correspondent christine one who is standing by with the very latest she's covering developments from johannesburg south africa so christine you know it appears that there is a deadlock between mugabe and the military are things not more. moving and why have we not heard anything. they say are quite simply we've not heard anything because from what it appears and from what is being reported they have not made progress in that they are not reaching an agreement with president robert mugabe the military is trying to put pressure on him to to preside to step aside we understand that he is refusing to do so going as far as insisting to come petey's to which comes to an end in two thousand and eight when some baltic goes to and in the action now as you have heard. in the piece we paid it would be difficult for the ability to forcefully remove president mugabe's own power because that would encourage intervention from regional bodies like the african union and close it's a home said to the regional body southern africa and there's a lot at stake in the region and southern africa as you mention especially in south af

my forests are in zimbabwe's capital harare let's get reaction from south africa and tanya page in johannesburg south africa is currently chair the leader president of south africa's chair of sadik the regional body the southern african development community tell us about the reaction in south africa and the rest of the region tanya to these fast developing events in zimbabwe. people in general i think are quite stunned i think it's a day that many people expected would come in their lifetime but can't quite believe that day may actually be here as far as official reaction from government we haven't heard from the president's office yet we hope to do so we spoke to the spokesperson for government a short while ago and they said they didn't want to say anything until tomorrow because as harry was saying that is the deadline that has been given to president robert mugabe to resign voluntarily by his party the governing zanu p.f. we've been in contact with the communications for the southern african development community said that's the regional body and they too also don't want to say anything ev

this is a gene see in johannesburg south africa helps africans return after studying abroad it has a database of highly qualified africans who've gone overseas its clients are african companies that are looking for well qualified employees who know the continent well nearly three quarters of african graduates work abroad. angel jones says her agency has brought back around a thousand people though the reason for returning often extends beyond the promise of a good job. when i get up. every morning when i get up i sit. for both the candidate and angel there's a lot more going on here than just a business business on the continent in africa it's a lot about relationships relationships relationships so they want somebody who might be international and have been there for ten years but they've still got those key people on the continent who got those relationships for new business development. to market for all of those different there. is someone that has these kind of contacts and a good job as an engineer but when he travels by taxi through zimbabwe's capital harare he's clear about w

this is a gin see in johannesburg south africa helps africans return after studying abroad it has a database of highly qualified africans who've gone overseas its clients are african companies that are looking for well qualified employees who know the continent well nearly three quarters of african graduates work abroad. angel jones says her agency has brought back around a thousand people though the reason for returning often extends beyond the promise of a good job. when i get up. every morning when i get up i sit. for both the candidate and angel there's a lot more going on here than just a business. business on the continent in africa it's a lot about relationships relationships relationships so they want somebody who might not be international and have been there for ten years but they've still got those key people on the continent you've got those relationships business development retail market for all of those different things. shelton says he is someone that has these kind of contacts and a good job as an engineer but when he travels by taxi through zimbabwe's capital harare he's cl

a crisis summit in angola on tuesday or shortly i'll be speaking to tanya paige shoes in johannesburg south africa but first let's go to the capital harare where act. as well however task has been following events and they have been events that have happened very quickly in the last two hours an amazing decision and of course a page in history that's been turned over for zimbabwe. called back into the army taking the pill announcement sometime soon but it is an historical moment a lot of people never thought this would happen but when they saw prism firing. a lot of people said the writing was on the wall he was apparent it. was a firing and creates a lot of enemies the army was not happy to hear people within the ruling party were happy the war veterans were not happy a lot of people think they saw this coming one thing that happened something. now hearing is that mugabe has been removed the head of zanu p.f. who really takes over what more do we know about the who's replaced him. or the man who's replace and when he is very well known. he has strong liberation of the game so he was in the bush d

