptas, who are extremely wealthy and influential in south african politics. a hugely divisive and emotional issue in south africa. the leader of the is it a democratic alliance party called it a hateful and divisive campaign. what is the possible outcome of today's hearing? the communications trade body, not government regulated as such, the democratic alliance applied and complain to them from south africa, complained in the uk. possible outcomes include fines, some form of official censure, but the almost certain outcome, which is probably what the opposition party hopes for, is to raise the level of this story in the mind and consciousness of south african people and therefore, hopefully for them, do bette

many, perhaps most south africans, still hope the anc can self—correct.ple keep quiet, then the evil prevails. and we want to make sure our people do not lose faith in us, simply because we have taken one or two missteps. we want to correct that. we are going to correct that. but dr khoza, in hiding now and threatened with expulsion from the anc, believes her party has sunk too far. it has not been easy to confront the reality that maybe as a liberation movement, maybe we have reached the dead end. a bleak warning from a defiant woman. andrew harding, bbc news, south africa. this week we have had big earnings results from massive multinationals, hsbc, bp and now it is the turn of apple. sally is here with all the business news. apple doing extremely well. the world's most valuable tech company has published it's latest set of results and they show revenue growing to $16.1 billion for the three months tojuly. that combined with a prediction that it will bring in as much as $52 billion in the next quarter saw shares rise by up to 6% in after—hours trade to

mark: where does that leave south african bonton how appealing they are?this will be a closed balance, that people would be more inclined to vote against jacob zuma. since then, hopes have faded for his removal so there may be, to an extent, the motion fails in we will see treatment. to us, we are looking at the south african economy, which is why we already saw the central with theing rates once surprise market. we anticipate there could be more cuts along the way with two more cuts over the next 12 months. vonnie: so are you holding anything in south africa? >> we have been involved on the local bond side. to us, the key issue -- the key threat -- is will local bonds get downgraded in the next few months? it may prompt removal from local bond indices, which may prompt for sales so we are watching that closely. nonetheless, we are seeing a country that doesn't hold onto near-term maturities with emi emerging-market managers attending to favor, so we are seeing a strong country although there is some deterioration in terms of growth and fiscal policy and n

many, perhaps most south africans, still hope the anc can self—correct.s. and we want to make sure our people do not lose faith in us, simply because we have taken one or two missteps. we want to correct that. we are going to correct that. but dr khoza, in hiding now and threatened with expulsion from the anc, believes her party has sunk too far. it has not been easy to confront the reality that maybe as a liberation movement, maybe we have reached the dead end. a bleak warning from a defiant woman. andrew harding, bbc news, south africa. he's the fastest man in history, with eight 0lympic golds and currently three world records. but usain bolt‘s glittering career is coming to an end. he'll run his last ever 100 metre race at the world athletics championships in london on saturday and then his final sprint relay a week later. as he prepares for retirement, he's been speaking to our sports editor, dan roan. the world's fastest man is about to say farewell but usain bolt remains the star attraction. this, the stir he caused in london today at the end of an

they are the sleeping giants of south african rugby. they are re—huge force. of their statistics when they first joined, some of their statistics when they firstjoined, a 32,000 average attendance, we can connect with that by attendance, we can connect with that rugby audience. —— they are a huge force. those two teams, i think they will be adding something special to oui’ will be adding something special to our tournament. this is an opportunity to prove our worth in europe. a lot of the british and irish lions come from that competition. with the experience and some of those sides. inaudible travelling is a big help. the arrangements have been made so they can accommodate us arrangements have been made so they can accommodate us in a week. they seem can accommodate us in a week. they seem to be welcoming us. it seems like an organised situation. he has been described as the best racing driver of his generation. poland's robert kubica has been described as the finest racing driver of his generation. he was certainly among the fastest in formula one until one

