cape town and the western cape province are controlled by the democratic alliance or da party while the national government is in the hands of the a.n.c. . for years the da and the women who occupy top posts in cape town were an irritant to president jacob zuma who stepped down in the face of corruption allegations in 2018 the information that i have is that in 20. 2013 it was a meeting held and that meeting was held in the bottom in research and i have a source in that meeting that they gave me the initial meeting and in that meeting the discussion watch. how do we deal with helen zille or how do we deal with with with additional because patricia the low was blowing the whistle on the arms deal and helen zille or had just been been appointed the premier and she was making a huge noise about this about but i age so i depute of time in the bottom when rules had a decision was made to simply weaponize water and they decided at that point in time that they going to turn water into a tour in india to weapon to teach to teach they did the d.n.a. listen to particularly those 2 to one. of the

since the threat of daisy roll emerged all of south africa has been concerned about cape town but in the current asemi desert just a few 100 kilometers away an equally dramatic scenarios development. hundreds of farm workers in the town of sutherland are fighting for their livelihoods analysts estimate that the drought and the water crisis are costing the farming sector 300000 jobs. and. south africa's biggest aid organisation has stepped in to assist the drought stricken farmers although the government ought to help it's the gift of the givers foundation that is providing relief in the form of groceries and fodder for the livestock. the farmers in this region provide a 3rd of south africa's meat supply and produce the world famous car a lamb. the problems of a sutherland farmers in danger food security and the whole country. with a difficult thing looking for long term growth of what i had all for new grazing under meantime while the great thing about taking place they don't want to believe that. many of the large scale farms in this area have been family owned for generations but mo

i was thinking of marching for peace right in the cape town township of man. in charge. karim adams these daily demonstrations have become a disappointing ritual he's lived here for almost 50 years and says the level of violence nowadays has never been so bet's father to 5 children adams worries about their future none of us feel safe in this is in this environment. goes. through. this a lot of innocent people that said. the residents have been organizing these protests on a daily basis for 2 months now but nothing much has happened since then. adams shows us around his township manenberg has been considered. area for many years but in recent months violence has escalated with several gangs involved in the brutal battle over drugs and power this is still limited considered to be in the it's a. there's no there's been she was. so it's really straight they divided the terrorists yeah. the goal of. both gangs reached a truce but it didn't last long just a few days ago shootouts took place and a man was killed. the protesters express their solidarity with the victim's mother

police in cape town has struggled to reach a deadly gang violence in parts of the city known as cape flats as an area that has been hunting black brown south africans since the apartheid era the situation in the flats is now so bad the soldiers in armored cars are on patrol to help restore order the units of the south african national defense force began rolling into 10 precincts on july 18th as part of a 3 month deployment called operation prosper it's hoped that the army's presence will give overworked police breathing space to investigate crimes but detectives have an overwhelming caseload 43 people were murdered across cape flats in the weekend preceeding the deployment here's what residents said as soldiers rolled in . but really. they are you. and i want to thank the government will make good this isn't really the because on me the children people starting every day on. this new thing that is if. you. find another place to be. too much. to reach. for more in this situation we are joined from cape town sponsored from st by henrietta abrams she is a community and social justice a

police in cape town have struggled to reach deadly gang violence in parts of the city known as cape flats as an area that has been home to black brown south africans since the apartheid era the situation in the flats is now so bad the soldiers in armored cars are on patrol to help restore order the units of the south african national defense force began rolling into 10 precincts on july 18th as part of a 3 month deployment called operation prosper it's hoped that the army's presence will give overworked police breathing space to investigate crimes but detectives have an overwhelming caseload 43 people were murdered across cape flats in the weekend preceeding the deployment here's what residents said as soldiers rolled in. but really i think that they are you know the army are you know and i want to thank the government will make a good decision. the because on me the children people studying every day on our streets that this new thing that. i feel like i should. find another place to be. too much. to reach. for more in this situation we are joined from cape town spawn to hopeful sent by