well there have been celebrations to neighboring south africa where tanya page is live in johannesburg there time is of course a big population of zimbabweans in south africa what's been the reaction there. well sort of a smaller version of the scenes we've seen playing out and harare there is a part of downtown johannesburg which is just behind me there which is known as little harare in fact south africa as the economic harbor all of the region has been a magnet for many zimbabweans who've come out of their country looking for jobs and the money that they can earn here it may not be very much but it is enough to be able to poor families back home and it's more than they would earn at home many of them to search for many years often people who have degrees and work experience but they still are unable to find work back home so a lot of relieved the surprised and happy people here in south africa and tania we did hear something from jacob zuma but also i wonder if south africa is going to tread carefully over this next coming weeks and months. here is very carefully south africa's pres

the protests against mugabe jubilant crowds gathered outside zimbabwe's consular office in johannesburg south africa they were celebrating the military takeover and urging mcgarvie to step down as many as one point five million zimbabweans have migrated to south africa in recent years trying to escape a struggling economy let's join our correspondent how rheumatoid so who's in the capital and this country has not seen scenes like this on the street for decades the mood must be quite unique. in that. the that it might get around and here are some of them look at how many. we seem to be having problems that with harry's connection on the satellite link but you can see that many many hundreds if not the thousands of people on the streets of the capital will come back to her later in the program. let's move on to the other top stories we're following here on al-jazeera lebanon's prime minister saad hariri is meeting france's president menem micro in paris in a bid to solve the political turmoil surrounding his resignation harare landed in the french capital on saturday with his wife but two of his child

we have extensive coverage on the story tanya page is watching events from johannesburg in south africa but first it's got our correspondent in harare. so. the military say that the gobby and his family are well do you know if that's the case. well we haven't seen them and they haven't appeared on television since all this happened so people can really do is believe what the army is telling them and wait and see what happens next right now some veterans are giving a press conference here in harare. some of those who were arrested and dragged to court for calling. suggesting that he step down and they say that they were tired of him leading this country they wanted him out and that was last year they giving a press conference and when they walked in the room they were shouting we have taken it we have taken it they mean they now control the party and they say they support what the army did on the streets. but tense people are slowly coming into the city center but harare as usual busy self and other parts of the country other towns and cities we're told it is quiet day to day. and i'm ea

south africans she joins me tonight from johannesburg an evening to you christine so you've seen those pictures like we have of robert mugabe speaking with the army chief and the envoys from south africa what can you tell us about those negotiations. well brandt for one thing it really does confirm a lot of what we've been reporting without it being made official that this employee was deployed by president jacob zuma that they are ongoing negotiations what we can tell you bring to the best thing they can see seems to have reached some kind of a deadlock if you will in that the military is pressuring president says to reside to step aside and allow a transition process to occur. we're understanding that president obama is relax its to do so hence we've not really seen much movement either than the fact that he remains under house arrest but those negotiations are ongoing and we hope that a solution will be reached soon listening to the president of south africa jacob zuma speaking earlier he alluded to the fact that he thought that a solution would be somewhat soon if you could read what he was saying you know what does that mean if we want to read into that a solution will be reached

let's bring in tanya paige is live in johannesburg in neighboring south africa and i guess that is a large number of zimbabweans who live there now and call it their home what are they what's their reaction been. well i think all of those scenes well as seen there in those pictures coming from harare of of relief a little shock and surprise and joy and celebration will be mirrored many homes across south africa as you mentioned there are many hundreds of thousands of zimbabweans who school south africa then their homes on temporary some permanently people have been driven out of their home pronto by political persecution and as home was talking about previously about the di economic situation i know zimbabweans in south africa here in johannesburg who are qualified teachers with years of experience who work for just a dollar or two a day got a house on the street that's where this is. anything but the jobs that are really nonexistent that are available back at hahn so they'll be a lot of people relieved and pleased and also a little bit shocked just on my way in to the office i was a

