charged with fraud corruption and money laundering he is the secretary general of the ruling african national congress from a to militias live for us in johannesburg the media just tell us what happened in court this morning. well the appearance was in the bloom from tain magistrates court and it was very much procedural 10 accused appear really appeared related to this as best as case that goes back about 6 years and that's when there was a contract appointed to a joint venture that was meant to identify homes in the free state province it had as business roofing we do know now that as best as is not the best option in terms of keeping people safe it's known to cause illness and this is why this particular project was looked at to try and change the roofing of homes in the in this province and a $15000000.00 contract was awarded to this joint venture but according to the case that's been brought against a smuggler who is the secretary general of the african national congress back then he was the premier of the free state province money from that contract was instead looted very little work was done a

and in the greatest significance of what's happened today is just how it reflects on the african national congress the governing party in south africa and how it views what the former president has done we do know that the top 6 leadership of the a.n.c. had planned to see the former president to compel him to appear at the commission but this really is symbolic of the divisions within that party and its fight against corruption if the former president says their t.'s rights are being impeded on that he's been vilified that this is propaganda and there's a political agenda there are also many people who sympathize with him and said that he does want to appear at the commission with swelling with his rights at the same time he's not here to a summons which was issued by the commission and also previously the constitutional court had said he should appear at the commission and not doing that was undermining the law so we would have to wait to see what the constitutional court says next to to see whether or not zuma does continues to defy the commission as the commissioner zonda had said he is doing o

regime was a start opponent of neo colonialism recall that it was a major supporter of the african national congress under nelson mandela when the time they said was back in the apartheid regime along with this nato friends speaking of france and britain in the 1st instance so all one can say is that imperialism was victorious and libya the people of africa were defeated what lessons she think have been learned from this end. well one lesson we should learn here in the united states is to have more principled progressive and less experienced leaders i think also that the international community has to learn a lesson because there was a united nations resolution that authorized this heretical attack on khadafi and so in some ways the members of the united nations particularly the security council have blood on their hands for basically acquiescing to their rather transparent threadbare rationale that the united nations should authorize an intervention to stop human rights violations which fundamentally were not occur like a charity could to get your analysis and thoughts on this that was the author a

that the former president does have support this is an issue that is divided the governing african national congress we do know that a top leaders of the governing party is due to see the former president to try and compel him to attend the commission but this is really a battle that that party is facing in terms of the allegations leaders within its party the party itself is facing and what it does next and how it appears to south africans how the a.n.c. is trying to battle corruption ok thank you so much from it i'm a lawyer for that update from johannesburg. police in haiti have fought with protesters demanding the resignation of president john l. movies officers fired tear gas and rubber bullets and demonstrators who threw rocks and set fire to vehicles always has been in a power struggle with his opponents who say his term ended a week ago but the president says he still has a year left in office the supporters of jailed russian opposition leader like scent of all the ignored police warnings they held vigils across the country they used valentine's day to bring attention to his imprisonment but

the ban on the african national congress is lifted immediately, and the anc leader, nelson mandela, is three, two, one... a countdown - to a critical moment. the world's most powerful rocket ignited all 27 - of its engines at once. and apart from its power, it's this recycling of the rocket, l slashing the cost of a launch, l that makes this a breakthrough in the business| of space travel. two americans have become the first humans to walk in space without any lifeline to their spaceship. one of them called it "a piece of cake". thousands of people have given the yachtswoman ellen macarthur a spectacular homecoming in the cornish port of falmouth after she smashed the world record for sailing solo around the world non—stop. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: the military in myanmar has confirmed it carried out a coup, and declared a state of emergency for at least one year. the country's de facto leader aung san sui kyi has been detained. this move follows weeks of complaints by the military over alleged fraud in last november's general election, in which ms suu kyi's national lea