for years police in cape town have struggled to reach a deadly gang violence in parts of the city known as cape flats as an area that has been hunting black brown south africans since the apartheid era the situation in the flats is now so bad the soldiers in armored cars are on patrol to help restore order the units of the south african national defense force began rolling into 10 precincts on july 18th as part of a 3 month deployment called operation prosper it's hoped that the army's presence will give overworked police breathing space to investigate crimes but detectives have an overwhelming caseload $43.00 people were murdered across cape flats in the weekend preceding the deployment here's what residents said as soldiers rolled in. they are yeah oh me oh yeah. and i want to thank the government for my good decision. the because on me the children people studying every day i don't study this new thing that is a pretty. surprising is we. feel like i should move from. find another place to be. and then i don't want to make my temperature too much. to eat even. for more on this situati

for years police in cape town have struggled to reach a deadly gang violence in parts of the city known as cape flats as an area that has been home to black brown south africans since the apartheid era the situation in the flats is now so bad the soldiers in armored cars are on patrol to help restore order the units of the south african national defense force began rolling into 10 precincts on july 18th as part of a 3 month deployment called operation prosper it's hoped that the army's presence will give overworked police breathing space to investigate crimes but detectives have an overwhelming caseload $43.00 people were murdered across cape flats in the weekend preceeding the deployment here's what residents said as soldiers rolled in i'm not really. a oh yeah oh me oh yeah. and i want to thank the government will make a good decision. the because on me the children people studying every day i don't study this new thing that is if. it's from cities we. feel like i should. find another place to be. too much. to eat even. so low in this situation we are joined from cape towels from st b

to be a correspondent adrienne chris reporting for us from cape town thank you ira. and football tonight is the final in the africa cup of nations senegal has a chance to win their 1st ever football title the lions of tauranga are the slight favorites against algeria but the algerian team has already defeated senegal in the group stages and will bring an army of travelling fans to cairo. algeria fans have filled chartered planes to see their side in action in egypt and they are convinced they all claim a 2nd title after the triumph of $990.00 some even believe it's fate. i can do to support our geo of course we've been waiting 29 years for this i'm 28 years old it's the perfect time so i'm going to represent everyone. it was a late winner from superstar that fired algeria into the final after the final whistle on sunday morez was full of the supporters optimism. we had already did not think this is going. to play the final. tough game. we are capable to to win it but they are confident to be jubilant senegalese supporters back home who watched their side triumph over

the around cape town and south africa activists have already taken action and the last few decades the low lying cape flats have been taken over by widespread urbanization and the encroachments of bushland now herbivore is helping restore biodiversity to the area that he learned and has a taste for the invasive products species that are endangering the floor of the remaining low lands a project is reset playing the creatures in the area where they once lived 200 years ago let's take a look. at the scene cherries and. area around cape town. tontine in a binding station have caused the habitat to shrink drama. some plant species started. out a unique scrubby vegetation. june's trend failed then the team came up with that idea to restore bio diversity in this area the project to bring back. here to. the open and just to break up the wood component to give. the thought for 2 years they've been browsing away opening poll and we seem to be getting them structure back of. the camp flats june's trundled currently occupies around 15 percent of its historic area conserving the endangered fugitiv

and marching for peace in cape town a military ascension to a township that's been torn apart by rival gates we'll bring you a special report from our correspondent on the ground. good to have you with us u.s. president donald trump says an american warship destroyed an iranian drone in the strait of hormuz on thursday trump accused iran of quote provocative and hostile action he said the drone was downed after repeated warnings were ignored. this is the ship that the white house says brought down an iranian drone the u.s.s. boxer an assault ship sent to the persian gulf just over a month ago u.s. president donald trump said a drone had come within a 1000 yards of the u.s.s. boxer and ignored calls to stand down. this is the latest of many provocative and hostile actions by iran against vessels operating in international waters the united states reserves the right to defend our personnel facilities and interests and calls upon all nations to condemn iran's attempts to disrupt freedom of navigation. and global commerce. iranian foreign minister mohammad javad zarif who was a new york fo