this is the south african story. the world's biggest loser, by the way. u're looking at dollar-rant as seeing a little more alpha than the south korean won at the moment. what are the political risks for south africa? we will talk about that with our reporter. no prophetic moves at the moment, just temperate moves. let's get to the first word news. china's producer price gains held steady last month on surging commodity costs. the producer price index rose 5.5%, just shy the economist estimates as demand state resilient. at the same time, the consumer price index increased 1.4%, well below the government ceiling of 3%. has ledh african rand declines among major currencies after president jacob zuma survived the bid to oust him. as the prospect of a new administration reviving the country's economy. his a rule has in meyer in allegations of corruption and mismanagement, reducing the country credit rating and sending the economy into recession. incumbent has built a commanding lead in the country's presidential election. to commission data, with more than 80

if we see actation, victory of no-confidence, how much will that improve the south african standings? 2009, they came into power and we have seen a downward trend in economic growth and it has affected the markets with allegations of corruption's and the perception is that we see a change and it could come out positive for a natural markets. >> where does that leave the south african? these should be technical chart and the average. been what hasas happened. where do you see it? this in the medium-term and it is probably true for the emerging markets. andet the financial markets there isa cycle and the balance sheets, as well as. >> they expect a credit rating decision by moody's. how would be downgraded affect the economy? we have the key ratings and the anticipation is no downgrade. risk with moody's on the negative outlook and there the riskcurrency and is that we could see it move back to the dollar again. >> the indication seems to be that if you lawmakers will support this motion. what chances do you put on this? isi say that this no-confidence vote not going inough and it will

many allegations of corruption. >> you can read all about it in the south african press.n article talks about how the news was greeted with cheers and singingwith mps from -- from mps and his party. this was indeed a narrow victory for jacob zuma. took 177. how long can he survive? that's what the mail and guardian wants to know. members of the opposition say not long now. others expect him to be just fine and perhaps even bounce back. it's not the first time he has survived a vote of no-confidence. ever since he came to power in 2009 he has survived everything that has been thrown at him. accusations of corruption, abusing public office, electoral setbacks. slate africa is: him the unsinkable president who has once again resisted. essentially he's a very seasoned politician. the french paper has interviewed the female british champion of a sport that i had never heard of before. >> her name is sina the technician and she is the british champion of chess boxing. it is a martial arts sports are very alternate rounds of boxing with chess moves. to win you either have to kno

south african mps are holding a secret ballot on whether to oust the country's president, jacob zuma.he pass rate for scottish higher exams has dipped slightly but the total number of passes remained above 150,000 for a third successive year. we'll be asking the scottish education secretaryjohn swinney to explain why he is introducing a series of reforms and to explain the drop. the other main stories on bbc news at 5: a woman has escaped serious injury after appearing to be pushed by a jogger into the path of a bus in west london. and the national games begin in sheffield for competitors with a learning disability. 2,500 people are taking part. coming to these games actually gives them a chance to express themselves and to really show, not about what they can't do, but about what they can, can do. good evening and welcome. our main story: the organisers of the athletics world championships of the athletics world championships in london are working with public health england to try to contain an outbreak of gastroenteritis which has affected 30 athletes and support staff. botswa na's

the south african main offices files the no-confidence motion after he fired the finance minister. authorities are ready for violence, no matter who wins. more than 180,000 police have been deployed across the country. president kenyatta is up against former prime minister raila odinga. global news 24 hours a day, powered by 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries around the world. i'm taylor riggs. this is bloomberg. tom: equities, bonds, currencies, commodities. we have some real subtleties here this morning. futures are a little bit light. the curve is going nowhere. the euro is going nowhere, except against sterling. brent crude, $52-ish. we really have nothing to break dow.f 22118 on the there is euro-sterling, which is much better than what i am. michael pence gets my attention, francine. francine: we are talking about the fact that if you curb immigration too much after brexit, it will be harder to fill positions. tom, you are right. it is a little bit of a lackluster trading session. beopean stocks seem to trading sideways. gold is climbing and oil is up, a