the ban on the african national congress is lifted immediately, and the anc leader, nelson mandela, isnally. ..four, three, two, one... a countdown - to a critical moment. the world's most powerful rocket ignited all 27 - of its engines at once. and apart from its power, it's this recycling of the rocket, l slashing the cost of a launch, l that makes this a breakthrough in the business| of space travel. two americans have become the first humans to walk in space without any lifeline to their spaceship. one of them called it "a piece of cake". thousands of people have given the yachtswoman ellen macarthur a spectacular homecoming in the cornish port of falmouth after she smashed the world record for sailing solo around the world non—stop. this is bbc world news. the latest headlines: an apparent military coup is underway in myanmar. the country's de facto leader aung san sui kyi has been detained. the military complained about alleged irregularities in last november's election, but at the weekend promised to abide by the country's constitution. simon adams is the executive director— sim

the ban on the african national congress is lifted immediately, and the anc leader, nelson mandela, is, two, one... a countdown - to a critical moment. the world's most powerful rocket ignited all 27 - of its engines at once. and apart from its power, it's this recycling of the rocket, l slashing the cost of a launch, l that makes this a breakthrough in the business| of space travel. two americans have become the first humans to walk in space without any lifeline to their spaceship. one of them called it "a piece of cake". thousands of people have given the yachtswoman ellen macarthur a spectacular homecoming in the cornish port of falmouth after she smashed the world record for sailing solo around the world non—stop. this is bbc world news. the latest headlines: the military in myanmar has confirmed it carried out a coup, and declared a state of emergency for at least one year. the country's de facto leader aung san sui kyi has been detained. this move follows weeks of complaints by the military over alleged fraud in last november's general election, in which ms suu kyi's national lea

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mean the greatest significance of what's happened today is just how with reflects on the african national congress the governing party in south africa and how it views what the former president has done we do know that the top 6 leadership of the a.n.c. had planned to see the former president to compel him to appear at the commission but this really is symbolic of the divisions within that party and its fight against corruption if the former president says that his rights are being impeded on that he's being vilified that this is propaganda and there's a political agenda they also many people who sympathize with him and said that he does want to appear at the commission with well what is right at the same time he's not here to a summons which was issued by the commission and also previously the constitutional court had said he should appear at the commission and not doing that was undermining the law so we would have to wait to see what the constitutional court says next to to see whether or not zuma does continues to defy the commission as the commissioners under had said he is doing or if he mai

things that's interesting about looking at women in congress and african-american women in congress is seeing the role -- seeing the role on the national stage. and we have a couple of artifacts here that really illustrate that. here's a cover of "ebony" magazine from 1969 right when shirley chisholm first took office. and she's on the cover. and really it says new faces in congress, ms. shirley chisholm is first black woman on capitol hill. and she, like many other members of congress, really become important national figures, particularly in the african-american press. for example, right around the time when the congressional black caucus is created, "ebony" magazine is able to put a lot of folks on the cover as that's created. and it really becomes an important caucus, important issues-based group. but each of these individual people become important in different ways to different communities. yvonne burke is here seen on the cover of "jet" twice, once in the 1960s when it says, woman who may become congresswoman, and she does not become congresswoman in 1967. but a little bit later on, she does, is elected to congress and very much

the things that is interesting, about looking at women in congress, an african american woman in congress, is that seeing the role on the national stage. and we have a couple of artifacts here, and that really does illustrate that. and here is the cover of ebony magazine. and that is from 1969. right when surely chisholm first took office. she is on the cover, and really it's his new faces some new faces of congress. and she's the first woman it on capitol hill. and she like many other members of congress, would become important national figures especially in african american press. and for example, right around the time when the black caucus is created, and the magazine is able to put a lot a folks on the cover, as that is created but and it is an important caucus, and an important issues based group. but each of these individual people become important in different ways to different communities. and here when you see this it's like women who may become congresswomen, and she does not belong to become a congresswoman, but a little bit later on, she does a and she is elected to congress. and she shows up on the covers of lots of