home was talking about previously about the di economic situation i know zimbabweans in south africa here in johannesburg who are qualified teachers with years of experience who work for just a dollar or two a day guarding a house on the street. is. there anything that the jobs that are really nonexistent that are available back at home so they'll be a lot of people relieved than pleased to be here and also a little bit shocked just on my way in to the office i was approached by a neighbor who's about where and she had been receiving the emergency cools from home and i was shocked she just didn't believe it she sort of grabbed him by the shoulders and gave me a shake and asked me if it was true so i had the pleasure of delivering that used to there's a woman. in person and twenty's me reaction yet from the south african government because they've been. sort of at the forefront of the talks around this departure which wasn't as quick as some had perhaps it would be. there hasn't been any reaction we did come. just a short while ago however that there would be a continuation of the visit and now. that sout

who is senior consultant for southern africa at the international crisis group he's joining us now from johannesburg in neighboring south africa this is a very crucial moment we got an hour to go before this deadline we've still got a very united zanu p.f. in line with the army but the president seems to still be holding out. yes you know it's been a confusing seventy two hours or so in terms of the pendulum swinging backwards and forwards will he or won't he leave office it certainly does look as though the cards are stacked against him but of course mr mugabe is well known for his unilateral stance on issues i'm a world still continue to resist holding out for the static meeting tomorrow for example to see whether they will make a statement i have to say i'm a little bit surprised that christmas of anger and the war veterans are calling for millions of zimbabweans to come to the streets at this juncture it kind of reflects that a lack of control over the other stage managed processes and the negotiations that are taking place behind closed doors that you have to put millions on the streets or hundreds of thousands on

pages live in johannesburg in neighboring south africa times a bit about the reaction from that to this news of the resignation. well we know that downtown johannesburg at the moment the lights of which you can see just over my shoulders there are some zimbabwe and south on the street or awaiting perhaps on a smaller scale of course those celebrations we're seeing live from harare south africa is home to a large zimbabwe and asked for several hundreds of thousands and they will be very plays many of them left their homeland because of political persecution their opposition supporters but most i think will have left for economic reasons people struggle to put food on the table at home and so they come here to south africa which is borne the brunt of the exodus of zimbabweans from zimbabwe but of course not the only country all the other southern african countries are home to large zimbabwean populations as well but they come to countries like this for jobs because they need to earn money to send home and often the job that people can get here in just a couple of dollars a day is better t

coverage of this story for you here on the news pages watching events as they unfold out of johannesburg in south africa before we get let's take it to our correspondent in harare harold harrow i guess everyone wants to know the mugabe's where are they. exactly all people can do right now is take the word of the army that he is safe and that he is in his home matters residence the war veterans gave a press conference earlier and they said that they have taken back the party's i mean if they say they support what the army did they say they want a robert mugabe record removed as president of the country and the leader of the rulings on appears party on the streets people are waiting to see if this is going to happen it is harm on the streets some soldiers are about at certain places but people are trying to go about their business as they wait for any news that may develop the stage run newspaper releases special edition that came out literally a few minutes ago and it's showing what the army is telling people here and some other why they did what they did and their argument is that they did it because th

coverage of the story in the coming program tanya page is watching events for us out of johannesburg in south africa first let's take you to the heart of the story harare and our correspondents how wrote how what's the latest from the streets there. well it's calm but tense the general general general made an arsonist few hours ago and since then more and more people are coming into the city center but ari is still not its usual busy self other cities and towns are also quiet some obvious just watching these dramatic events unfold wondering what it means for the future of this country. and i'm easy calm in harare this after confusing scenes on the streets of zimbabwe with a night of unrest as military vehicles rolled in there were also reports that soldiers were seen loading ammunition these developments followed a warning on monday that the military would step in if the sacking of candidates they favor within the ruling party didn't stop a statement was read by soldiers on state radio this is not a military takeover and things will return to normalcy. and his family. and sound and the security. we

let's join tanya paige across the border in south africa she's in johannesburg fast moving events obviously at harare we're still waiting for official reaction from government voices in south africa but they have played a pivotal role certainly in the last few weeks during this turmoil in zimbabwe yes very much so in fact on the day after it happened south african president jacob zuma was as far as we know the only outside leader able to actually talk to president robert mugabe on the phone confirming that he was confined to his home and that he was fine south africa playing an important role in in these negotiations because it is currently the chair of the southern african development community the regional body in his announcement when the president broke into television streaming and said that made that announcement about president robert mugabe he said that he was sending on boys two and goler end to zimbabwe so without a doubt south africa has head many official and unofficial channels of communication open with the lead players in zimbabwe we spoke to them a few hours ago they said th