that take up that we saw was after the south african president, jacob zuma, survived a no-confidenceote in parliament. that sets up more turmoil to come between he and the other government officials in south africa. sort of a government crisis started when he let go of the finance minister in that country. now there has been a lot of turmoil over whether he was going to keep his position. rainfall on the results of this though. david: julie hyman with that update on that no-confidence vote in south africa. coming up, republicans said to be considering a compromise on tax reform that would include permanent and temporary measures. what it be the key for unlocking progress for majority leader mitch mcconnell and other members of that group that's come to be known as the big six? this is bloomberg. ♪ david: this is "bloomberg markets: the trump economy." i'm david gura. let's check in on the bloomberg first word news this afternoon. mark barton has more. mark: secretary of state next tillerson flew to malaysia today for his last scheduled stop of the south east asia to tour. he met at a

the south african government has granted diplomatic immunity to zimbabwean first lady grace mugabe.r to leave the country without answering to police over an allegation that she assaulted a model. sophie ribstein reports. grace mugabe and her husband, president robert mugabe, landed in the capital harare in the middle of the capital harare in the middle of the night. the first lady as barclay managed to go back home without facing criminal charges. the south african government granted her diplomatic immunity, saying she was in the country on official business. president mugabe has been attending a regional leaders‘ conference in pretoria on sunday. his wife was supposed to make an appearance, but didn‘t show up. this african authorities insist that their decision was motivated in order to maintain good relations with zimbabwe. for the victims‘s lawyers, justice needs to be served. this is the 20—year—old model who is accusing grace mugabe of assaulting her with an electric extension cord. she claims she was offered a blank check to make the matter go away. they may she wants the fir

if this passes, the south african rand is off to the races.hat does the market mean about being off to the races? being off the races would be something sub 13 in terms of its overall trajectory. if it fails and zuma continues in power -- of course it is a secret ballot, so this is where it gets interesting. a considerable number of his own party would have to revolt and go against the sitting president. that is the risk to the market. if it passes, we are off to the races. if it fails, you could potentially break 13.66, the other momentum. volatility is rising. out of all of this, the fed speak, china, the risks, the polling, it translates into risk radar. we skirmished with the 10 year highs, and we also have the china data this morning, the chinese trade data, july exports missing on estimates. we are still leaking out the smallest of gains. korea backing the u.s. proposition for u.n. style sanctions, the u.s. seizes hostile policy, that is the call from north korea. aussie dollar at 79.16. we are up for the first time in several days, beca

between england and south africa at old trafford and england just needed 15 minutes to wrap up the south african20—9 but the proteas were only able to add six runs before stuart broad dismissed duanne 0livier. that means that england have a first innings lead of 136 runs and will begin their second innings shortly. the domestic football season is under way. the championship and scottish premiership seasons started yesterday and today it's the community shield at wembley. league winners chelsea take on fa cup winners arsenal in the traditional "friendly" ahead of the premier league season. it was a pity to lose the fa cup against arsenal after a great season for us. but now there is another game and we know very well that arsenal is a strong team. and we are waiting for a difficult game and we wa nt to waiting for a difficult game and we want to try to start the season with a whim but the same for arsenal. —— with a whim. for us, just a good opportunity to repeat the performance we had in the final. and go for the first trophy of the with power. and with a desire —— is first trophy of the season

a south african man kidnapped in mali has his geeky about his experiences.ken after beer restau ra nt experiences. he was taken after beer restaurant in the budget with three other tourists. one was killed after the attack, others have been freed. this report from milton and cosy. free at last. stephen mcgowan told reporters of the fact that the biggest blow with the death of his mother who passed away while he was kept hostage. i am angry that i was not released prior to this. i was aware that my mother was sick —— they were aware that my mother was sick. but i must let go of this. he also said that he had converted to islam of his own accord without his ca ptor islam of his own accord without his captor is forcing him to. it a lot has changed since he was taken hostage six years ago in timbuktu. when i asked in what his reaction was to find that donald trump is now the president of the united states, this is what he said. donald trump... i know he is making... from the major eugene side, they say he is making enemies that they are pleased because they say