the biggest debates is african-american suffrage nationally but also specifically in washington, d.c., because that was a place the federal government controlled. so if congress wanted -- and the republicans in congress wanted to give african-americans the right to vote, they couldn't necessarily do that in south carolina or massachusetts without passing a constitutional amendment. but they could do it in washington, d.c., and a group of abolitionists led by frederick douglass met with andrew johnson talking about suffrage broadly throughout the nation but also in washington, d.c. frederick douglass thought the meeting had gone fairly well. him and the delegation left and afterward, just after they left, johnson was reported by a couple of the people at the meeting to have said this about frederick douglass. those blank sons of blank thought they had me in a trap. i know that blank douglass. he's just like any other blank and would sooner cut a white man's throat than not. pretty explicit, right? maybe it's just a one-off? well, congress voted to give african-americans the right to vote in 1866. johnson vetoes it. he's explained -- this is his words, johnson

african american pioneers and institutions, including william edward burkehart and lincoln hughes and rosa parks, alex walker and toni morrison, and the naacp, and first pan-african congress. february is now nationally recognized as black history month. and at the san francisco board of supervisors we recognize february as black history month and we commit to reparations and policies that improve the lives of black people in this city. the second resolution is in response and support of the biden administration announcing that they are speeding up the process to place harriet tubman on the u.s. $20 bill. i would like to also thank my co-sponsors, supervisors ronen, melgar, stefani, chan and mar. this has been a long time coming. the harriet tubman proposal for the $20 bill was announced in 2016, from the obama administration, and purposely delayed by the last administration. harriet tubman, born in 1822 as a slave, later escaped slavery and is recognized as a symbol of freedom and as a revolutionary historical figure for her brave acts of freeing people from their enslavement. from underground railroads to serving as the first woman to lead an armed exhibition in the more than civil war, to leading

african-americans initiated the process of their own epace. they forced themselves on to the national agenda by refusing to stand by on the sidelines and they helped to shift opinion helping to push congress and lincoln to see the military necessity of having the kind of vision that african-americans had for seeing the war as a war of liberation, so by the time the war ended, there were 500,000 former enslaved people who had interceded, ran away, who were military workers, who were spies, scouts, worked on plantations that were turned into free labor experiments. there were another 186,000 or so who were -- who served in the army, the navy, and then there were 2 million to 3 million who blaisically remained on the plantations in cities and town, as i say, and the some of them were more basically helping to undermine the innings tuesdays where they were, so president lincoln had to be persuaded over the course of the war to embrace emancipation. he promised at the outset not to deal with slavery but this was crucial to winning the war so by 1862 lincoln began to see the emancipation in these terms. the union army wasn't doing as well or winning as soundly or quickly. he understood how afri

nationally or african americans issues. and, there's also a similar part to the story in terms of how the groups are integrated into congress overtime. there is a pioneering generation that has to work their way into the institution. there's generally a long apprenticeship phase where they gain seniority, get on committees and work their way up into leadership. and then there's kind of a mature integration phase and that usually happens when there is a critical pounds of enough members to create in issues topic drivers legislative an agenda. but in many aspects, and this story is really distinct from women and african americans. for one thing, it's a story that stretches back to 1822 to joseph marion hernandez, our first hispanic american in congress. so it's a century -- half century before we see african americans in congress. and, really the early part of the story is driven by american foreign policy, expansion, continentally and then globally. the acquisition of from spain, and the louisiana purchase, the annexation of texas, the warwick through mexico in 1848, the spanish american war, the first century is also about

african american pioneers and institutions including william edward burkehart and lincoln hughes and rosa parks alex walker and toni morrison and the naacp, and first pan-african congress. february is now nationally recognized as brake brake black history month. and at the san francisco board of supervisors we recognize february as black history month and we commit to reparations and policies that improve the lives of black people in this city. the second resolution is in response and support of the biden administration announcing that they are speeding up the process to place harriet tubman on the u.s. $20 bill. i would like to also thank my co-sponsors supervisors ronen melgar stefani chan and mar. this has been a long time coming. the harriet tubman proposal for the $20 bill was announced in 2016 from the obama administration, and purposely delayed by the last administration. harriet tubman born in 1822 as a slave later escaped slavery and is recognized as a symbol of freedom and as a revolutionary historical figure for her brave acts of freeing people from their enslavement. from underground railroads to serving as the first woman to lead an armed exhibition in the more than civil war to lead