our correspondent pumza fihlani is following events from johannesburg in neighbouring south africa.eal idea how discussions are going, which seemed to be designed to persuade him to step down? there is nothing official yet. we are hearing this from various sources which are unconfirmed, i must stress. we're hearing that robert mugabe is not in talks with the military officers, as well as the envoys which were sent by president zuma yesterday to try to mediate a peaceful transition. also the region is very busy today because in botswana there is a regional ministerial meeting to see how the neighbouring states can help zimbabwe to get out of this crisis. so you have botswana and all eyes or on what is happening in harare. in terms of the streets, it is still quiet but tens. there are conflicting reports about where grace mugabe is. our understanding as she is with her husband robert mugabe under house arrest in harare. there were conflicting reports yesterday which said she had gone to namibia. it sounds like she's with president robert mugabe. you can imagine what is happening in th

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twenty pages on my first in johannesburg in neighboring south africa so an enormous bit of news for zimbabwe but also for the region many. oh absolutely because way is surrounded by five southern african countries so anything that happens there impacts all of its neighbors and we would have seen over the last few days the suspicion of housing where was once the bread basket of this region incredibly fertile lands and a big producer of food that exporter the now post tables are turned and because of its economic decline many hundreds of thousands if not millions of zimbabweans have had to leave their home country and come to places like south africa which has the biggest economy in this part of the world has borne the brunt of that exodus and look for jobs and we heard that woman that her was talking to there you know she knows people with degrees with experience or who just aren't able to get jobs and sometimes don't get paid for the jobs that they do do so there are lots of pictures about winds like that here in south africa who work for a pittance really but what little money that they are

southern portions of africa where it's looking pretty wet at the moment across eastern parts of south africa johannesburg some very wet weather could be some localized flooding there highs of just fifteen degrees turbaned drier and certainly cape town brighter with highs of twenty two fine in winter can the media highs thirty four. news has never been more available it's a constant barrage of it where every day but the message is a simplistic you have the frame that good logical rational person crazy monster and misinformation is rife dismissal and denial of well documented accusations and evidence is part of genocide the listening post provides a critical counterpoint challenging mainstream media narratives of this time on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. where ever you are. with over forty thousand people killed under his rule it took twenty five years to bring him to a court of law. but why for so long with such a brutal dictator considered an ally of the west you're not reporting to the congress that to the press they were engaged to a plant just look at al-jazeera unravels the history of chad's notorious for

south africa. pages in johannesburg. an emergency meeting of the regional body sadek is taking place in botswana this afternoon because it's the home of sadek secretariat present at that meeting will be the foreign ministers of south africa and goler ten zinnia and zambia and they are going to receive a report from the south african delegation that's been in zimbabwe to get fully up to speed on exactly what the situation is there now in terms of resolving its political crisis at the end of that we are expecting some sort of statement in the past twenty four hours we've heard from the african union they have said they wouldn't want to see any unconstitutional change of government and they want to see a process which promotes democracy human rights and the social economic development of zimbabwe the issue of course is that any unconstitutional change of government would mean that under both said act and the a use zimbabwe it would have to be expelled from both bodies lebanon's prime minister saad hariri has accepted an offe

in harare a being watched closely by the large number of zimbabweans in south africa tanya page has reaction from that. johannesburg is the bustling economic hub of south africa and that's why it's such a magnet for so many zimbabweans who come here to work the people arriving into the country this is one of their first stops this is the bus station in joburg we've been talking to people here many of whom think what's happening in harare at the moment is a positive this is russia now in zimbabwe. because since the army took power. and now the president is not. just because he's. trying to serve used to enforce a but i can feed my family i want to change that way so that we. do the crimes that we have tried to be employed by but if. we. do it because our country we don't enjoy our country anyway some of the people here don't want to talk on camera they're a bit scared because they are about a hundred times involved with but other people feel that they're comfortable being critical we must. not lose them so that the people of zimbabwe elected government of the choice. that will be. one of those any dramatic change in