south african president zuma surviving the no-confidence vote.ues to keep his grip on south african power and the anc specifically. it will continue to be president zuma in south africa. the rand had been strengthening, but it is now weakening by 1%, giving back all the its games practically on the result of this motion defeated 198-177. elsewhere you see the dollar a little stronger today. down about trading 4/10 of a percent. on all that trade news out of china is trading at 6.70. some stinginess and retail operations out of the pboc. don't miss our interview with bob iger at 5:30 p.m. eastern on "bloomberg technology." this is bloomberg. ♪ is this a phone? or a little internet machine? [ phone ringing ] hi mom. it makes you wonder... shouldn't we get our phones and internet from the same company? that's why xfinity mobile comes with your internet. you get up to 5 lines of talk and text at no extra cost. [ laughing ] so all you pay for is data. see how much you can save. choose by the gig or unlimited. call or go to xfinitymobile.com introducin

faith kipyegon, as you saw in the report, she won the race and caster semenya, the south african whoevels are denying laura muir a bronze medal and she adds to a growing list of

five men appearing in a south african court facing murder and cannibalism charges.gedly murdered wantsjustice. the young woman they allegedly murdered wants justice. the suspects are accused of killing 25—year—old zanele hlatshwayo, cutting her up, and eating parts of her body. a p pa re ntly and eating parts of her body. apparently to make themselves wealthy. one of the suspects, a traditional healer, went to the local police station and confessed to being tired of eating human flesh. he showed the police officers a hand and a foot as evidence. it had been days since zanele hlats hwayo had been days since zanele hlatshwayo disappeared and her dismembered body was found here, buried under these rocks. south africa's traditional healers organisation has condemned these a cts organisation has condemned these acts saying ritual killings are not pa rt acts saying ritual killings are not part of healing. it is shocking to the country and it is not healing, of course not, it is cannibalism, if anything is associated with cannibalism should be criminality. this house was r

that is at personal best for semanya and a new south african record.'t want are taking part, saying she has unnatu rally doesn't want are taking part, saying she has unnaturally high levels of testosterone and lindsay sharp has said she doesn't want to race against. sharp finished last and semanya world champion. the men's highjump is semanya world champion. the men's high jump is still going. semanya world champion. the men's highjump is still going. robbie grabarz had to bow out, he took bronze here five years ago. we also had the result of the 5000 metres, laura murder was going in this, passing through in the last five or ten minutes, she came sixth in the end. perhaps surprisingly, we thought the ethiopian would do the double but i spoke to laura muir and asked how she was feeling, just missing out on the 1500 metre bronze. i'm really happy, it was really tough, i'm pretty inexperienced in this event so to come sex in my first world championships in this event, i'm happy. championships in this event, i'm happy--- championships in this event, i'm h

did not come from the south african team? not at all.le vaulter final at the moment. holly bradshaw is in seventh. she has a chance to clear one metres 65. she has failed twice. —— four metres 65. she is about to go in herfinal —— four metres 65. she is about to go in her final attempt —— four metres 65. she is about to go in herfinal attempt to —— four metres 65. she is about to go in her final attempt to stay —— four metres 65. she is about to go in herfinal attempt to stay in this competition. i am not sure if we can stay with these pictures. i am seeing the pictures on the big screen so am seeing the pictures on the big screen so i can tell you she plays it or not. she isjust screen so i can tell you she plays it or not. she is just going screen so i can tell you she plays it or not. she isjust going in screen so i can tell you she plays it or not. she is just going in the run—up. can she do it? yes! she can! an enormous roar. that will put her way back up in the rankings, into the medal position. fantastic from oui’ the medal positi

we caught up with the south african trade minister.e you hoping to gain from the next few days of talks here in china with your partners? guest: there's been quite a lot of interaction with officials for economic and trade issues. they've been developing the areas of cooperation that we would be agreeing on as ministers of trade. it was previously the ministers of industry that i attended. all of this will lead into the summit which will take place next month. i think there is a businesslike approach. a number of very important issues that are on our agenda as trade ministers. reporter: but using the trade tensions between some of the nations are leaving this partnership between the brics less relevant than it was to be? remains think it incredibly relevant at the level of trade and economic relations. it is the most significant grouping of emerging economies in the world. what we are facing now i think is the common challenge that there is this new industrial revolution with a huge change in technologies, digitization, and the questio