3 months and poor neighborhoods identified as criminal hot spots for me to miller has more from cape town this isn't a new problem and if you speak to people here on the cape flats they say this has been going on for years and now it's out of control and this is why we're seeing government taking action by they say deploying soldiers to areas on the cape flats and just to give you an idea if you look at the number of these 10 areas within the boundaries of the city of capetown contribute to almost hall of the number of people killed and most of it related to gang violence the government has said it's preparing to deploy these troops to try and stabilize the high level of crimea there are concerns around just that being a temporary measure one of the greatest concerns is the police and how they're under resourced and they've also been accused of corruption of protecting in some cases gang bosses and also just being under resourced not being it not having the capability to deal with the extent of the problem here in cape town. well police figures show the city house south africa's highest m

figures show the city has south africa's highest murder rate almost 1900 people have been killed in cape town and its province western cape in just the past 6 months turf wars between rival gangs are being blamed for fueling the bloodshed what provincial leaders says it's become so bad that people are effectively living in war zones cape town residents ordered johnson told us earlier they feel like they're stuck in the endless cycle of violence. we as the community we try our best to help but unfortunately we are limited. and our children this well they only know violence see they don't even see a bit of self because every day they see violence so they pick up on this and then when they grow up they start acting but they want. to because this is the examples that they see so this is the only thing this is not a solution to the the problem in a whole because. as a child the army were also deployed in manenberg of what i can remember in the past and so i just hope they can make some difference but i don't think so because they . need to be a. that. the weather will have the latest on having rig

cape town struggling police force for 3 months and. neighborhoods identified as criminal hotspots police figures show the city has of africa's highest murder rate almost 900 people have been killed in cape town and it's probably western cape in just the past 6 months turf wars between rival gangs is being blamed for fueling the bloodshed western cape provincial leader albert for it says it's become so bad that people are effectively living in war zones for me to miller joins me now from cape town and for me to this general spiral in the death toll really came to a peak within the last week when 5 women were shot independently in one house and then the next day 5 men the government really had to do something. so this isn't a new problem and if you speak to people here on the cape flats they say this has been going on for years and now it's out of control and this is why we're seeing government taking action by they say deploying soldiers to areas on the cape flats and just to give you an idea if you look at the number that you've just m

other concern is that police are under resourced just to give you an idea in affluent suburbs in cape town there are about 155 people to every one police officer here on the cape flats there's about one police officer to about 721 citizens police simply can't keep up and the government is hoping that this deployment of the army will stabilize the situation and that people here won't live in fear a man has tried to set himself on fire during the 21st successive weekend of pro-democracy protests in algeria it happened as tens of thousands of people rallied in algiers demanding rapid reforms they want to lecture the civilian their government and to what they call the ruling elite the demonstrations began in february and led to the resignation of longtime president bush a figure 2 months later. aid agencies are warning that thousands of rangar refugees in bangladesh are at risk after heavy rain swept through their makeshift homes hundreds of thousands fled to me and ma fled. to neighboring bangladesh after a military crackdown in 2017 reports. as if life were difficult enough for refugees in b

and so they needed to step up this is the authorities the local authorities in cape town have been asking for more support from the central government and now the president has finally decided to send the military and so soldiers on the streets what have people there think about this. is very controversial we've talked to people who are very happy about it they think now finally things will change and the situation will change others just think this will not have any long term impact they believe that the soldiers will only be here for 3 months and then when their gun the situation will be back to normal we talked earlier to some residents in hanover park one of the most affected areas and here's what they had to say with that comment to exeter. because you're quite scared to go out in the evenings and when you come back even more because you don't know who's standing and looking around the corner. lots of people like to afford a tour in this place and i couldn't even in my child play outside was on disk because i don't know which side the police was going to come from i'm going to

figure a show the city has south africa's highest murder rates almost 1500 people have been killed in cape town and that's province western cape in just the past 6 months turf wars between rival gangs are being blamed for a fuelling the bloodshed western cape provincial leader albert frett says it's become so bad that people are effectively living in war zones earlier my colleagues hell raman spoke to albert frets and he asked him if deploying the military means the government has failed to keep the promises made after apartheid. government resources policing unfortunately in this specific programs is a really really was lacking and so we had a shortage of words of this is going to have about 1500 policemen and sure. we also think that what we need the army to go and do is just to assist with those resource problem you know human decency and to stabilize the situation so that the police can also go into the d.b. gunships and billy to go and break the wrist and to do probably a mistake so that they because the guys in good stead will because really. you know a lot of society we are a constitutio