playing out in the region we can go live to tanya paige our correspondent who's in johannesburg and of course tanya south africa is currently the president of the subject that's a southern african development community and as such jacob zuma has gone to angola for this special meeting to discuss zimbabwe yes exactly and although our south africa is currently chairing sadeq the meeting is being held in angola is capital the wonder because angola is the current chair of the committee on peace and security so some here have stated their other foreign ministers from across the region obviously everyone extremely concerned about events unfolding in zimbabwe but because they are quite complex and still really the situation is a little unclear it's unclear exactly what they said eric leaders will be responding to by the end of the day if we don't have a very clear picture from zimbabwe by there then i think the most we can probably expect is sort of a reiteration of the stance taken so far we saw our south african president jacob zuma come out on the very day that these events started and saying that they would want t

political persecution and economic hardship for a new life in south africa tania page has the reaction from an area known as little harare in johannesburg. this busy bus stop is the first for many zimbabweans arriving in south africa every day passes come and go to zimbabwe's made centers carrying people and essentially it's in short supply via. t.v. and is among the zimbabweans we spoke to who hope military intervention means she will one day go home permanently well since the army took power. into now the president is now all from this it's. just a because it's now in the hands of africa trying to solve these dreadful say that i can feed my family i think what is in your mouth is what it was it's not where. we are going to be and we had been called to my brother by the way we already went because our country we don't enjoy to stay in our country and it's uncertain how many zimbabweans are in south africa as the statistics aren't reliable but in the last census one point seven million people were foreign nationals most likely to be zimbabwean here to work and for political reasons some of the zimbabweans here don't want to talk to us b

well i haven't celebrations too in neighboring south africa tanya pages live in johannesburg for us and tanya of course a big zimbabwe in population in south africa what's been the reaction there. well we've seen similar scenes as those playing out in harare but obviously on a smaller scale there are an unknown number of zimbabweans living outside of that country many hundreds of thousands certainly are here in south africa for lots of reasons many of them of lives because of political repression but many also have been driven out purely for economic reasons and they come to countries like south africa which is the regional economic hub for jobs basically and there are lots of zimbabweans here who have degrees there to cater to their head work experience some but for one reason or another either can't get work at home or aren't getting paid for their work at home so come to south africa to work often for not very much money but will what little they can earn is enough to send home to help support their families south africa as the region's economic hub is the brunt of that sort of exodu

persecution and economic factors they're making their way to neighboring south africa tanya page has reaction from johannesburg. this busy bus stop is the first for many zimbabweans arriving in south africa every day buses come and. carrying people and essentially in short supply. that he and his among the zimbabweans we spoke to who hope military intervention means she will one day go home imminently. the army took power. yes here in south africa trying to sell used to enforce say that i can feed my family i think what he's done up in the mouth is what it was it's not where i meant we have got it to me and we had tried to been called my brother by the way we don't want to do it because our country we don't enjoy to stay in our country and it's uncertain how many zimbabweans are in south africa as the statistics aren't reliable but in the last census one point seven million people were foreign nationals most likely to be zimbabwean here to work and for political reasons some of the zimbabweans here don't want to talk to us because this kid some opposition forces officially the sixty cents others simply because

citizens were streaming in and it's also gone global we saw marches taking place in johannesburg cape town and south africa with her and namibia and also in london in the u.k. we also heard from ten to chat say he's at the solidarity march in london. to be. a most ways have a saw is the need to unite and with this tweet from trayvon he says that mugabe mugabe's time is up and zimbabwe has spoken we are spoken sagada no black white or indian just zimbabweans interesting picture they can see a nice mix of people together gathering. however not everybody was in support of this march this year just says it wasting your time this is africa remove leaders by the ballot box you don't leave because you protest. and another said this he said it was great potential to trigger a crisis with great loss to lives let's cancel this demo but we also heard from zimbabwe's while well known zimbabwean publisher this is traveling he tweeted a play about what's could happen next and he says their world we are fully aware of the possible risks and pitfalls beyond this tipping point and we're confident that we will be equal to t

