for more on this we're joined by journalist philip yvette from the mail and guardian philip thanks fortaking the time the race between the two candidates is too close to call there are new developments though this hour that could make it even closer can you tell us about that. well in the next hour of this conference we find. five hours later the reason for that delay some last minute legal action came to me yesterday that has now seen the exclusion of what reach out to be a two point five percent of the voting delegates at this conference keep in mind specter space we could tell the margin between the two even candidates five percent to twenty so things are very close indeed now once the conference gets under way we'll get a sense of the kind of arguments that might emerge in terms of which francia still be excluded and the credentials of various delegates both thought by the sides of the party will during that process be try to be getting a hey to a slightly on that count again and then maybe some way towards denying we'll know who the people will actually be who vote full of the nex

for more on this joining us from johannesburg is journalist with the mail and guardian philip devitt philip it's good to see you it's a close race between the two potentially splitting the party rather evenly could this balloon into a larger crisis for the n.c. well it could indeed in the race it's got closer in the last couple of minutes you know. who would expect it to poach will go some of the smoke will. elicit it seems now so to speak and that means that these two frontrunners all within a couple of percentage points at one another and the a.b.c. does not deal well with that kind of uncertainty it's it seems to rupert social conscience that in two thousand and seven with a close race at the top it's looking groups of the party at this stage you just mentioned that this could potentially hurt jacob zuma ex-wife but just before the meeting he announced free education for more students how could this be significant helpful for her. well just dramatic announcement this morning the president basically saying that some africa will not fully fund to ration the conversation that deals f

one thousand nine hundred ninety four for more on this we're joined by journalist philip divest from the man and guardianin johannesburg philip jacob zuma just gave a speech and admitted failings which have weakened the ruling party the a.n.c. has been plagued by scandal and corruption allegations nevertheless it is almost certain to win the elections next year so why is that well voters on the ground tell us that they have a reasonable and that they could vote well so it does look like the weather and coalition will not retain at least a great deal of power throughout south africa but this extraordinary speech by president jacob zuma showing us that he realizes just how much trouble he's using he was actually very angry figure on that saying she was talking about how the media acted against africa in a certain trait called ox members with tears in his own party alliance partners the judiciary holiness people he ceases to be gives the a c. so now for the first time we get in the sense that president jacob zuma realizes that his party is very trouble and that it's becoming unified a good time for between

well for more on this we're joined by journalist philip divest from the mail and guardian in jenna's both philip the a.n.c. is deeply divided some of the delegates have been in exclude it from this convention at the very last minute tell us more about that last six hours be i'm sure julie. is this conference a great deal of their time was taken up by. trying to figure out what to do with a number of cases that came to me yesterday that excluded some of its delegates now today up to this afternoon we have cases where branches of the a.n.c. say that they wish to object to the delegates who had been appointed to vote on their behalf they're saying that there are names on these lists that they've never seen before and we have told us more legal action should some of these delegates be allowed in on the other hand we have and the delegates who believed that they were legitimately elected they have not been allowed to present the credentials as they have not been allowed to register there's the extent of the luxury that means they won't be able to vote for it let's take a look at the two ma

for more on this we're joined by journalist philip divest from the mail and guardian and your highness berg philip it's good to see you the voting was meant to start about twenty four hours ago and the results were expected today but that's not what's happening what's the latest. delays are still ongoing still don't have sight out of the angels gross's conference due to restart now to decide true it is that will be able to vote in these elections there's no sign yet of how long that process may take because this race is so very close there are fights are every single delegate and it looks like that might take up the rest of the day it's a very tight race but as it stands is there any indication of who is likely to become the new leader of the party well as of late last night sarong or was it as differently. he got the endorsement of the senate candidate and make up a critical to the rubble or is it can really compete it's not chippers that. she is also speaker on the cheese well so you go with that. quite critical that she is a woman who says i'm out of the sumach out be pushing the me

this might be hard to see for some members of our audience this is the guardian and their photo essay where they followed you philip and this is a man who couldn't afford dental care there this isn't the guardian article patient who came into the clinic needing all thirty of his teeth to have now surgery to look can you explain to our audience you don't understand how this could happen. i must say i like the comment from the guy in china who says the tape class mocked not just in the u.s. but in the west generally in other words if you have good taste your classy if you have bad taste you're bad. and the fact that there is no dental care that is provided for for example by medicaid once you are an adult you're not entitled to any dental care courtesy of the government you have to go to an emergency room it's the only option that's available and what happens of course is that people turn up for jobs and they open their mouth at which point the employer says oh if you've got bad breath or i see you've got two front teeth missing identical we can have people like you working in a in this job sorry and so the cycle of

nevertheless it's almost certain to win the elections next year we spoke to philip divot his agenda for the mail and guardian in johannesburg and we asked him why the a.n.c. is still so popular votes on the ground tell us that they have a reasonable and that they could vote full so it does look like the a winner in coalition or not it will retain at least a great deal of policy. that this extraordinary speech by president jacob zuma showing us that he realizes just how much trouble he's using it was a very angry figure on that saying she was talking about how the media had turned against south africa in a certain trait cool docs made this with tears in his own party alliance hotness the judiciary holiness people who he says is to begin the a c. so now for the first time we're getting the sense that president jacob zuma realizes that he and his pontius very trouble and that it's becoming unified a good time for between two nineteen elections my theo a very tough job. let's now have a look at some of the other stories making news around the world clashes have erupted between police and palestinian demonstrator