their leaders call the jobs bloodbath especially in state run industries allies of the ruling a.n.c. accuse leaders of condoning corruption deepening poverty in creating your record unemployment with the threat of more job losses to come before the general election in may. a nationwide strike in belgium is paralyzing air traffic seaports and train services all flights in and out of the country have been cancelled for twenty four hours tens of thousands of airline passengers are affected public sector workers including police hospital an air traffic control staff are all demanding higher wages britain's prime minister has denied she's running down the clock to force and pays to accept her breaks that deal theresa may wants more time to renegotiate with the e.u. after her initial offer was overwhelmingly rejected by parliament last month but she's ruled out delaying the march twenty ninth exit and he says there still will be a parliamentary vote on the new agreement as soon as possible. many of iraq's most important archaeological sites lie in ruins after the battle against eisel conservation

their leaders call the jobs bloodbath especially in state run industries the allies of the ruling a.n.c. accuse leaders of condoning corruption poverty and creating near record unemployment with the threat of more job losses to come before the general election in may malcolm webb is in johannesburg. members of the congress the south african trade unions demanding an end job cuts in the public and private sectors is also calling for the fish shoes and businesspeople to be prosecuted one of the key demands that the opposition reform plan reforms the south africa's state owned electricity company called the blue is about fifty of the baby governments and the divided on these people say that's going to mean privatization and jump cuts that are now coming to this particular system the bones of south africa's elections of the ruling a.n.c. expected to get less votes than they ever have before. now the support of the trade unions for them is going to be crucial cyril ramaphosa the president needs the backing of trade unions and other organizations to be able to maintain the majority of the a.n.c. in p

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their leaders call the jobs bloodbath especially in state run industries the allies of the ruling a.n.c. accuse leaders of condoning corruption poverty and creating in near record on employment those are the headlines so we're back in half an hour right now on al-jazeera its inside story. the thai opposition party is facing the act of backing the botched election bid prior princess what does it mean for democracy as thailand prepares for its first vote since the military took power five years ago this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program denis thailand's election commission has recommended the dissolution of the party that chose a princess to be its candidate for prime minister the march twenty fourth general election in this constitutional monarchy will be the first since a military coup in twenty fourteen will be discussing the impact of the looming ban on the tyrants the chart party with our guests in just a moment first this report from our correspondent wayne hay in bangkok. two weeks ago the tire rocks a chart party entered the political spotlight as they launched their elect

leaders are calling a jobs bloodbath especially in state one in the strings the allies of the ruling a.n.c. accuse leaders of condoning corruption poverty and creating a record of employment join the march in johannesburg. hundreds marched into central johannesburg to demand an end to job cuts and the prosecution of corrupt officials and business leaders part of a nationwide strike by the congress of south african trade unions it has nearly two million members the president has said a lot about corruption but people are sick and tired of the promises and commitments they want to see action and union leaders say childes in state run industries and in the private sector must be protected efficient unemployment rate twenty seven percent. a way to. make money. i think it demonstrates his riposte to a and restructuring at the state and electricity company. employees nearly fifty thousand people. say the government's plan to lead to privatization and job cuts. the organizers said fifteen thousand people would come with probably about a tenth of that the congress the south african trade union supporters

are calling a jobs jobs bloodbath especially in state run industries the allies of the ruling a.n.c. accuse leaders of condoning corruption deepening poverty and creating a record unemployment welcome web joined the march in johannesburg. hundreds marched into central johannesburg to demand an end to job cuts and prosecution of corrupt officials and business leaders part of a nationwide strike by the congress of south african trade unions have nearly two million members the president does not know about caught up she brought people are sick and tired of the problems is a comment made they want to see action and. leaders in state ground industries and in the private sector must be protected unemployment rate twenty seven percent . it. was a way that was a. way to. make money. be particular demonstrators are opposed to it and restructuring of the state and electricity company called eskom employees nearly fifty thousand people unions say the government's plan will lead to privatization and more job cuts. the organizers said fifteen thousand people would come that's probably only about a tenth

a.n.c. party is under pressure after melting evidence of corruption a flagging a chrono me and high unemployment opposition parties accuse them of failing to address a problem since president jacob zuma was ousted a year ago. and i'm happy to say that christine went to a forward to defuse africa desk is here with me now to shed some light what was going to put his message to south africa and so tonight you heard in russia about the economy you heard a lot about job creation you heard a lot about for interaction. direct investment and that matches because when rebels i came in at the end of twenty seventeen he told south africans that that's what he was going to do that he was going to create the jobs that he was going to go abroad and bring investment back into the country he talked about corruption he said state institutions were going to have their its independence restored this matches in a country where these very institutions were being used by corrupt politicians elite to take them or to promote their interests or you heard a lot of you know people wondering which talking about the state of the nation here but real

a.n.c. party is under pressure after mounting evidence of corruption of flagging economy not to mention the high unemployment opposition parties are accusing the president of failing to address the problems since president jacob zuma was. a year ago. on a difference a year makes i'm joined here at the big table now by my colleague christine no one wants she's from our africa desk you know we've talked about this situation many times and now we're talking about president ramaphosa that in his message to south africans here tonight so what was that what was the biggest takeaway you know what tonight you heard a president who was basically saying to the country the rate i came to you and i said when i go into office i'm going to create jobs i'm going to bring investment into the country and i'm going to tackle corruption and so you pretty much outlined a few things that he has done in that regard he talked about how foreign direct investment into the country had grown exponentially in the give that he was president ok he compared that to the year that zuma was there before and it is a very big number he also talked about the fact that state i