the south african president jacob zuma has narrowly survived a vote of no confidence in his leadershipthe secret ballot in parliament was the eighth vote of no confidence he has faced in less than a decade. it was called amid repeated allegations of corruption and mismanagement. after the ballot, jacob zuma celebrated with his supporters and told them that the vote had confirmed the popularity of the anc party amongst south africans. our south africa correspondent milton nkosi reports from cape town. presidentjacob president jacob zuma lives presidentjacob zuma lives to fight another day. he's managed to hang on after an 8th motion of no confidence in his leadership. he is certainly on his 9th life now. here, in a packed national assembly, opposition mps began by listing a litany of corruption scandals against the president. and urging them to cast a vote for the good of the country.” know what nelson mandela would have donein know what nelson mandela would have done in this house today. vote with your conscience and remove this corrupt and broken president from office. applause i plea

here is an entrepreneur and investor from the south african version of dragon ‘s den.rticular this president it is that under his watch we have seen unemployment go up watch we have seen unemployment go up and poverty levels rise and we have seen up and poverty levels rise and we have seen access to up and poverty levels rise and we have seen access to nutrition and health care drop, said those have been very serious issues are not the least of which two add onto that has in truth been that our education system is in tatters and there was a lot that is going right but you cannot argue that those kind of unemployment levels do not bode well for social stability and as a result you are seeing for social stability and as a result you are seeing some for social stability and as a result you are seeing some social instability. service delivery protests, etc, and that makes it difficult to trade. here is a funny story from san francisco. not far from the golden gate bridge. what we have to show you is about one of the most famous and exclusive and wealthy communities on the

women, the 800 metres final, the 5000 metres final and lynsey sharp hoping she can get in the south african great britain this evening again are going to be in the relays. the men and the women both in the final track events here at the london stadium, the four by 100 metres relays. probably the best chance for the men, because there is no jamaica, now botswana and no bahamas either. they will go toe to toe with the team from the usa yet again. we are about to get koppite is an underway in the next ten minutes. we will have updates furred you throughout the rest of the evening. we leave you with one of the defining images of the day. that is sirmo farah. defining images of the day. that is sir mo farah. this is what he was doing at half past six this morning. he didn't finish this track career on top of the world, just on top of the london eye. sir mo farah, ten gold medals. over and out for him. and it is over and out from cross at the london stadium. nice and warm here. here is the rest of the weather. hello there. there is rain in the outlook but it has been a lovely weekend for most of

up next, the rand retreats at the south african president survived the secret no-confidence vote. the head of goldman sachs south africa office, next. this is bloomberg. ♪ guy: 8:52 in london. we are watching the open. now, the south africans presidents nine my. president's nine lives. a fairly interesting reaction. we are waiting to see what happens later on this year in terms of the future of president jacob zuma. :.t us talk to thank you for taking the time mid august to talk to us. surviveda had narrowly, some would say. what does this tell us about the future? goingre is a robust -- on. you can see the votes on the motion of no-confidence that a significant between 40 and 50 members either voted in favor of the ousting of president zuma or abstain, which is quite an extra ordinary situation given the very strong arm calls for party discipline. and that is a mirror on what is going on. a very significant contest between those who want to follow route and those that are supporting president zuma in his sort of patronage politics that has been driving south africa over the past f

the south african government denied paying a ransom to secure his release.be. ido i do not believe that the new my nationality. the obviously would have preferred me to be british. 0nly took a long time for the british ideas to fall away and i think my family were concerned because it's so dangerous. to be british. i think you to issue are the top tier. they kidnap me because andi the top tier. they kidnap me because and i suppose they they want prisoner exchanges, but i'm not sure, i don't know how the details of how i've is released, but i yet so limited that anybody i understand, because if their numbers. it takes a long time to get your head and get around the situation. they didn't understand the language, the environment, the worst was when we put into a camp andi worst was when we put into a camp and i was like 0k and i'm probably in the situation because my british ties. and over of confusion. the headlines on bbc news... the national crime agency says the scale of slavery in the uk is far bigger than previously thought, with victims in every large t

