well you know the cases the performance of the a.n.c. in the last twenty five years it's a perfect mixed bag a lot has been achieved nor dollar when it comes to housing when it comes to lifting that we do have their political free dog people do vote don't participate in elections so politically and generally the condition of the poor is centrally improved but the reality is that did the gap between the poor and the richest why didn't that is the inequality that is of concern in south africa and also all of great concern in south africa here is the level of corruption within government where government is just simply losing legitimacy to even implement policy so could have only did the biggest threat to a point where it didn't have the potential to undermine that progress that was done by the n.c.a.a. led government in the in the in the in the last twenty five years are you saying that the politicians because this isn't a new thing we're talking about it because today is a very significant anniversary but it's not a new thing are you sayi

but let's bring in lawson i do in johannesburg is a lawyer and former a.n.c. activist twenty five years now since the end of apartheid many observers say look some progress has been made by the government but the a.n.c. has come under growing criticism over things like unemployment jobs living standards is this criticism justified do you think. well i think the criticism is certainly justified i mean i think you know one has to start by saying that south africa today in twenty nineteen days is certainly a much better place than it was in one thousand nine hundred four but you know there are many many child does that remain issues of inequality poverty and in particular on employment and in particular unemployment among the young people is that made a major concern in south africa at this point in time it's a social source of social contestation lots of anxiety and frustration amongst ordinary people in south africa who feel that more could and should have been done to alleviate their plight so whilst a lot has been achieved we have an awful long way to go to r

since the a.n.c. irredeemably corrupt would south africa twenty five years after the end of apartheid be betteroff now in the hands of the democratic alliance with the economic freedom fighters is it time to give someone else ago i think the challenge here is what joseph as we've been arguing and what. has been alluding to and that is the question of dealing with leadership and of course the question within the political part of the of the end see is the factional politics that seems to undo underpin the politics of the party and tends to split the well into the politics of the state and that in itself is something that needs to be looked at in terms of our electoral system in terms of how we vote and we in the in the in the last two weeks of an election process where we're going to be going to the polls on. may and that in itself is going to be an important test of but the political party to see how much it winds and also of the opposition and pulled out a suggested that at the d a the democratic and

sixty nine people were killed sparking riots across the country four years later the leader of the a.n.c. elson mandela was given a life sentence and spent twenty seven years in jail before being freed in one nine hundred ninety in one thousand nine hundred four mandela was elected president of the party eight was ended the president then set up the truth and reconciliation commission chaired by archbishop desmond tutu which began holding hearings on human rights crimes. so let's bring in our guests for today joining me from johannesburg is a human rights activist with a special focus on african governments and development from london joseph chain a commentator on south african affairs and former columnist at new africa magazine and from cape town via skype solutia who's a researcher at the institute for global dialogue a south african think tank welcome to you all let's start with you ayesha have notes and mandela's dreams of a rainbow nation where everyone is equal where people are able to access their basic human economic and social rights and those dreams been realized over the last

is the a.n.c. irredeemably corrupt would south africa twenty five years after the end of apartheid be betteroff now in the hands of the democratic alliance with the economic freedom fighters is it time to give someone else ago i think the challenge here is what joseph has been arguing and what. has been alluding to and that is the question of dealing with leadership and of course the question within the political part of the and see is the factional politics that seems to under the under plan the politics of the party and tends to school over into the politics of the state and that in itself is something that needs to be looked at in terms of our electoral system in terms of how we vote and we in the in the in the last two weeks of an election process where we're going to be going to the polls on. may and that in itself is going to be an important test of but the political party to see how much it winds and also of the opposition and pulled out has suggested that at the d a the democratic and has b

is the a.n.c. irredeemably corrupt would south africa twenty five years after the end of apartheid be betteroff now in the hands of the democratic alliance with the economic freedom fighters is it time to give someone else ago i think the challenge here is what joseph has been in arguing and what. has been alluding to and that is the question of dealing with leadership and of course the question within the political part of the a.n.c. is the factional politics that seems to under the under plan the politics of the party and tends to school over into the politics of the state and that in itself is something that needs to be looked at in terms of our electoral system in terms of how we vote and we in the in the in the last two weeks of an election process where we're going to be going to the polls on. may and that in itself is going to be an important test of but the political party to see how much it wins and also of the opposition and pulled out has suggested that at the d a the democratic and has

