and they have had business dealings and offerings with many other senior people in the ruling a.n.c. party so why is he seemingly the only one being brought to book the only one being summoned to this commission critics of zuma say the relationships with the group with the gupta and him was corrupted allegation he denies now he's expected to appear in front of this commission for the next 5 days afterwards the commissions have said if he needs to come back at some point in time to give more details then he will be called back to the commission and there could be huge implications to whatever he says over the next 5 days as well as whether the commission things there has been any wrongdoing. exactly i suspect things to get really really interesting is really threatens to oust people he calls or he says are corrupt some of them are believed to be in the ruling a.n.c. party he's asked the commissioners to give him time to inform these people that he plans to name them at the commission so these people can be prepared and other thing we're also hearing the cheering his testimony during his hea

really couldn't have been the only one they are maybe some people who are still in the ruling a.n.c. party maybe in business it is elsewhere in the country who may have also been involved it cannot just be seen to be zoomers allies being brought to this commission they also want to see the other side as well maybe people who are. aligning with them and most of us are but also come and have the say it's very important that this is seen to be balanced and not a witch and save some analysts otherwise the outcome of the commission may not be seen as credible or for the moment we'll leave it there and join you through that i thank you roger syndrome has witnessed the close relationship between jacob zuma and the group brothers who's the author of indentured behind the scenes at gupta t.v. and joins me now live via skype from new delhi good to have you with us mr syndrome on our program you're one of the very few people really that's witnessed i believe resumed his dealings with dealings with the group has so implicated in some of these corruption allegations against the former president how wou

state assets during his 9 year tenure that was before he was ousted as head of state by his ruling a.n.c. party last year speaking uninterrupted for over 2 hours zuma dismissed the multiple graft allegations against him he claimed he was a victim of a conspiracy that has been drive. to remove me from. it has come in different forms and that's why. they've been people who serve would be a way of trying to dodge things in one form or that. the commission in charge of the inquiry hasn't been tasked with proving a case against anyone and zuma supporters are angry at what they say is the media's unfair portrayal of him. in the in the case of president jacob zuma we've seen neverland just need to attack an avalanche of media trial finding president jacob zuma kills it without a fair trial they keep on telling us nonsense but they don't give us a tangible thing to take people to court to to do again they should be able to get right now if somebody is wrong that you know someone like me jade. zuma is set to face cross-examination at the inquiry which could last all week. for sports news now it's likely

a.n.c. the ruling party is basically split into 2 major factions and one of the current president. who is trying to reform the party and then on the other hand you have jacob zuma and his allies who are said to rather be happy if the status quo remains like it's so now it is really exciting to see how these next days are going to continue obviously zuma has a lot of supporters hundreds of them with you today and they have the opinion of jacob zuma but he is facing serious allegations and they are witnesses actually pointing the finger and jacob zuma now the question is where will this commission actually leads because it will probably still need a long time until the truth will be really established because this commission it will just try to establish the truth report it to the relevance of thirty's with a final report who could then take prosecution action possibly so it's still going to be a very long time and a long process until the courts and also the south african people really know what's happened on the watch of jacob zuma there was a drink reached there reporting from joh

they insist that this is the kangaroo court they say this is a case of people within the ruling a.n.c. party different factions emerging trying to kind of jacob zuma and his supporters allegations of course denied by people from that particular faction but all eyes of course are on this hearing how is that going to pan out is going to testify and if he does testify who is he going to implicate in the corruption scandals and as we can see in the life picture of that hearing now underway for the time being here with us i think you for that update from johannesburg. doctors have confirmed the 1st case of the ebola virus in a major city in the democratic republic of congo gomer's home to a 1000000 people experts are concerned the virus could spread quickly in the densely populated area close to the border with rwanda the virus has killed almost a $1700.00 victims since the latest outbreak there last august bus passengers who traveled to go with the man who showed symptoms of are now being tested. still ahead on al-jazeera india's tower of trash that will soon be taller than the taj mahal. and we

allies he says the allegations against him are politically motivated he was ousted by his own a.n.c. party last year during his testimony he claimed to be the victim of a conspiracy that has been a drive. to remove me from. it is come in different forms and that's why. they've been people who said he would do it all of trying to. run for more. let's go straight to johannesburg in our correspondent adrian krishna following this for us adrian this is not the 1st time that the former president has faced corruption charges what's at stake for him this time round. right this is a commission off inquiry that is basically trying to find out how the state capture network really came up so they don't have prosecuting powers but they can refer their finding to the relevant agencies so for jacob zuma at stake for him is mainly his reputation and he's been seeing himself as he has rightly said as a victim for a long time he's been saying that even people in his home party are going against him seeing him as a scape goats and so you have to understand that zuma does not have an official position anymor