it shouldn't be lost on anyone, you know, on january 6th, congress was about to name the first african-american vice president in our nation's it. >> you know, donna, just reading it is so jarring, and i think in 30 years or 50 years, when the history of the trump era is written, there will be a lot of ways to describe just how bad it was, but one of them will be, he was sued under the 1871 kkk act statute. >> yeah, i mean, i think it is really striking, but the thing for me, nicole, is that i really don't feel like -- feel as though we have really fully litigated the legacy of the civil war, and i think that we've been able to see that over the course of donald trump's presidency and what has been, you know, what's come out during that -- during that presidency, that has enabled some of these groups like the proud boys and the oath keepers and the vitriol that we've seen. it's allowed that to foment, and i think that's a direct legacy of our history, and i think it's appropriate. good for the naacp and for bennie thompson for using this statute, and i think there will be other members of congress who will join in and i thin

and 20000 children of african-american descent aided the union army in saving this country on white national hatred and destruction. "after words" a very grateful president and congressquickly acted to reward them service with previously denied acts of justice and it granted 48 to them a mule and passing strong civil rights legislation and three, constitutional amendment. fast-forward to november of last year as the acts of generate six proof, the democratic party again helped save america from white national, patriots and destruction paid is now time for this 117 congress to be as justice rendering as the reconstruction congress. passing hr 40 on the way to full reparations and [inaudible] we will be victorious, many thanks to this community -- committee. >> mr. howard, thank you for that powerful testimony for it i am delighted now to yield to our next witness, liz she's assistant research and advocate at the u.s. program of human rights watch and leading domestic research and advocacy on reparations and justice as well as human rights around the world. most recent research endeavor the conditions of her faith of inequality and structural violence stemming from the

war 200,000 men and 40,000 women and 20,000 children of african descent saved this country from white and national destruction. afterwards the congressacted to reduce service. order 15 pass strong civil rights legislation and three constitutional amendments. looking back to november of last year as the act janer six proof blacks again help save america from white national hatred and destruction bridge now time for this country to be -- as the reconstruction congress. on the way to full reparations. together we will -- many thanks to this committee. >> mr. howard thank you for that very powerful testimony. i'm delighted now to yield to our next witness ms. heath assist in and advocate for the u.s. program of human rights leading domestic research and advocacy on reparations and justice as well as human rights around the world. her recent research and conditions of pervasive inequality andr structural violence stemming from the 1921 massacre of which we commemorate 100 years this year prior to joining human rights watch worked as an assistant to the director and counsel the brennan center in washington d.c. and was a researcher at the

africans that have felt the sting of the disparities. they continue to feel that sting. now more than ever the facts and circumstances facing our nation demonstrate the importance of hr-40. >> every congresse black descendents of enslaved people ever since the late congressman john conyers first introduced it more than three decades ago. and every congress has failed to pass it. now we're not talking about, you know, actual reparations, just a study. advocates are saying this is the year it could be passed. following the issues of floyd, it passed we will be one step closer to addressing the wrongs against african-americans. joining us is erica alexander and whitney dow. they are the co-host of a new podcast reparations, the big payback. i love it. i love both of you guys. thank you so much for being here. erica, i'll start with you. the big payback. >> thank you. >> okay. why are you doing this -- why are you doing this podcast and what do you think it will change? >> because of covid-19, because of george floyd, because of aubrey, because of the insurrection, because of poverty. you know, i can go on. but i he tell you, it's a sign of the times that we're able to talk about reparation a