ruling african national congress is campaigning intensifies for next month's general election the a.n.c. is accused of ignoring corruption poverty and low living standards. has more from. martha many senior members a feeling of euphoria in one thousand nine hundred four when apartheid ended and nelson mandela became south africa's first black president she believed ending a white minority rule would mean a better life for the poor black majority after decades of oppression since then she's been waiting for the government to provide her with a decent home and she hasn't managed to find work in years if she were some tourist . opened up my cupboards and see i have nothing no food i have to go outside and has an order to eat something before going to beat so why should i take my id and go out there to vote when i'm suffering. in soweto township we meet. he was a member of the football club founded in the one nine hundred eighty s. by nelson mandela's wife winnie a group that was politically active during apartheid twenty five years after the end of racial segregation he says he's angry and

suspect a lot of this is because elections are just around the corner and this is just the ruling a.n.c. party campaigning to try and win votes in that region as i'm all right having with us a lot of first. hand. a protests are growing in sudan against the country's military rulers hundreds of people arrived in packed trains to the capital khartoum joining thousands more outside the army headquarters as they continue to demand civilian rule african union leaders in cairo have given the military council a three month deadline to hand over power to a civilian government one hundred of our has more phone call to the sudanese protesters keeping up the pressure on the military council chants and the sheer force of numbers two weeks since they managed to push the little thirty to topple the regime of model bashir they are still here demanding the task of power to a civilian government as they have gone by skepticism in among the protesters like until this minute the national congress party of bashir is still around its leaders still sitting around and until now the military council has not re

which meets some of the people striving to protect twenty five years after coming to power can be a.n.c. maintain its political dominance in south africa and a muslim documentary series called from lives of two young lives in rural kenya and up in brazil over the past twenty years and with breakfast still looming and populism on the rhine across europe will these elections become a referendum on the move so many on al-jazeera. welcome back you're watching news a lot from my headquarters here in doha these are top stories the curfews in place in the part of sri lanka where a police raid turned deadly overnight in the command to say they found the bodies of the fifteen people following a shootout in connection with that used to sunday bomb attacks. in sudan several former government. ministers to be produced following the arrest truly of the through a president bush protesters at the three week city and outside the military headquarters in khartoum put on the immediate civilian rule. also damage being assessed after the most powerful epicycle in the northern mozambique the un's want to fl

in the twenty five years since a part is since a posse if they feel marginalized and ignored by the a.n.c. live coverage. from their marginalizing of the briefing i was down to the week when our forefathers will approve because. they were not white be not now we recorded. so you're not. ok you really want to put the volume up for this one because you're about to hear the sound of the only symphony orchestra in central africa here's a story of a group of self-taught musicians who want to build a classical music school for adults and children in the democratic republic of congo. he's tough and demanding conduct armande says this is how he gets the best from his students. so i'm actually a pilots but music is my passion. but it's true i don't have academic training but passion is what helps us get to know instruments and to learn to play. and everyone here shares that same passion for classical music barely anyone has professional training instead they all train right here together in this orchestra . i'm happy here and i have a lot of friends. to be modest started learning the violin at the

decades on the twenty five years since a sense of loss if they feel marginalized and ignored by the a.n.c. led government. often from their marginalizing of the op but i think i was down even. when our forefathers were oppressed because there was certainly cream they were not white enough now we recorded we not black enough we saw you not. ok you really want to put the volume up for this one because you're about to hear the sound off the o.d.t. symphony orchestra in central africa here's a story of a group of self-taught musicians who want to build a classical music school for adults and children in the democratic republic of congo. he's tough and demanding conduct armande says this is how he gets the best from his students. it is that not. all of. us if you go to the logistical. support i'm actually a pilot but music is my passion. but it's true i don't have academic training but passion is what helps us get to know instruments and to learn to play if you don't want to see it is a present. and everyone here shares that same passion for classical music barely anyone has professional train