he says that the allegations against him are politically motivated zuma was ousted by his own a.n.c. party last year. who is standing by outside of the courthouse in johannesburg and this is not the 1st time that the former president has faced corruption charges what is at stake for him this time. so this is a commission of inquiry that is basically trying to understand and untangle this network of state capture that it has developed under the watch of jacob zuma so the commission has no power for prosecution but they will come up with a final report and then make their suggestions and possible that could possibly lead to prosecution so. what's the sake of the moment is mainly his reputation said rightly has been facing many corruption cases in the past already always came out with clean hands more or less that was never possible to prove anything to him so it's quite important here too to say what happened and to be his name and we have to mention to our viewers those are actually live pictures that you're looking at of jacob zuma himself appearing there you know and we know that he was n

it's been 25 years since the election of nelson mandela and his african national congress the a.n.c. party and apartheid a new era began in south africa with a new constitution that guarantees citizens the right to sufficient water and places the responsibility for realizing that right in the hands of the state. some people believe that has contributed to cape town's water crisis. politics may have played a role but i think the real problem was that national treasury said to the department of water thing is you're not getting any more money. and they didn't have the money because there's a whole lot of us have been squandered. the entire world has supported black economic empowerment in south africa and yes it is necessary to find a rich to chew shouldn't for the sins of the past but what people also have to recognize is that like a demonic empowerment has just become a fig leaf to cover corruption it sounds moral it sounds good people don't want to be against it but it really is just a number 11 hind which a lot of corruption is he really cape town and the western cape province are contro

pledged to clear out corruption he replaced zuma last year when he was ousted from the ruling a.n.c. party so you are denies all the allegations against him. been a subject of. talk in this country for. more than dick. i've been vilified. cuban of. course about. how tossers our correspondent following events force in johannesburg already zuma has spoken and continues to speak he's coming out fighting. is putting up a fight is now time for the question and answer session lawyers are asking jacob zuma to elaborate more on some of the things he said earlier in the day he was 1st asked to speak more about this conspiracy theory he says is in place to try and get rid of him zuma said that the conspiracy has been around from the 1990 s. he says intelligence groups one foreign and one local have been trying over the years to poison him to kill him and he alleges that all these corruption scandals that have been dogging him for all these years are part of this conspiracy theory to remove him earlier he was asked to explain his relationship with the gutters that while the indian family and he says

pledge to clear out corruption he replaced zuma last year when he was ousted from the governing a.n.c. party zuma denies all the allegations against him i've been a subject of. talk in this country for. more than a tick. i've been vilified and too. keen of. correspondent in johannesburg welcome back to the news a lot is being said today about the family walk us through what they were saying. what a lot of time was spent talking about the gov't as jacob zuma was accused of using his influence back when he was president to help them set up a news paper it's alleged that he made a phone call to a government official a transcript of their conversations in algeria in the commission and it illegitimate zuma said this to this government official my brother they are these gupta guys who need to me to if you need your help please help them zuma was in our sort of spontaneous and he said i don't remember making this call it might have happened he didn't deny being friends with the doctors and he said of his family are in contact with the governor's but he said no law has ever been broken he did night

835000 donna campaign donation a payment was made to his 27000 campaign for the leadership of the a.n.c. party ukrainians are voting in this not parliamentary election president vadim is an end ski dismissed spawn a man following his landslide victory 2 months ago the 41 year old is a young as kosovo leader that his newly created adi is predicted to win nearly half the vote with young m.p.'s in parliament for the 1st time to push for change valentyn yet professor of political science at the national university of. cademy says more inexperienced politicians in parliament what do you crane's troubles. it is kind of a 3rd round of elections we had 2 rounds of presidential elections which ended in 73 support of the new president valid email to zelinsky and now he's party servant of the people wants to get also huge support probably less than 50 percent but still it will be able to be a high general in ukrainian political system really people of ukraine trust in him a lot we need to have peace in the east resolve the issue of separatists movements in the east we need to find a viable compromise wit

they insist that this is the kangaroo court they say this is a case of people within the ruling a.n.c. party different factions emerging trying to kind of subjective zuma and his supporters allegations of course denied by people from that particular faction but all eyes of course are on this hearing how is that going to pan out is zuma going to testify and if he does testify who is he going to implicate in the corruption scandals and as we can see in the live picture of that hearing now underway for the time being here with us i thank you for that update from johannesburg. where doctors have confirmed the 1st case of the ebola virus in a major city in the democratic republic of congo gomer's home to a 1000000 people experts are concerned the virus could spread quickly in the densely populated area close to the border with rwanda virus has killed almost a $1700.00 victims since the low.

