problem and it's basically it's years of mismanagement and corruption name the former president jacob zuma a lot of the state don't answer prizes for just used to give his friends management positions they were used as a.t.m.'s basically so yeah from across has a lot to sort out their guarding ask um they've now said that state wants to try and increase the tariff so they apply it's at the national energy regulates a suit to increase the prices which will probably be an increase of 17 percent so that's also makes south africans a very upset they say we don't have power and now you want us to pay for more for it as well business definitely not happy about that either ellis bungled or in cape town thank you very much. maybe us economy is continuing to shrink during the 3rd quarter off this year g.d.p. fell by 0.8 percent compared with the earlier it's the 4th quarter lead contraction in a row slumps in mining and korean contributed most to the latest from libya has also been suffering the effects of its was drought for 90 years problems with its stricken main energy supplier south africa bel

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on wednesday will continue our series with a special report on south africa's former president jacob zuma is due to stand trial on corruption charges. spain says that it will expel 3 bolivian diplomats as part of a tit for tat move that comes after bolivia's interim president asked to spanish diplomats and the mexican ambassador to leave the country the growing diplomatic row began after mexico grounds of the silence of former bolivian president evo morales and some of his aides believe he is interim president has accused spain of trying to help but are as allies with spain's attorney general has called for the release of a catalan separatist leader so that he can take a seat in the european parliament or you'll get us is serving 13 years in prison for his role in catalonia has failed bid for independence the sentencing came 5 months after his election as an m.e.p. in a european court of the earlier ruled that he had parliamentary immunity rory chalons is following the story from london and says the state's attorney isn't calling for oil john there has to be absolved of any wrongdoing. wh

wednesday we'll continue our look ahead to 2020 with a special report on south africa's for president jacob zuma is due to stand trial on corruption charges. it is good to have you with us hello adrian fenty going to hit the headlines on al-jazeera thousands of people are trapped on a beach in australia as bushfires get worse in the states of victoria and new south wales the seaside tourist spots in victoria is cut off from any help emergency services are preparing to evacuate people by sea or homes on the edge of the town already burning. we've been running community meetings so everybody knows that i'm so this is the system was that we activated soren into that community once we were aware that that far i was about to hit the town. early this morning and when i was i believe that i o'clock this morning this arms were out divided so everybody in that community that had a plan to go to the brakes or at the bridge we are aware is the permit is that some people chose not to take that goss and are mining their hinds in a is also by the communities we want be putting trucks into those areas i would

wednesday we'll continue 2020 look at head with a special report on south africa's former president jacob zuma is to stand trial on charges of corruption. still to come here on al-jazeera a gesture of political goodwill spain state's attorney recommends the release of a jailed catalan separatist leader. also had allegations of torture we speak to ethnic kazakhs who were detained alongside week of muslims in china. and le bron james celebrates his 35th birthday and reaches a milestone on the court as well will be here with more. hello there we have got the chance if you coast into eastern areas of china plenty of crowd has been streaming away from the coast in the last few hours but the showers will tend to go on into choose a now we should have a drives in hong kong we've got this on shore flow so we could just have a stray shabbat really the rain further to the south in the west across into hine and pushing into these northern coastal areas of it now and still fairly wet day really across much of taiwan so taipei 20 celsius with those showers that should be dry all wednesday so quite a cloudy

wednesday we will continue our series with a special report on south africa's former president jacob zuma was due to stand trial on corruption charges. still the head of al jazeera allegations of forced abortions we speak to. the long side weight of muslims in china. and how the penguins rattled the senators. the action in school. the last time you were out on the streets protesting whether on line you feel the weight of the system going to walk through each and every leg with or layer further and further into the jail or if you join us on say entry has to start from day one whether again you're in detention or you're incarcerated this is a dialogue everyone has a force for the north states that support russia coverage will be varying accounts but i want to give people the reason for joining the global conversation on now to 0. examining the impact of today's headlines you use the misinformation use the term by setting the agenda for tomorrow's discussions how unique a moment is this in terms of modern american history when it comes to racism you have the makings of a neo fascist moment i