johannesburg as. on monday zimbabwe's. south africa's president jacob zuma the regional body and the united nations to encourage president mugabe to step down but most of the zimbabweans we spoke to here don't think that's a good idea. to stay away from criticism was knees by a snake is pretty. good but the other kind is most of the free why because the terms in with. if you get. a big problem in there we're supposed to be involved with the way this kind of but they did nothing but now we're trying to do that to fix what is going on on our own so if they get involved now they are destroying that thing with all of this is a look house particularly under president. south africa's approach known as quiet diplomacy but that's also led to criticism about south africa and said it has been ineffective and may have in fact helped its stand robert mugabe's presidency by approving elections but the bigger challenge of course of of the growing democratic deficit in the region i think is a broader challenge for sadeq we've seen some progress in rela

at the south africa angle here because there are a significant number of zimbabweans in south africa and we've heard from the president jacob zuma today as well our correspondent in johannesburg is tanya page she's been gauging the made there. just is the economic hub of south africa and that's why it's such a magnet for so many zimbabweans to come here to work the people arriving into the country this is one of their first stops this is the bus station and we've been talking to people here many of them saying what's happening in harare at the moment is a positive. it was. just a big. change. so that. we. do it because our country we don't enjoy our country anyway some of the people here don't want to talk on camera they're a bit scared because they are about hunters and other people feel comfortable being critical. so that the people of zimbabwe government of choice. that will be. coming out. any dramatic change in zimbabwe will have a big impact on its neighbors that's why there is generally a sense of uneasiness people wait to see what happens next. all right time for some analysis with. the al-jazeera center for studies joining us via skype from. nice to see you let me ju

resignation celebrations took place in the streets of neighboring south africa tanya page has the latest from the capital johannesburg. the happy scenes on the streets of harare were echoed here in johannesburg and also in pretoria outside isn't bob with embassy there are many hundreds of thousands of them bob wins in south africa because they've been driven out of their home country by political persecution and many for economic reasons they've come here despite lee searching for work although south africa's president jacob zuma as the chair of the regional body sendek has tried to take a lead role in encouraging a negotiated settlement in terms of reacting to president mugabe's resignation that was left to president of the m.b. a a good long go to take the lead he said he wanted to see a quick return to a political normalcy for the army to return to its barracks and has about wins to now focus on social cohesion and unity the main opposition party in zambia led by hockey and a hitch lemme he's come out and congratulated the zimbabwean people and say that should be a warning to african leaders that power lines with

have been of course celebrations too among many zimbabweans in neighboring south africa tanya page is live for us in johannesburg their time is of course a big zimbabwean population where you are what's been the reaction. use a very large zimbabwean population here south africa is the economic hub of the region has really borne the brunt of the exodus that howie was talking about of many zimbabweans have basically come here disparate least searching for work we've seen some repeats and those scenes of harare mirrored here in johannesburg with people coming out on the to the streets relieved happy of a real mood of celebration not only here in johannesburg but also in pretoria outside the zimbabwean embassy there and as harry was saying they really it's the economy that people want to see get back on track because there are also lots of people here qualified teachers scientists nurses people who work experience of just can't get jobs and so they've come here to south africa to work in supermarkets to do manual labor to work as car guards for a few dollars a day and that's better than nothing that they would earn

