wondering which talking about the state of the nation here but really was it a state of the party for the a.n.c. a wonderful platform for the president of the party to stand in front of south africans and say an election is coming up give us time why was tonight's message so important tonight's missed it was important because we're talking about the a.n.c. we're talking about the fact that we are twenty five years into democracy and a lot of people a lot of south africans are asking what has this party done for us we're still poor and the numbers show that we're getting even poorer this is a country with with conservative estimates tell you that forty percent of people are unemployed a huge number of those people young people like myself have never had a job in their lives and so this conversation is taking place in a country where people are saying has the agency's time come and gone should we be looking to changing the political space yet and perhaps we're talking about another posse coming in twenty five years into democracy so tonight is a missing to the south african people coming from the

corruption a commission into grafters had a steady stream of details of bribes paid to governments and a.n.c. party officials under former president jacob zuma from a poster is promising action. the action we take now to encryption and to hold those responsible to account will determine the pace and the trajectory of the road to cause social and economic transformation we seek from a post has also hinted at movement on one reform promising to redistribute some government land to the poor. now as part of accelerating learned reform we have identified land apostles' that out owned by the state for redistribution. start to do clean located and will be released to address human settlements. and perry. the a.n.c. is vulnerable about issue by vehicle parties want to see mostly white held private land without compensation from a post a want against undermining post apartheid unity which at times it just seemed like the moco fumin congress allowed us to recall the ninety ninety four had gone so. i want to bring in professor to needle malaya now he's a south african political analyst based at the university

a.n.c. is vulnerable about issues radical parties want the seizure of mostly white help private land without compensation from a house a want against undermining post apartheid unity. at times it just seemed like that moco of human kindness that i loathe us to recall the tile in one thousand nine hundred four had gone sour. i want to bring in professor to needle my lady now he's a south african political analyst based at the university of pretoria professor it's good to have you on the news africa perhaps start out professor by by telling us what was the overall message sort of a pulse ahead for south africans and perhaps make sense of the milk metaphor for us while you're at it i think at the center or through speech. was the whole load of. the economy really it was a speech apart the sort of quantum leap and what needs to be done to revive. it it was full of issues that you made today economy that didn't need to fall and that it can. be made to the result of the gene that allows people to come in so you can boost go on to lose in. a sector in the country and of course also a lot of options

he also announced that parliamentary elections will take place on may eighth roma hoess ruling 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 h

jobs bloodbath especially in state run industries the unions i know many allied with the ruling a.n.c. party but that seems to be changing mark and webb joined them on change on a spec eve 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 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 and efficient unemployment rate to twenty seven percent i was. able to play was a way to was to say thanks where was this is my point. when there's one thing. i think you demonstrators are opposed to of and restructuring at the state and electricity company called eskom employees nearly fifty thousand people unions say the government's plan to privatization and job cuts. the organizers said fifteen thousand people would come with probably only ab

a.n.c. would imagine is the victim the question was whether the party would gain two thirds of the vote. the final score was indisputable sixty two percent for the a.n.c. i'm just twenty percent for the national party. i hold out my hand to mr mandela in friendship and cooperation as far as my own post position is concerned i should like to make it clear. that i believe that my political task is just beginning everything that we have done so far the four years of difficult and often frustrating negotiations the problem and the crises. abin simply a blip in a ration for the work that lies in it. on may tenth one thousand nine hundred ninety four after four years of negotiations and several thousand people killed in political violence nelson mandela became president of south africa he was seventy five years old. i think all for the future i think it's a good idea he falls over africa finally there that which we have set out to achieve as bigots. thought it was a glorious moment. because it was peaceful it was accepted by the war the leaders of the world with their defeat on that day a sword

both at home and abroad calls for mandela's release grew louder and gained more support for his party the a.n.c. represented him as the symbol of the anti-apartheid struggle. and early one nine hundred eighty nine bhutto was weakened by a stroke shortly after a secret meeting with mandela he was forced to resign as party leader and later as president. i relented in august his former minister frederick de clercq age fifty three took over as president of the country his priority to end the deadlock crippling south africa. on december thirteenth one thousand nine hundred eighty nine mandela left the victor vasta prison for a few hours he was secretly taken to the center of keep time to detain heis the president's office for the first time the black leader and white president found themselves face to face. i did not have high expectations of a first meeting with mr mandela and when i did have my first meeting i did not try to achieve much for both the him and me that first meeting was to get an understanding of each other to get a feel for the person sitting across the table to start with mandela w

a.n.c. would imagine is the fix on the question was whether the party would gain two thirds of the vote. the final score was indisputable sixty two percent for the a.n.c. i'm just twenty percent for the national party. i hold out my hand to mr mandela in friendship and cooperation as far as my own post position is concerned i should like to make it clear. that i believe that my political task is just beginning everything that we have done so far the four years of difficult and often frustrating negotiations the problem and the crises. abin simply a blip in ration of all the work that lies in it. on may tenth one thousand nine hundred ninety four after four years of negotiations and several thousand people killed in political violence nelson mandela became president of south africa he was seventy five years old. i think all for the future i think it's a good idea for self africa if i live there that meets we have set out to achieve as beach. thought it was a glorious moment. because it was peaceful it was accepted by the war the leaders of the world with their defeat on that day he saw it

