ok well we're joined live in the program by ashraf garda the co-founder of the champion scythe africa movement and welcome you are sir the elections being called the most crucial since nineteen ninety four that's when the n.c. first came to power the one election after election after election why is this year so significant. it's significant because it could well be the first time the ruling party this won every election since one thousand nine hundred four may well lose hold of the election that means either gets below fifty and be voted out of power or get very close to that and have to form a coalition with another party to stay in power so that is the is the key significant point it also signifies a very definite break from this long twenty five year period where many south africans i think justifiably so felt that this party of they also mandela brought us freedom and therefore deserved all the support basically what i'm saying is people south africans now are far more critical of accountability of the ruling party than they were say the previous ten years some of those critical

a limb has come under fire for stoking racial tensions during his campaigning this time around ashraf garda again says the candidates charged slogans come close to crossing the line. of course speaks a very nonracial line on the one hand but he makes no bones about the fact that he's there to serve the black masses the black this and franchise masses and i think that's absolutely understandable but he's still very close to the wind in making certain comments of the latest one about the seat at the front table i understand the imagery the reality is it could well drum up people to believe literally that's what he means if we don't sit with you we destroy the table and that in a racially charged environment is unacceptable more so as we know on election day. this is about see from his biggest telecoms is all new trial accused of driving its employees to take their own lives long not after the break. so the currency is in freefall there is no gold standard and there's no way to reconcile the something in the world as every other country is competing it's a race to the bottom at the same time i

the lamest come under fire for stoking racial tensions during his campaigning this time around ashraf garda again says the candidates charged slogans come close to crossing the line. well and of course speaks of very nonracial lying on the one hand but he makes no bones about the fact that he's there to serve the black masses the black this and franchise masses that i think that's absolutely understandable but he's still very close to the wind in making certain comments of the latest one about the seat at the front table i understand the imagery the reality is it could well drum up people to believe literally that's what he means if we don't sit with you we destroy the table and that in a racially charged environment is unacceptable more so as we know on election day. so let's go back to our top story then and the iran nuclear deal which is in danger of unraveling after the u.s. pulled out and the left in something of a wavering position now iran is threatening to dial back on some of its commitments to we're going to get reaction now from cover for c obviously an expert on iranian foreign

the name has come under fire for stoking racial tensions during his campaigning this time around ashraf garda again says the candidates charged slogans come close to crossing the line. of course speaks of very non racial lines on the one hand but he makes no bones about the fact that he is there to serve the black masses the black this and franchise masses and i think that's absolutely understandable but he's still very close to the wind in making certain comments of the latest one about the seat at the front table i understand the imagery the reality is it could well drum up people to believe literally that's what he means if we don't sit with you we destroy the table and that in a racially charged environment is unacceptable more so as we know on election day. plus a slam turkey's decision to rerun the merrill election in the country's biggest city istanbul the turkish president's party lost at sea there last month now the top diplomat among others in europe have stressed that the blocks good relations with turkey are based on core principles. ensuring a free and transparent election proces

left economic freedom fighters who are expected to double their votes since the last election ashraf garda the co-founder of the champion south africa movement says the incumbent president is being given a second chance. it could well be the first sign of the ruling party this one every election since one thousand nine hundred four may well lose hold of the election that means either gets below fifty and be voted out of power or get very close to that and have to form a coalition with another party to stay in power so that is the is the key significant point if the former president of the a.n.c. or the government of south africa president zuma at the time was still in power i would. you know i'm almost certain the sea of old would fall below fifty percent we've had now the deputy former deputy president still in a pause as the president he was the choice ironically of nelson mandela to be the present of the country all those years ago there's a sense that people are going to give him a chance to see if we can fix up the problems of the party now the point you've raised is not something bei