a.n.c. my own party. i was called in by a senior member of the a.n.c. is national executive council he said to me look angry this is a battle you cannot win because this money the brides we used to fund our 999 election. and almost immediately i'm asked to make a statement to the press that says there's nothing to investigate. it's all over. and i looked at him last said no it's not. i won't be able to live with myself. if i stop this investigation but at the same time i'm also realizing. that this is the end of my political career. the heads of government of the sales people in chief of their countries large arms contractors. and this is the template used by large defense contractors around the world. companies might be another me sort of effect to be part of a government but they're effectively above the law corruption is not merely a dirty little detail on top of the arms trade it's actually in a lot of cases what drives the international arms trade many of these deals would not happen if they did not provide opportunities for personal enrichment i w

a.n.c. the governing party is basically split in 2 major factions you have the one of the current president who is portrayed as somebody who wants to clean up his own party and then you have affection of people zuma and people around him who are trying to keep the status quo and the outcomes and findings of this commission will basically have a strong impact on the followers ship of jacob zuma just people ok now assuming it's not legally required to appear at this in korea and has no process sure tauriel powers as you mentioned so why did he choose to do so. well there was a long back and forth before that his lawyers actually asked for the questions to be handed to him before his appearing the commission refused to must bill decided to show up and as i said most likely to clear up his name because remember there's really strong allegations on the table against him reaching from using state money to build his private residence then there's a lot of allegations when it comes to an arms deal where he was. missed but the claims are that he was involved in to that and also there's a lot of stor

a.n.c. my own party. i was called in by a senior member of the a.n.c. is national executive council he said to me look angry this is a battle you cannot win because this money the bribes we used to fund our 999 election. and almost immediately i'm asked to make a statement to the press that says there's nothing to investigate. so it's all over . and i looked at him last said no it's not. i won't be able to live with myself. if i stop this investigation but at the same time i'm also realizing. that this is the end of my political career. the heads of government of the sales people in chief of their countries large arms contractors. and this is the template used by large defense contractors around the world. companies might be another me sort of effect to be part of a government but they're effectively above the law corruption is not merely a dirty little detail on top of the arms trade it's actually in a lot of cases what drives the international arms trade many of these deals would not happen if they did not provide opportunities for personal enrichment

a.n.c. my own party. i was called in by a senior member of the n.c.s. national executive council he said to me look angry this is a battle you cannot win because this money the brides we used to fund our 999 election. and almost immediately i'm asked to make a statement to the press that says there's nothing to investigate. it's all over. and i looked at him last said no it's not. i won't be able to live with myself. if i stop this investigation but at the same time i'm also realizing. that this is the end of my political career. the heads of government of the sales people in chief of their countries large arms contractors. and this is the template used by large defense contractors around the world. companies might be a lot of the sort of effect to be part of a government but they're effectively above the law corruption is not merely a dirty little detail on top of the arms trade it's actually in a lot of cases what drives the international arms trade many of these deals would not happen if they did not provide opportunities for personal enrichment i wo

a.n.c. and on those terms actually i think he was quite successful in terms of driving a wedge was his desire inside the party and so i think you have to treat him very carefully and ultimately a lot of this stuff is internally focused within the a.n.c. and that internal focus means that they can be distractions from dealing with some of the big issues the structural forms yes so he's exactly great to talk to pisa many thanks for being with us and counting the cost of. the rock imports $12000000000.00 worth of iranian gas and goods every year while baghdad has a 3 month waiver from washington to continue buying iranian exports that are concerns about the economic impact for both nations once sanctions kick in already many iranian kurds are crossing. the border to find walk in northern iraq we have 2 reports for you in a moment asama been job it in baghdad on fears that ending imports could push up prices but 1st a touch of going to reports from a bill in the kurdish region where the common language makes it easier for a rainy and money for their families back home. each room shot from gardy wallpapers is brin