homes of known drug dealers and drug dens while the unit has made hundreds of arrests the city of cape town says there are nearly not enough officers now the army is being deployed to help curb the violence special operations like this haven't stopped gang violence on the cape flats according to government statistics the number of murders has increased this weekend alone 43 people were murdered more than half of them by gunshot people in these communities say there aren't enough police and they think the presence of the army will make things safer. many people here accuse the police of being ineffective and corrupt in 2016 a police officer in charge of disposing confiscated firearms was jailed for selling the guns worth half a $1000000.00 to gangsters. this man who doesn't want to be identified and belongs to a gang in levante hill says poor policing is common the people think the people they . are only interested in the clothes are so you know was when in something in the in the. in what did would you drop them directly what i'm going to think money the wheel did they get. the kitchen i wo

all too familiar scenes on the cape flats in cape town we communities are terrorized by gang violence and the. mobile phone footage shows opposing gangs in manenberg open fire at point blank range in a field just across from high rise flats in another video a man who we are told is a gang member shoots across a parking lot and yet another taken in hanover park shots are fired in defiance of police as they arrive at the scene people in these communities say they live in fear and the police have lost control and many welcome the government's decision to send soldiers to 10 areas they say of being held hostage by gangs and violence. one of them is dawn peters who has lived in manenberg for 17 years her son trevor was shot dead a month ago as he walked to the shop to buy snacks for a football match gone says she ran for cover as the shots rang out outside a home. for the guns invariants but i couldn't see their faces 1st dog obviously. and so i saw them. for they wasn't far from with the corner was from the shop so i knew i wasn't going to make it the fight on both sides the people that t

to correspondent i do increase reporting for us from cape town thank you aaron. all right football now africa is getting ready to crown its champion in tonight's africa cup of nations final in cairo we have press harrington from the sports with us to talk about the buildup so yes do we have 2 good finalists your worthy finalists or was this a surprise no one called it a surprise you know well 1st off the africa cup of nations is a very wide open tournament a lot of teams that participate have won the tournament in the past but when you look at algeria in senegal you look at their fee for ranking you know head and shoulders of you know the majority of the african nations they competed you know i did pick them to go far in the tournament it's interesting because senegal has actually the highest fee for a game have never won it all this is their opportunity obviously led by savio monday who plays for liverpool he's a star in the premier league and of course the algerian side the desert fox is led by man city's riyad maher is also a very strong side i think it's a to

but we begin in south africa for gang violence is a growing problem in cape town over 900 people have been murdered this year alone the government is now putting soldiers on the streets. saying the marching for peace right in the cape town talent ship of man and when local gangs in charge. up to carry adams these daily demonstrations have become a disappointing ritual he's lived here for almost 50 years and says the level of violence nowadays has never been so bet's father to 5 children adams worries about their future none of us feel safe in this is in this environment how schoolchildren congo's gone wild freely in the olds there's still a lot of innocent people that said so that's been dying man in the adams shows us around his township manenberg has been considered a troubled area for many yes but in recent months violence has escalated with several gangs involved in the brutal battle over drugs and power this is still limited considered to be in there they'd say. there's an audience of engineers. so it's pretty straight they divided the terrorists yeah. both gangs reached a truce

resourced not being it not having the capability to deal with the extent of the problem here in cape town so head on al jazeera the us politicians take action to stop arms sales to saudi arabia and stop the killing in yemen. plus we'll have the latest on heavy monsoon rains causing havoc and the pop. culture even in iraq now of course it is hot this time just throughout this part of the world apart from turkey.

see marching for peace right in the cape town township of man and when local in charge . have to carry adams these daily demonstrations have become a disappointing ritual he's lived here for almost 50 years and says the level of violence nowadays has never been so bad it's father to 5 children adams worries about their future none of us feel safe in this is in this environment how schoolchildren congo's gone wild freely in the olds loose a lot of innocent people it says so that's been dying man in the adams shows us around his township man and brick has been considered a troubled area for many years but in recent months violence has escalated with several gangs involved in the brutal battle over drugs and power this is still not many considered to be in than its name but there's an audience when she was. so it's pretty straight to divide the terrorists yeah. the goal of. both gangs reached a truce but it didn't last long just a few days ago shootouts took place and a man was killed. the protesters express their solidarity with the victim's mother by marching to her house.