50 and no south african was catching that, sojonny bairstow took it.tor moses. last season‘s cup winners arsenal got back in the match with just over ten minutes remaining when pedro was sent off for this foul on mohamed elneny. the fa cup holders equalised from the resulting free kick, thanks to their new signing from schalke sead kolasinac. that took the match to penalties where chelsea goalkeeper thibaut courtois was the first to miss. substitute olivier giroud struck the winning spot kick. both teams showed they are ready to compete for the premier league, we had some players missing, but we have done well to win. i‘m very pleased with the way we played, especially when we fell behind, we have the composure to play and keep going and find the equaliser, it was very important. as well, we showed the composure in the penalty shoot out. all of our players did not give courtois the chance to save. in the scottish premiership, graham dorrans scored twice as rangers began their league campaign with a 2—1 victory over motherwell. rangers had a perfect sta

the south african, a double world champion, a double olympic champion, lynsey sharp going for britainhe south african has a condition called hyper and buddhism and the governing body want the likes of that athlete and others to undergo hormone therapy, saying it is unfair to have increased levels of testosterone. the court of arbitration for sport through that out two years ago, saying, there are all sorts of ethical issues here and there is no proof that it does make women run faster and perform better and the eye aaf save it have more proof that it will not stop semenya from racing and she is the strong favourite, could even see a first world record. she just favourite, could even see a first world record. shejust pipped laura muirtoa world record. shejust pipped laura muir to a bronze medal. laura muir going in the 5000 metres and we will see hershey bears. shejust came through her semi final. alijaz mccolgan will be there as well. it will be at half ask to get anywhere near the podium. she will need to get past some very good athletes from kenny and ethiopia. robbie grabarz in the

in the last few minutes the south african presidentjacob zuma has survived a vote of no confidence inrship. the secret ballot in parliament saw the majority of mps from the ruling african national congress — the party once led by anti—apartheid icon nelson mandela — back their leader. mr zuma, who has been in office for eight years, is accused of corruption and mismanagement. 0ur south africa correspondent nomsa maseko is in cape town now. they spent the day protesting outside parliament, demanding the resignation of president jacob outside parliament, demanding the resignation of presidentjacob zuma. 0rganised resignation of presidentjacob zuma. organised by opposition parties and activists, their march had one clear message to members of parliament, put the country first, not your personal interests. president zuma has already faced and survived seven motions of no confidence. today's eighth came about after he said that africa's respective finance minister, despite opposition from within his own party, the anc. the scandal means the president faces multiple corruption allegations,

narrowing atre 13.31, and the south african high court will rule tuesday on the central bank, a very sensitive issue. away from the opening of the emirates market, we have plenty of earnings to kick through in terms of the broader equity pulse. the index is great for mid and large-cap companies and we put it out. it is a broadly negative pictures, the volumes are picking up below the three-month average, all indices were lower with the exception of kuwait,'s him of the consumer staples down by stocks with downside pressure. key ideas in the trades and bigger companies reporting a bellwether and important benchmark about how investors feel about this part of the world. let's get a check on the first word headlines with the flavor with debra mao. debra: the reserve bank of australia says gdp growth remains on track for 3% in 2018 and 2019, but worries remain about high debt and low inflation. minutes from the rba's august 1 meeting show concerns that forecast concerns could be current device willing household debt, at a record 190% of income. housing market also needs careful monitorin

the south african government denied paying a ransom to secure his release.plained what he believed his captor‘s motivation to be. i don't believe they knew my nationality when they caught me. they would have preferred me to have been british. this would have been first prize. it took a long time for british status to fall away. my family was pushing for this and i was pushing for this. because it is dangerous. to be british. i think american, french and british, these are the top ones. so you know, they kidnapped me, because ijust wasn't a muslim. that was it. i suppose they... want prisoner exchanges and they... want prisoner exchanges and they want money. but i'm not certain, i don't know the details, i'm not sure how i got released. this is what they would like. yeah. so they would kidnap anybody i understand, because if they're non—muslim. the situation is commercial. i didn't understand the language. 0ne commercial. i didn't understand the language. one of our first experiences when we were put in a camp, they brought a goat and slaughtered it, ithought