ruling african national congress is campaigning intensifies for next month's general election the a.n.c. is accused of ignoring corruption and chronic poverty hasa has more from johannesburg. motm uneasy demand is the feeling of euphoria in one thousand nine hundred when apartheid ended and nelson mandela became south africa's first black president she believed ending a white minority rule would mean a better life for the poor black majority to decades of oppression since then she's been waiting for the government to provide her with a decent home and she hasn't managed to find work in years if she was home to hers and open up my cupboards and see i have nothing no food i have to go outside and house in order to eat something before going to beit so why should i take my id book and go out there to vote when i'm suffering. in soweto township we meet. he was a member of the football club founded in the one nine hundred eighty s. by nelson mandela's wife winnie a group that was politically active during apartheid twenty five years after the end of racial segregation he says he's angry and

branded a racist for urging bloc voters not to waste their ballots on white candidates but the ruling a.n.c. party's secretary general denying claims of racism. don't ever vote for. a white person will never change the lives of black people they have oppressed our main hope is the black vote the democratic alliance represents the wants interest the elite on the privileged those comments have angered party veterans who describe his remarks as inappropriate the government has been pains to fight discrimination by launching a national action plan and other things as well as something else the bear in mind white people currently make up just nine percent of south africa's population but own around seventy percent of private at farmland that's seen an increasing number of calls from the black community to redistribute the country's wealth but we've got reaction from a former apartheid activist and also from the president of the block first land first party. i people are the beneficiaries of racism all of the way that there were liberal what i do even communists in south africa are white people b

branded a racist for urging bloc falters not to waste their ballots on white candidates but the ruling a.n.c. party secretary-general denies claims of racism don't ever vote for. a white person will never change the lives of black people they have oppressed of our main hope is the black vote the democratic alliance represents the whites interest the elite on the privileged yellow of anger from rising really from those comments not least from the party veterans who described his remarks as an appropriate the government as well has been at pains of late to fight discrimination by launching a national action plan some also of note here white people currently make up just nine percent of south africa's population but on more than seventy percent of private farmland that's seen an increasing number of calls from the black community to redistribute the country's wealth well we got reaction from a former un t. apartheid activist and also from the leader of the bloc first land first party. my people are the beneficiaries of racism all of the way that they were liberal on what i do even communists in

public services and unemployment happen almost daily there's a general election on may eighth and the a.n.c. is facing mounting public anger over its failure to improve the lives of millions of black people we have not looked at people either no real knowledge we have all the successes not just of challenges. and all over the road to accuse us. but everything must be done within the law the legacy of apartheid where black people were considered inferior to whites and not given the same opportunities is partly why africa remains one of the most equal societies in the world since one thousand nine hundred ninety four more people do have access to clean running water education and healthcare even though many say those services are poor these are some of the houses the bills by the government for the poor are provided for free others are subsidised millions of been built since one thousand nine hundred ninety four but there are still housing shortages claimed many on corruption and millions of south africans continue to live in abject poverty they won the right to vote twenty five years ago tod

branded a racist for urging black voters not to wasted their ballots on white candidates but the ruling a.n.c. party's secretary general ace shaw denies claims of racism. don't ever vote for a white person will never change the lives of black people they have oppressed us our main hope is the black vote the democratic alliance represents the whites interest the elite on the privileged marshall's comments have angered party veterans who described his remarks as offensive the government has been at pains to fight discrimination by launching a national action plan to combat racism white people currently make up ninety percent of south africa's population but own more than seventy percent of private farmland since the end of apartheid in one thousand nine hundred four many politicians have been calling for land redistribution we heard from a former anti-apartheid activist and also the president of the black of first land first party. by people are the beneficiaries of racism all of that where there were liberal what i do even communists in south africa are white people benefited ecology to benefi

marks twenty five years since the end of apartheid that ahead of next month's general election the a.n.c. is accused of ignoring corruption and chronic poverty. military commanders ensured along to say the bodies of at least fifteen people had been found after a shootout during raids connected to the easter sunday bombings cornered suicide bombers blew themselves up after the assault in the eastern city of qom a nine six children are among the dead several raids were carried out around the city police to. explosives other bomb making equipment a suicide vest and flag. joins us now from colombo really significant rate here tell us the latest. right we've just been hearing that police have made another arrest now this is on top of several that they've made in the last twenty four hours this arrest took place at the town of trincomalee it's also in the eastern province where the gun battles in the explosions took place overnight on friday now the man who was arrested in trincomalee he had on him explosives now this follows from friday night's gun battle in the town of qom and i as you menti