south africa to this. news from zimbabwe. for the shock of it really starting to think through no now that bit of a pass a happening and downtown johannesburg the lights which you can see over my shoulder as there is involved when desperate here in south africa people who mostly have come here looking for work because the economic situation in their own country has been in decline for many years now on the official front with might put a call into government and they say that they don't have anything to say just yet however they can throw. that they think that south african president jacob zuma will still go to harare from any. day and he was it was only announced just a few hours ago and events on the ground may have eclipsed the necessity for that we understand he is still going to undertake that trip along with angolan president . official from from the main opposition party that it could be. it's. actually actions to the zimbabwean people calling for free and fair elections next year and so for the removal of the governing design in those elections and calling on africans that it was time to be liberated from the liberation we've also h

south africa's sovereign debt to junk. for more, we are joined from johannesburg. what is the latest here with the downgrade? is certainly a big worry for south africa, of course. as you said, the s&p and moody's will release their ratings announcements today. come not a decision will from either, or or both of them. maintained their rating on both the local and foreign currency, a double d plus, the highest non investment grade level. today's ratings will impact the bonds in south africa. moody's is quite significant, as well as the s&p, with the world bond index. if both were to take south africa out of those -- or take south africa out of investment grade on the local currency, which makes up around 90% of south africa's outflows, we're likely to see 100 billion rand in outflows. how does this affect south african politics? arabile: this will be a key -- a to be discussed will stu key issue to be discussed. they ask, how do we prop up the economy, an economy that is said to grow only 0.7%, according to the reserve bank, who also highlighted yesterday the key risks to south africa. the midterm budget just

southern portions of the continent looking pretty wet across eastern parts of south africa it's going to be a wet day in johannesburg. the weather sponsored by cats. and of you watching al-jazeera mind of our top stories zimbabwe is about to get its first new president in thirty seven years emerson was due to be sworn in in harare thousands of people are poor into the national sports stadium as are several african leaders. police in papua new guinea have forcibly removed refugees from a decommissioned prison camp on man a silent offices clear the three hundred seventy eight men from the former australian run site one refugee told al-jazeera several people were injured. syrian opposition groups gathered in riyadh have agreed to form a delegation of fifty people to represent them at next week's talks in geneva calls for president bashar assad to have been renewed but he's stepping down will not be a precondition for negotiations. the man accused of planning the two thousand and eight attacks has been released from house arrest hafiz saeed walked free after pakistani called rejected the government's plea to extend his

will stop talking about her she may emerge i suspect if he travels to south africa that case that's waged. by young woman in johannesburg who was with her sons i mean they do want her brought to justice we may hear things like that coming out of grace but politically in zimbabwe i think. people really don't want to hear they want to move on and they blame her for the downfall of. ok harry thanks very much. says he's agreed to delay his resignation as the prime minister of lebanon offer a quest from the president to allow dialogue areas back in beirut two weeks after announcing his resignation whilst in saudi arabia. from beirut. a crucial show of unity moment for lebanon. president michel i want a question parliament speaker and then be a muslim and prime minister saad that had a sunni muslim all together commemorating independence day divided along sectarian lines lebanon faces yet another political crisis the latest started on the fourth of november when harry and now asked his resignation while visiting saudi arabia he accused hezbollah and iran of destabilizing the region his surprise announcement threw lebanon's fr

richard lister, bbc news. 0ur correspondent milton nkosi is following events from johannesburg in neighbouring south africatand, and i‘ve just been in contact with the south african international relations department, they‘ve confirmed to mejust relations department, they‘ve confirmed to me just a few minutes ago that the envoys that president zuma sent to harare are currently at this moment locked in talks with president robert mugabe in harare. there is quite a lot going on, president zuma has been taking questions in the upper house in parliament in cape town and he said he‘ll be flying from there to botswa na he‘ll be flying from there to botswana where the regional body has a ministerial summit to try and resolve the zimbabwe crisis. the difficulty is whilst there is uncertainty, nerves get jarred, people get nervous, something has to give. yes, indeed. as you heard, morgan tsvangirai from the opposition, is asking president robert mugabe to resign, which i guess is exactly what the military has been trying to achieve. he is also calling for a transitional arrangement. there is quite a lot going on. b