reporter: the south african rand has led declines among major currencies after president jacob zuma survived another bid to oust him, crushing the prospect of reviving the country's economy. he has been mired in+++ weighed on investor minds. a commanding lead in the country's presidential elections. according to independent electoral data, he leads the former prime minister by 55% to 44% with more than 80% of the votes counted. he failed on three previous attempts to win the presidency. china's producer price gains held steady. the producer price index rose 5.5% in july, just shy of the economist estimates. demand remained resilient. at the same time, the consumer price index increased 1.4%, way below the government feeling of 3%. oil has extended declines for a third day in speculation that the protected game in u.s. ops profitsl offset -- u.s. will offset. the meeting in abu dhabi came after several nations faltered in their pledges to reduce output. disney has outlined plans to sell some of the premier content directly to consumers online, starting next year. the anderton company will off

they took the final south african wicket cheaply this morning.easy. alistair cook and tom westley is caught at slip. kitten jennings, the under pressure england opener scratching around for ansbach was eventually caught at slip for 18. joe root made 49 with the ball spinning and keeping low. eventually he was bowled. the only batsman to play with any real freedom was moeen ali. he was dropped early but then played some lovely shots. a huge six caught by the wicket—keeper in the dressing room. two schedules days remaining we may not need them and looking at the forecast we may not get them. key wickets for us to get early. they have got the batting but we have been bowling really well and all seamers and myself have bowled nice and tight. i think we are in a good position. look, they are leading but under 380, good position. look, they are leading but under380, i good position. look, they are leading but under 380, i think we have done pretty well. why can't we do it now? we still believe we can chase any score down here. we have to do is to bat s

with the absence making headlines outside the stadium, the south african world recordholder was not atis best in the final. but still more than good enough to breeze through the race. it looked like there was only one winner. the 0lympic there was only one winner. the olympic champion showed his class to become world champion one more time. michaeljohnson was the last. now wayde van niekerk has the chance to do the same. with david rudisha injured, nigel amos was the favourite for the 800 metres. but there was a surprise in store. the frenchman produced the sprint of his life — and looked like he couldn't believe what happened. you have to go back to 1987 when a man bought outside can you want the steeplechase. for a time, outside can you want the steeplechase. fora time, it looked like kevinjagger steeplechase. fora time, it looked like kevin jagger might steeplechase. fora time, it looked like kevinjagger might break the monopoly. led the monopoly in early stages, but lost his theme in the final metres. —— yeager. the east african nation has now won 12 of the 15 editions of the world

the south african president, jacob zuma, has narrowly survived a parliamentary vote of no confidence a rare genetic disorder — have won the latest stage in their fight to get the nhs to pay for treatment they believe would be life changing. the child, known as s, has a rare condition which inhibits his ability to digest protein. the nhs has refused to fund a drug which could help control his condition on the grounds that it was ineffective. but a high courtjudge rejected that conclusion, as our legal affairs correspondent clive coleman reports. seven—year—old s, we cannot give his name for legal reasons, has the rare condition pku. if he has more than 12 grams of protein a day, which you would find in three slices of bread, he could suffer permanent brain damage. he also has severe autism and can't talk and so managing his diet is exceptionally difficult. s's nhs consultant applied for him to have a drug called kuvan which allows him to have more protein, but it costs £100 a day and nhs england has refused to fund it on the basis its clinical efficacy had not been established. that l

alix: for more on that south african vote, we are joined by -- in our bureau. into the boat, opposition members are arguing or debating the course for south africa's leadership. the motion of no-confidence in the president entails, basically, the opposition leadership saying the president is not a legitimate one and does not deserve to be in power so essentially, they believe the corruption he has left in his 10 has led to tenure south africa being in a precarious situation, that is with certainus agencies. we are in a recession as well what south africa not seeing positive moves with where guard to the president's tenure. south africa is not currently being led by a leader that the opposition leaders believe is the right person for the country. so the motion is hoping to get him out and get him knew leadership for the country. survived sixe has votes. this is different because it is secret but still, 50 people of his own party would have to vote against him. what is the probability of those numbers happening? >> we have seen quite a number of members of parliam