a.n.c. would be my just the victim the question was whether the party would gain two thirds of the vote. the final score was indisputable sixty two percent for the end scene i'm just twenty percent for the national party. i hold out my hand to mr mondale up in friendship and cooperation as far as my own post position is going son i should like to make it clear. that i believe that my political tusk is just beginning everything that we have done so far the four years of difficult and often frustrating negotiations the problem and the crises. abin simply a blip in asian for the work that lies in that. on may tenth one thousand nine hundred ninety four after four years of negotiations and several thousand people killed in political violence nelson mandela became president of south africa he was seventy five years old. i think all for the future i think it's a good idea for self africa finally there that which we have set out to achieve as befits. the thought it was a glorious moment. because it was peaceful it was accepted by the war the leaders of the world with their defeat on that day he

both at home and abroad calls for mandela's release grew louder and gained more support his party the a.n.c. represented him as the symbol of the anti-apartheid struggle. in early one nine hundred eighty nine bhutto was weakened by a stroke shortly after a secret meeting with mandela he was forced to resign as party leader and later as president. i relented in august his former minister fredrik de klerk age fifty three took over as president of the country his priority to end the deadlock crippling south africa . on december thirteenth one thousand nine hundred eighty nine mandela left the victor vasta prison for a few hours he was secretly taken to the center of cape town to detain heis the president's office for the first time the black leader and white president found themselves face to face. i did not have. high expectations of a first meeting with mr mandela and when i did have my first meeting i did not try to achieve much for both the him and me that first meeting was to get. an understanding of each other to get a feel for the person sitting across the table to start with mandela wa

both at home and abroad calls for mandela's release grew louder and gained more support for his party the a.n.c. represented him as the symbol of the anti-apartheid struggle. in early one nine hundred eighty nine bhutto was weakened by a stroke shortly after a secret meeting with mandela he was forced to resign as party leader and later as president. i.

a.n.c. and their allies demanded a majority electoral system where blacks would be dominant in the government declared his party wanted various measures to protect the white minority but on the very first day december twentieth one thousand nine hundred ninety one the talks almost collapsed when dick clark took the floor. the only one that he should visit. on the schedule. and with. all the others. do not have a jeweler's. because one cannot be the one who lifted the lid. to the shoe solution if your leaders teachers loss' and the leadership. role certain the films with the schedule make and the force on the coffee and yes to the concept of. action. i spoke last and i made a strong attack on that and see what went on only i sent a warning to president mandela that i would be making those statements the mission which i believe did not get to him so nelson mandela sat there and watched . the clerk attack him in this way and i have never before or since seen bundler so angry at the result was then that monday. to the stuff that you're going so i'm going back to the microphone and started to mike in the dock is tha

both at home and abroad calls for mandela's release grew louder and gained more support his party the a.n.c. represented him as the symbol of the anti-apartheid struggle. in early one nine hundred eighty nine bhutto was weakened by a stroke shortly after a secret meeting with mandela he was forced to resign as party leader and later as president. i realize well and in august his former minister frederick de klerk age fifty three took over as president of the country his priority to end the deadlock crippling south africa. on this.

a.n.c. in the past but in local elections two years ago she switched to south africa's largest opposition party the democratic alliance i voted because i was so i was just thinking maybe it's going to make a change in hoping it's going to make a change you know those things that it was a lucky thing to even see was. was. that it was our. democracy a guy like. that is the support. that he thought i had was that roger thousands of them are gathered here at this stadium was that yes that they will want to see that general election spirit that. corruption scandals an economic stagnation during the nine year rule of former president jacob zuma case south africa's opposition a lot of ammunition so if you want the government doesn't work for you. yes you want the government that will deliver jobs for you. or do you want the government that will not steal your money and use the money for the people well yes during apartheid the da formally the democratic party was led by whites who were opposed to the system. the a.n.c. is credited with bringing an end to white minority rule the da says it'll help sout

a.n.c. in the past but in local elections two years ago she switched to south africa's largest opposition party the democratic alliance i voted because i was a i was just thinking maybe it's going to make a change in the whole thing is going to make a change you know those things that it was not keeping to even see. i. think that it was i think a democracy regarded not a right. but is it possible. that the time i had decided to try to thousands of them are gathered here at this stadium it was for the case that they want to write a general election to the schools here in fact. corruption scandals and economic stagnation during the nine year rule of former president jacob zuma placed south africa's opposition a lot of ammunition. so if you want the government that will work for you. yes you are the government that will deliver jobs for you. if you want the government that will not steal your money and use the money for the people. there during apartheid the da formally the democratic party was led by whites who were opposed to the system the a.n.c. is credited with bringing an end to white minori

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 election campaign the leaders talked about the need for thailand to innovate. but the candidate chosen to stand as prime minister proved to be an innovation too far in a country where the monarchy is regarded

a.n.c. accuse leaders of condoning corruption poverty and creating in near record unemployment those are the headlines so we're back in half an hour right now on al-jazeera it's inside story. the thai opposition party is facing the act of backing the botched election bid by a 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 dennis thailand's election commission has recommended the dissolution of the party that chose the princess to be its candidate for prime minister the march twenty fourth general let.

will so announce that parliamentary elections will take place on the eighth of may this ruling a.n.c. party which has dominated south african politics since its independence is under pressure after mounting evidence of corruption a flagging economy and high unemployment. officials in the brazilian city of rio de janeiro's say heavy rain and high speed winds have killed at least five people and left a trail of destruction experts say a full month's worth of rain fell in just two hours the mayor has declared three days of mourning manmade climate change makes it stream weather events like these more likely. and british prime minister to resume a went to brussels seeking changes to have breaks a deal that would earn the backing of britain's parliament she met with european commission president jean-claude juncker who described it talk as robust but constructive the bloc insists it will not reopen discussions the two of agreed to meet again later this month. british prime minister to resign may went back to brussels today instead of the reopening bright negotiations he reprimanded european coun