a.n.c. and on those terms actually i think he was quite successful in terms of driving a wedge was his desire inside the party and so i think you have to treat him very carefully and ultimately a lot of this stuff is internally focused within the a.n.c. and that internal focus means that they can be distractions from dealing with some of the big issues the structural forms yes always except for a great story to pieces many thanks for being with us and counting the cost. our iraq imports $12000000000.00 worth of iranian gas and goods every year while. baghdad has a 3 month waiver from washington to continue buying iranian exports there are concerns about the economic impact for both nations once sanctions kick in already many iranian could see a crossing the border to find work in northern iraq we have 2 reports for you in a moment a sullivan job it is in baghdad on fears that ending imports could push up prices but 1st a touch of going to reports from a bill in the kurdish region where the common language makes it easier for a rainy and kurds to earn money for their families back home. each room gardy wallpap

a.n.c. and on those terms actually i think he was quite successful in terms of driving a wedge was his desire inside the party and so i think you have to treat him very carefully and ultimately a lot of this stuff is internally focused within the a.n.c. and that internal focus means that they can be distractions from dealing with some of the big issues the structural forms yes the easy great to talk to pieces many thanks for being with us and counting the cost. to our iraq imports $12000000000.00 worth of iranian gas and goods every year while baghdad has a 3 month waiver from washington to continue buying iranian exports that are concerns about the economic impact for both nations once sanctions kick in already . many iranian could cross in the border to find walk in northern iraq we have 2 reports for you in a moment asama been job it in baghdad on fears that ending imports could push up prices but 1st a touch of going to reports from a bill in the kurdish region where the common language makes it easier for a rainy and kurds to earn money for their families back home. each room shot from gardy wallpapers i

a.n.c. and on those terms actually i think he was quite successful in terms of driving a wedge was his desire inside the party and so i think you have to treat him very carefully and ultimately a lot of this stuff is internally focused within the a.n.c. and that internal focus means that they can be distractions from dealing with some of the big issues the structural forms yes so easy great to talk to pieces many thanks for being with us and counting the cost. of our iraq imports $12000000000.00 worth of iranian gas and goods every year while. baghdad has a 3 month waiver from washington to continue buying iranian exports there are concerns about the economic impact for both nations once sanctions kick in already many iranian could see a crossing the border to find work in northern iraq we have 2 reports for you in a moment asama been job it in baghdad on fears that ending imports could push up prices but 1st a touch of going to reports from a bill in the kurdish region where the common language makes it easier for a rainy and kurds to earn money for their families back home. each room gardy wallpapers is bri

a.n.c. who we know are many to go after his continued leadership of the party the public protector's verdict means that i'm up or so i will have to declare all donations to his campaign within.

the african national congress many people have lost faith in the ruling party even those who are longtime supporters of the a.n.c. certainly under the administration of president zuma are and the increasing evidence at the time of great capture of the extent to which corruption had pervaded the public service became very disenchanted with the and see if a gargantuan task of almost around because that and his allies to try and rebuild trust in the party but it's also a huge challenge to rebuild what is now essentially a real knight but it's not essentially a very very divided party it's a party that was always a broad church of interests and the issues of corruption and state capture have really shown clear cleavage is within its political framework whether the center can hold or not is of course the big question rebel mr m. oppose that can succeed in the self declared mission to reunite the party remains to be seen i would be interesting to see how things develop thank you so much for speaking to us great great to get your thoughts on this i should be joining us now from johannesburg. plenty more ahead on this a

a.n.c. and on those terms actually i think he was quite successful in terms of driving a wedge was his desire inside the party and so i think you have to treat him very carefully and ultimately a lot of this stuff is internally focused within the a.n.c. and that internal focus means that they can be distractions from dealing with some of the big issues the structural forms yes so easy great to talk to pieces many thanks for being with us and counting the cost. of our iraq imports $12000000000.00 worth of iranian gas and goods every year while.

a.n.c. and on those terms actually i think he was quite successful in terms of driving a wedge was his desire inside the party and so i think you have to treat him very carefully and ultimately a lot of this stuff is internally focused within the a.n.c. and that internal focus means that they can be distractions from dealing with some of the big issues the structural forms the u.s. always except through great to talk to pieces many thanks for being with us and counting the cost. per rock imports $12000000000.00 worth of iranian gas and goods every year while baghdad has a 3 month waiver from washington to continue buying iranian exports that are concerns about the economic impact for both nations once sanctions kick in already many iranian kurds are crossing the.