preventing future administrations in the united states from moving towards rapprochement if for example the a.n.c. the africa african national congress and nelson mandela who were declared as terrorist by the united states only after president mandela's term in office as president south africa were the restrictions on him removed so that he could enter the united states so the it's a very complicated process removing all of these different sanctions and. actions taken by ministrations and congress in the senate early coming to you in london how do the europeans feel about this mohamed is suggesting that there's not going to be any great economic impact because the revolutionary guards are already laboring under a massive raft of sanctions do you think that this will turn the screw even tighter on the revolutionary guards in the business they control and the uranian economy more generally. well i have to agree the economic impact is going to be negligible . find any major european company that's willing at this point in time to do business that could remotely be viewed as connected to the irish gi

public services and unemployment happen almost daily there's a general election on may eighth and the a.n.c. is facing mounting public anger over its failure to improve the lives of millions of black people we have not looked at people either no real knowledge that we have while the success is not just of challenges. and all over the road to accuse us. but everything must be done within the law the legacy of apartheid where black people were considered inferior to whites and not given the same opportunities is partly why africa remains one of the most equal societies in the world since one thousand nine hundred ninety four more people do have access to clean running water education and healthcare even though many say those services are poor these are some of the houses the bills by the government for the poor are provided for free others are subsidised millions i've been built since one thousand nine hundred ninety four but the housing shortages blamed many on corruption and millions of south africans continue to live in abject poverty they won the right to vote twenty five years ago today

meets some of the people striving to protect the planet twenty five years after coming to power in the a.n.c. maintain its political dominance in south africa and a massive documentary series chalk from lives of two young fish and rule kenya and up in brazil over def us twenty years and regrets it still looming and populism on the rise across europe will these elections become a referendum on the new self may on al-jazeera. one of the richest philanthropists in the world renowned financing endeavors to eradicate some of the worst diseases bill gates talks to al-jazeera about his foundation's goals and on says those who are critical of his work. on al-jazeera. al-jazeera it's just swear every. time the bamboo harvest is navigating dangerous rapids from the time we depart through the time we finished are scared to the fish and dicing with death. i'm afraid of falling i'm afraid of dying but if i don't go by coffee my family needs the men who go to the extreme just to make a living not you have to be a strong swimmer otherwise and surf and risking it all vietnam on al-jazeera. on the one say we

public services and unemployment happen almost daily there's a general election on may eighth and the a.n.c. is facing mounting public anger over its failure to improve the lives of millions of black people we have not looked at people either no real knowledge we have while the successes. just the challenges. and all over the road to accuse us. but everything must be done within the law the legacy of apartheid where black people were considered inferior to whites and not given the same opportunities is partly why what africa remains one of the most equal societies in the world since one thousand nine hundred ninety four more people do have access to clean running water education and healthcare even though many say those services are poor these are some of the houses the bills by the government for the poor are provided for free others are subsidised millions i've been built since one thousand nine hundred ninety four but there are still housing shortages blamed in many on corruption and millions of south africans continue to live in abject poverty they won the right to vote twenty five year

twenty five years since the end of apartheid that is south africans head to the polls next month the a.n.c. is accused of ignoring corruption and chronic poverty. some places we've been one even let us use the toilets and my kids have been denied water how could you deny a child water and how some foreign migrants are outstaying their welcome in mexico . a curfew is in effect in a part of sri lanka where police a police raid turned deadly overnight military commanders say they found the bodies of at least. fifteen people following a shootout in connection with the easter sunday bombings six children among the dead in the eastern area. security remains tight throughout the country with warnings of a further attack the tale of a saudi on has a story. the hunt for suspects after the easter sunday bombings what's really going security forces to this neighborhood and the town of common i on the east coast. shortly after they arrived they came under attack in the gun battle that followed children were caught in the crossfire. the argument that we believe at least three people died from a suicide