or south africa is closely watching all these developments in zimbabwe so let's cross over to our correspondent in johannesburg tanya page tanya unconfirmed reports today that emma said my god who is said to be in south africa has made a statement about the situation in his country is of course very crucial to this process that's going on in zimbabwe what's even saying well in the statement that was reportedly issued by his office as it is he said that he was afraid wary to come back to zimbabwe or to make his appearance public for fears of his personal security i think that gives us a sign obviously of of just how assured he is of how strong and how solid his position is although we saw on monday that for a support given to him by the governing zanu p.f. party which wants him reinstated as vice president after he was sacked obviously by president mugabe we can't really confirm all of the contents of that they did because as i said it was the statement issued supposedly by his office and i think the fact that it wasn't given on camera or over the phone makes it its validity questionable but it does tell us a l

let's get context now on what is happening in this political crisis from south africa with rita taudi joining us from johannesburg. good to have you on the show to talk about what is happening. the nature of these negotiations, mr. mu g mugabe c resign or remain defiant and try to remain in power. all of this would fall back on a process to remove him. help our viewers understand what that process would look like. >> well, george, thank you very much. i think what zimbabweans and senior leaders and mugabe's government are trying to avoid a mugabe. you could make things easy by just stepping down. but knowing mugabe, he's very stubborn, very, very proud man, he's obviously holding out. and the question now is what will that exit plan entail. the easiest thing would be for him to step down. but this is what has happened. the army has appealed on him to step down, he hasn't listened. from the region, different countries, have appealed on him to step down. he hasn't done that. and now the only card left to play is for his own party and we understand right now the branches throughout zimbabwe are turning their back, s

milton nkosi's the bbc‘s correspondent in neighbouring south africa — live from johannesburg.ow is that the situation in zimbabwe's capital harare is quiet, but tense. the streets are being manned by troops. there are armoured personnel carriers dotted around the city. the army has taken over zimbabwe broadcasting corporation. we know that president robert mugabe is safe, as far as the military is concerned and he is under arrest in harare. he hasn't issued any statement. just a short while ago, here in south africa, president jacob zuma issued a statement calling for calm and said he hopes there will be no unconstitutional change of power because that would be counter to the region's stance and also the region of the — the sta nce and also the region of the — the stance of the african union. so, all countries around the southern africa development community is concerned about what is happening in zimbabwe. imean, is about what is happening in zimbabwe. i mean, is the reading this that the army want the vice—president in charge because he seems to have been installed as the in

celebrations are also underway in south africa tonight for more on that we are joined now by they were loving guy the southern africa director at human rights watch in johannesburg it's good to have you back on the show i have to ask you what went through your mind today when you heard that mugabe had resigned. to do it if i could not believe that you know the man who has been in charge and. in. zimbabwe and. really mention age with it let's get seven years it finally given in resigned i did not see it coming. i almost thought you might think something might happen that everything i i could not believe you know that finally this was the end over this route and that perhaps now is that what you do for a start was in but when. mr loving it how important is this moment for zimbabwe and for southern africa. absolutely important it is. a huge lesson in africa but really again shoot anyone men have so much power and control over a mission and over it's that institutions. it is time to celebrate it is the moment you have to. revel in it and you know that this is finally happened but i think it's also important to. be mindful of how it is come about it was the military

johannesburg. aside from confirming that president mugabe is under confinement is under house arrest in harare and that he is fine south africa's president jacob zuma said he would be sending envoys to zimbabwe and and he's doing that in his capacity as chair of sadoc the regional body here and he's called for calm and restraint by all parties and he's also said that south africa is in communication with zimbabwe's a defense force of course whatever happens in zimbabwe has an enormous impact on the south africa there are already many hundreds of thousands of zimbabweans here in the country driven out largely by not only political but also economic reasons behind me is the main fast stop here in downtown jo'burg and this is with zimbabweans get on the bus to go and it's where they arrive and we've been talking to people here to get their reaction one man told me look we're replacing one state one snake with another snake another woman says she doesn't want to be here but the economic situation at a higher means that she's got no choice she's got to come here to get a job to earn money not only for the family she's born here but