a.n.c. who we know are many to go after his continued leadership of the party the public protector's verdict means that i'm up or so i will have to declare all donations to his campaign within 30 days the president says he'll study the report and make a decision on any further action corruption continues to be an issue the governing african national congress is battling not only is president so. from a process facing a scandal of his own his predecessor president jacob zuma is appearing somewhat say reluctantly before a commission of inquiry into state corruption during his 9 years in office zuma concluded his 4th day of testimony after withdrawing from proceedings saying he was being treated unfairly but later said he would return to the witness stand while solved africans are looking for answers the promise of a corruption free south africa appears to be elusive leader mullah al jazeera pretoria south africa. joining us now from gauteng province is caleb olga point he has a political science professor at the university of south africa thank you very much for speaking to us on the news out

a.n.c. who we know are many to go after his continued leadership of the party the public protector's verdict means that i'm up or so i will have to declare all donations to his campaign within 30 days the president says he'll study the report and make a decision on any further action corruption continues to be an issue the governing african national congress is battling not only is president facing a scandal of his own his predecessor president jacob zuma is appearing some would say reluctantly before a commission of inquiry into state corruption during his 9 years in all. zuma concluded his 4th day of testimony often withdrawing from proceedings saying he was being too done fairly but later said he would return to the witness stand while sob africans are looking for answers the promise of a corruption free self africa appears to be elusive. al-jazeera pretoria south africa. thousands of algerians have returned to the streets once again to demand a change of government. it's the 22nd week since the protests began across the country the demonstrations led to president under which if he is res

a.n.c. i don't those terms actually i think he was quite successful in terms of driving a wedge was his desire inside the party and so i think you have to treat him very carefully and ultimately a lot of this stuff is internally focused within the a.n.c. and that internal focus means that they can be distractions from dealing with some of the big issues the structural forms yes so he's except for a great to talk to pisa many thanks for being with us and counting the cost of. the rock imports $12000000000.00 worth of iranian gas and goods every year while baghdad has a 3 month waiver from washington to continue buying iranian exports that are concerns about the economic impact for both nations once sanctions kick in already . many iranian could see a crossing the border to find walk in northern iraq we have 2 reports for you in a moment a solid and job is in baghdad on fears that ending imports could push up prices but 1st a touch of going to reports from a bill in the kurdish region where the common language makes it easier for a rainy and kurds to earn money for their families back home. each room shot from g

a.n.c. who we know are many to go after his continued leadership of the party the public protector's verdict means that i'm up or so i will have to declare all donations to his campaign within 30 days the president says he'll study the report and make a decision on any further action corruption continues to be an issue the governing african national congress is battling not only is president flew. facing a scandal of his own his predecessor president jacob zuma is appearing somewhat say reluctantly before a commission of inquiry into state corruption during his 9 years in office zuma concluded his 4th day of testimony after withdrawing from proceedings saying he was being treated unfairly but later said he would return to the witness stand while so africans are looking for answers the promise of a corruption free south africa appears to be elusive leader mullah al-jazeera pretoria south africa taiwan's president says her government will consider granting asylum to protesters from hong kong based on humanitarian concerns saying when was responding to reports that a group fighting a controvers

a.n.c. who we know are many to go after his continued leadership of the party the public protector's verdictmeans that i'm up or so i will have to declare all donations to his campaign within 30 days the president says he'll study the report and make a decision on any further action corruption continues to be an issue the governing african national congress is battling not only is president facing a scandal of his own his predecessor president jacob zuma is appearing some would say reluctantly.

a.n.c. who we know are many to go after his continued leadership of the party the public protector's verdict means that i'm up or so i will have to declare all donations to his campaign within 30 days the president says he'll study the report and make a decision on any further action corruption continues to be an issue the governing african national congress is battling not only is president flew. facing a scandal of his own his predecessor president jacob zuma is appearing some would say reluctantly before a commission of inquiry into state corruption during his 9 years in office zuma concluded his 4th day of testimony after withdrawing from proceedings saying he was being treated unfairly but later said he would return to the witness stand while south africans are looking for answers the promise of a corruption free south africa appears to be elusive for leader mullah al-jazeera pretoria south africa. to lebanon now where the sunni political establishment is concerned that constitutional powers given to the prime minister being undermined by politicians allied to rob the prime minister's p