lot of people have been recalling that ninety four election so of course of president of the a.n.c. himself saying he feels exactly how you fellows in one thousand nine hundred four so certainly so which is a very important place very symbolic and there is the sense in this country of print that things are changing perhaps that's how people felt twenty five years ago that change was was on the brink and a lot has changed since then brant people are now having a conversation about yes we have been liberated politically but we need to be liberated economically and is it the african national congress that's going to do that for us it's very good point. that twenty five years of democracy away actions partisan politics we know there's a lot of disillusionment now some observers say that this is simply the normative state of western democracies in south africa is now a full fledged member others say that this is the result of gross incompetence and corruption at the hands of the a.n.c. based on what you had seen and heard which is the better as. brant most probably the last that we're talking ab

lot of people have been recalling that ninety four election of opposed to the president of the a.n.c. himself saying he feels exactly how you fellows in one thousand nine hundred four so certainly so which are a very important place very symbolic and there is the sense in this country of print that things are changing perhaps that's how people felt twenty five years ago that change was was on the brink and a lot has changed since then brant people are now having a conversation about yes we have been liberated politically but we need to be liberated economically and is it the african national congress that's going to do that for us is very good point because they've had twenty five years of democracy elections partisan politics we know there's a lot of disillusionment nail some observers say that this is simply the norm in state of western democracies in south africa is now a full fledged member others say that this is the result of gross incompetence and corruption at the hands of the a.n.c. based on what you had seen and heard which is the better assessment. brant most probably than that we'

a.n.c. distances himself existence in south from the former president from a good many thanks very much leaving me to the high court in putin methods by trying to walk. opposition politician wants to be has returned to the democrats or republicans can go his plane arrived a short time ago could be has spent almost 3 years in exile off to for me out with then president joys of competing and it's big now it's a conference oyo who joins us from. and katherine how much of an impact will this have on the political landscape. by putting new. actually there is now leaving the airport i love about the balance of people behind me now they are all escorting. up with both stadium he's built to go club called 50 months and that which is very popular so hot thousands of people want you to repeat in chanting and singing his praises and now back to your question about the significance of his youth and it really depends on who you speak to some of his critics are saying that while this bash is hometown assange a province where looking back to the capital that had a province is his home area so yes yes that tho

a.n.c. has jumped on that bandwagon himself wanting to accelerate that redistribution and the hope of luring votes away from a lame on. the results of the election are expected by saturday. well here's amid the other stories now that are making headlines around the world in the united states the house judiciary committee says that we are turning gen william barr is guilty of contempt of congress the decision was taken because bart failed to provide congress with a full on redacted report on russian interference in the twenty sixteen election because venezuela's self declared president has been back to school why did mitt pupils and teachers at his old school in caracas. who was backed by the international community posed for a selfie yes he's walked in the battle for control of the country with president nicolas maduro. a political tit for tat in turkey the main opposition party the c.h.p. once past election results favoring the ruling party to be overturned that includes local as well as national results from two thousand and eighteen the opposition are hitting back after electoral authorit

a.n.c. has jumped on that bandwagon himself wanting to accelerate that redistribution in the hope of luring votes away from. the results of the election are expected by saturday. and w.'s christina is in johannesburg for she's covering the election for his good evening to you the really a.n.c. party it is remarkable isn't it it's been in power for twenty five years it's had basically a free house for a quarter of a century and now would struggling to keep the voters on its side what is the a.n.c. offering voters to keep their support for the a.n.c. is offering settled on a process after nearly a decade off and levels of corruption and mismanagement in government and a lack of service delivery the a.n.c. say add to the leadership. these issues are going to be addressed it is the first time we hear the ruling party talk of having reflected and admitting the stakes that it's made them opposed his message to supporters and people who have not supporting the party is that and to my leadership things are going to change much of this is really hinge what i'm opposed to so the result of this electi

a.n.c. has jumped on that bandwagon himself wanting to accelerate that redistribution and the hope of luring votes away from a lame are. the results of the election are expected by saturday. well the crease has been covering the selection force and joins us now from johannesburg good to see you in this election is being seen as a verdict on president cyril ramaphosa the a.n.c. party which has ruled the country for a quarter of a century do south africans still have confidence in the party that helped and apartheid. well about ten percent of the votes are already counted and currently the a.n.c. is ahead was fifty four percent of the vote is of course too early to say whether this is a trend or what the final results will be but to does clear that this elections are largely a referendum on president cyrus he took over one year ago promising reforms promising to fight the issue of corruption remember before him jacob zuma was in power and under his watch corruption was rampant and all all levels of governance promised to tackle that issue but of course he will be judged on his performance of v

a.n.c. enough votes from a poser could find himself losing his grip altogether on the divided party so what issues do matter most to south africans in this election did he is christine one who has been testing the mood. i'm outside a polling station in so way to about four thousand people are expected to vote here today and these are some of the early risers that you're seeing behind me a few people of course a photo have told us all process takes about ten minutes once you're actually inside the classrooms where the voting is taking place a lot at stake in this election and of course these are the people who are going to be deciding south africa's future want to have a chat to ten days i hear she's in the queue waiting to turn she's actually very close to the cue so says time data what are you hoping you'll vote to do whoever wins the election what would you like to see them do for you did a very key let's go through all this especially local clinics local public schools. around the areas mostly in so with all of us live as fights crime stalwarts or as the whole south africa as a whole has

a.n.c. has jumped on that bandwagon himself wanting to accelerate that redistribution and the hope of luring votes away from a layman. the results of the election are expected by saturday. well i'm joined now here the big table by south african journalist author and filmmaker on the surface jean a familiar face to our viewers here she talks with us every time we're talking about south africa and its elections it's good to see you again you're you're following these elections closely what results are you expecting well it's a bit early to to expect that the a.n.c. will probably get between fifty five and sixty percent of the vote and they will be in power for another five years. i think the difficulty is with a several from a pause after these elections take control of the mc because it's not completely in control of things and party and with the you will then stamp out corruption which is like the biggest. issue in south africa at the moment it's hard to imagine the after twenty five years we're talking about the main party in power having. a leader that really is not maybe in control and a

a.n.c. enough votes from a poser could find himself losing his grip altogether on the divided party. and i agree on ram opposed to he came to power replacing jacob zuma who was plagued by scandals he was supposed to really clean the house in the country and his party how successful has he been in doing that. well it's too early to say because he's only been in power for about a year but he has been coming out with very strong words when it comes to fighting corruption and it was the same also during the campaign time this time around he was really strongly saying that people who are corrupt will be spacing the consequences people who are corrupt will be seen in government offices anymore they will not get any jobs anymore but the question is will he be able to follow up on that and this will of course take time because the corruption has been going through deep into the system here and many people are predicting that the the answer is basically how many votes will he gets this time around because the a.n.c. has been winning all the past elections for twenty five years now but the vot