this morning, president jacob zuma was appealing to all sides to find a resolution. this adversely affect the gold mining industry, but also the south african economy as a whole. we saw what happened last year, the marikana mine massacre. five miners were shot dead. soon after that we saw investor confidence down. also, south africa was affected adversely. the president of the country calling for a speedy resolution, saying south africa can ill afford more. >> thank you very much for bringing us up-to-date on that strike by gold miners in south africa. that is it from the newsroom. for now. time to the debate for -- with francois. >> the nearly one million-strong teachers and staff of the french national school system. summer is over. that army is back on the march. >> president hollande himself showing up at a school in northern france for a diligent and conducted marseilleise. exit before-day school week. up until now, french pupils enjoyed europe's shortest school year. nine weeks vacation during the summer, 144 days in the classroom total. those 140 days are acti

in a statement on sunday, jacob zuma asking his country to accept that their national hero has grown old and frail saying all they can do is pray. al jazeera's tania page is following the story in johanesburg. >> there is an ambulance on standby outside the former president nelson man del's house in case his condition deteriorates and he needs to be rushed back to hospital. he has been transferred home where they say they have set up an intensive care unit for him. they have also moved all of the medical staff that have been attending to him in that pretoria hospital since the 8th of june here to his home. his condition, they say, is still critical. at times, it is unknown and they need to perform what they describe procedures and they are not giving details as to what that means and what that is and that it is to protect the former president's condition and in the breast of nelson mandel a, a man so beloved not only here but all over the world. he is returning back to his home, being discharged from hospital. >>> for the first time since one of its members died in a hazing incident,

in fact the south african president jacob zuma has come out and said the attack would have to have the authorization of the security council. that leaves the question of who are the american's friends here? well morally if not mill tailor, the british are their friends although david cameron has been defeated in his own parliament, so he can't grant british military backing to an american operation which he intended to. the french are in that camp. the turkish are in that camp. rival groups if you like. >> barack obama is arriving at the summit. it will be interesting to see, vladimir putin is there to greet all the arriving dignitaries. there you go, there you see it. pretty warm handshake there, smiles for camera and there's barack obama the u.s. president he's officially arrived at the g-20 summit, shook vladimir putin hand. no chitchat, he walks street into the building. there you go. we're watching photographers. everyone is waiting for this moment to see how he is going to be greeted and what kind of reception he would get. very formal. the car is driving away. i'll get back to y

south africa's president jacob zuma updates the public on sunday asking the public to accept their nationalero has grown old and frail. >>> a french company wants to mine for gold in a protected area of the amazon, and the residents are none to happy about it. the fight in french guiana has set off a debate in how france should protect their part of the amazon. al jazeera reports. >> reporter: for cedric a walk deep into the jungle it was an exotic holiday. rather for him the rain forest is a way of daily life and survival. >> translator: here in the jungle we go to hunt and to fish. it's our culture. without this jungle we have nothing here. >> reporter: he and 70 other people live in the village here deep in the jungles of french guiana, making this europe's largest national park and it's only slice of the amazon. the residents of the village, a growing eco-tourist destination, have decided to protect the village from development for good reason. in one hectare of forest here, there are more plant and animal species than in the whole of europe. there's something else here, gold, and lots

in critical and sometimes unstable condition, according to the office of south african president jacob zuma there's been a spike in radiation levels at the fukushima nuclear plant in japan left crippled by a tsunami two years ago. the radiation was measured in the pipes and containers that hold water at the facility. >> tepco is the company in charge of the cleanup. officials say just one drop of contaminated water dripped out of the holding tanks when a worker touched a pipe, and that isn't a leak. they also said they're making every effort to keep workers safe. >>> in california, investigators are trying to figure out why a single-family home in los angeles collapsed. look at this. according to officials, the house, which was abandoned, was used as a shelter by the community's homeless population. >> the fire department was able to clear the house after sending in a team of specialized dogs to determine whether anyone was trapped. no injuries were reported in friday's collapse. >>> you know tim tebow? he won't be suiting up in a new england patriots uniform this year. the pats cut him jus