preventing future administrations in the united states from moving towards rapprochement if for example the a.n.c. the africa african national congress and nelson mandela who were declared as terrorist by the united states only after president mandela's term in office as president south africa were the restrictions on him removed so that he could enter the united states so the it's a very complicated process removing all of these different sanctions and. actions taken by ministrations and congress in the senate early coming to you in london how do the europeans feel about this mohamed is suggesting that there's not going to be any greater economic impact because the revolutionary guards are already laboring under massive raft of sanctions do you think that this will turn the screw even tighter on the revolutionary goals in the business they control and uranian economy more generally. well i have to agree the economic impact is going to be negligible . find any major european company that's willing at this point in time to do business that could remotely be viewed as connected to the irish given t

elections next month analysts say the ruling african national congress carnivores ignore this one the a.n.c. party lost some important minister parity to the opposition in local government elections three years ago. cleaning up afterwards is the easy part but meeting the demands of the poor who are the majority here is going to be a mammoth task for whichever wins the election in may. the strain in man accused of carrying out the mosque attacks in new zealand has been ordered to undergo a mental assessment to determine his fitness for trial twenty eight year old brenton tyrant faced cross churches high court fire video link he's facing fifty murder and thirty nine attempted murder charges over the march fifteenth attacks. ukraine's presidential candidates will debate in the capital's main sports complex after incumbent petro poroshenko accepted a challenge by his rival comedian for dimia selenski. as king or to social media campaign asking pershing co to face off inside the unusual venue the political novice won the first round of presidential elections last sunday after campaigning on a pl

it's dominated by the ruling a.n.c. alternate congress party. and the start of the show here is the party's. she quit a prestigious job as president of j.p. morgan in london in two thousand and eight. return to india and plunged into politics fulfilling a long. when i was a kid and you asked me what i wanted to become i never said that doctor engineer lawyer thing i was i want to be in the dark on the i want to be mismatch i want to be in a position to change policy and make millions more throws been doing that as an elected local for the last four years. she's now i have a seat in the national parliament there's little doubt about who's in charge here she's angry about a change in the route the former investment banker is a rest site indian politics still largely a boys' club she goes curious crowds mainly women in these parts but the forty two year old who's also a national spokesperson for her party dismisses any questions about agenda and politics. i think of myself as a politician i don't think. i think very little women's issues if you're

so people have lost their trust in bush's national congress party we don't want anyone from the a.n.c. we want someone else who can represent the transition. we want a new system of governance and a new era we want to rebuild the country those people have no clear plan. the army has denied any greed for power it has retreated its promise of a new civilian government within the next three years but patients among sudanese protesters has already more insane. with me is adam biharis a sudanese human rights activist currently living in berlin thank you so much for joining us first of all now you fled sudan you were facing persecution under president omar al bashir i'm sure you've been watching what's been going on in your country every minute of what's going on now a member of the military council says what we've seen there is not a coup it's simply what they call a tool of change that could take up to two years what do you make of that and the timeline. it is not. so much people who don't it's not. going to change it's well done in democracy because what is happening is also the leader o

public services and unemployment happen almost daily there's a general election on may eighth and the a.n.c. is facing mounting public anger over its failure to improve the lives of millions of black people we have not looked at people either no real knowledge we have all the successes not just of challenges. and all over the road to accuse us. but everything must be done within the law the legacy of apartheid where black people were considered inferior to whites and not given the same opportunities is partly why africa remains one of the most equal societies in the world since one thousand nine hundred ninety four more people do have access to clean running water education and healthcare even though many say those services are poor these are some of the houses the bills by the government for the poor are provided for free others are subsidised millions i've been built since one thousand nine hundred ninety four but there are still housing shortages blamed many on corruption and millions of south africans continue to live in abject poverty they won the right to vote twenty five years ago to

public services and unemployment happen almost daily there's a general election on may eighth and the a.n.c. is facing mounting public anger over its failure to improve the lives of millions of black people we have not looked at people either no real knowledge we have all the successes not just of challenges. and all over the road to accuse us to protests but everything must be done within the law the legacy of apartheid where black people were considered inferior to whites and not given the same opportunities is partly why africa remains one of the most equal societies in the world since one thousand nine hundred ninety four more people do have access to clean running water education and healthcare even though many say those services are poor these are some of the houses the bills by the government for the poor are provided for free others are subsidized millions of young built since one thousand nine hundred ninety four but there are still housing shortages blamed in many on corruption and millions of south africans continue to live in abject poverty they won the right to vote twenty five