wejoin the police in the south african city of cape town where, on average, eight people are murdered every day. millions at his fingertips. we speak to the 16 year—old who won the first ever fortnite world championships, and a lot of pocket money. hello and welcome. tense stand—offs between riot police and pro—democracy protesters in central hong kong have ended after another day of clashes. protestors defied police orders to stay at home and commercial areas usually filled with shoppers were instead turned into war zones, thick with tear gas. and for the first time, chinese state officials have scheduled a news conference in beijing later on monday to make a statement on the situation. the bbc‘s nick beake reports from hong kong. there's a predictability to sundays in hong kong this summer. they start peacefully, and end very differently. once again, tens of thousands turned out, this time to condemn alleged police brutality during previous demonstrations. the police had tried to ban today's event and had warned that anyone who marched through the streets could be arrested but, as y

percent predicted in 2019 good times may not be so close on the horizon let's go live to it is one in cape town as what sort of relief will today's interest rate cut bring odes it came bakery for inside africa and that it is big news for her mania as well that this middle class you must realize that they pay a quarter of the income often on servicing their bets and servants and they interest income related on debt that they don't have a lot of financial space because they're white of the finnish an up and middle class here in south africa you already middle class when you're on just $200.00 euro's for months so yeah it's a big relief any financial space on that kind of lot of money that you're in for months of course is huge what's all this mean for south africa's racial divide. well it's interesting because the middle clause in the upcoming black middle calls that we've seen after 1904 in south africa has become a democracy has always been kind of healed is the benchmark on how is this the marquess you doing are we moving forwards are our black south african actually gaining from this new demo

figures show the city how south africa is highest murder rates almost 1900 people have been killed in cape town and it's province western cape in just the past 6 months turf wars between rival gangs are being blamed for fueling the bloodshed western cape provincial leader albert fritz says it's become so bad that people are effectively living in war zones well earlier my colleague seville raman spoke to albert fritz and asked him if deploying the military means the government has failed to keep the promises made after apartheid. government resources for policing unfortunately in this specific problems is a really really was lacking until we had the subject of words up as at that point we have about 1500 policemen and sure. we also think that what we need the army to go and do is just to assist with those resources problem you know human decency and to stabilize the situation so that the police can also going to the t.v. gunships and billy areas to go in and break the wrist and to do probably miss the gaze so that they visit cases can stand up in court because we have a lot of you know a role in

almost 1500 people have been killed in cape town and that's province western cape in just the past 6 months turf wars between rival gangs are being blamed for fuelling the bloodshed western cape provincial leader albert fritz says it's become so bad that people are effectively living in war zones and my colleagues are hell raman spoke to albert fritz earlier. the government resources for policing unfortunately in this specific problems is a really really was lacking and so we had a shortage of words of this is going to have about 1500 policemen and sure. we also think that what we need the army to go and do is just to assist with those resource problem you know human decency and to stabilize the situation so that the police can also go into the t.v. gunships and billy areas to go in and break the wrist and to do probably mr gates so that they business case him can stand up in court because real out of you know a role in society we are a constitutional democracy and where we can go and do all the areas we could to court agel build against their conduct and that's the only dream when

vauldi carelse, bbc news, cape town.. lee and lizanne harris say their children's school in oxfordshire should provide an inclusive alternative. our religion editor, martin bashir ,is here. what is the current law on acts of worship in school? the current law dates back to 19114 in the education act which stipulates that every day, there should be collective act of worship, it should be predominantly christian although not distinctive in terms of denomination. and that law has applied since 19114. in 2014, denomination. and that law has applied since 1944. in 2014, the national governors association said that the law should be abolished because it wasn't really being applied and then in 2015, charles clarke, who had been the education secretary, contributed to an academic paper where again, the suggestion was that this law should be abolished because it is not really being enforced and because the culture of britain has changed so much. and why other parents in this case challenging this law? well, the harrises believe t