thank you very much. jillian wolf live for us in cape town. south african writer john allen, 1st met the light archbishop during the apartheid era. the 2 men became close friends and collaborators as one of the people who knew jasmine to, to best. he shared his memories with the al jazeera on john allen. i met desmond tutu as a reporter nearly 40 years ago. i went on later to become his pre secretary. and i've since written a biography of him called rabble rouser for peace. what really drove him to public prominence was his absolutely uncompromising, angry outspokenness against a party. at a time when most black south africans, especially lex, of africans, depended as a people he did. will he jobs or what employers couldn't voice the feelings to to voice the feelings for them? oh no. 7 1 in this country, he expressed people's anger the killing of school children. but at the same time, he did this in such a compassionate and powerful way that he, that he calmed very angry and contested and over all the situation clearly unfinished business for

and as jillian wolf reports many shared the same wish. and, and to the pandemic. o people around the world are celebrating christmas, with many refusing to let the impacts of coven 19 affect the fest of cheer in australia, the 1st part of the world to ring. and christmas day people flocked to sidney's glistening, bondai beach as summer temperature, sor stranded expect, you made the most of it. there's no flights harm aba. i'm sad o'brien knew the bestbuy archive. i love being australia. love been unbundle. i been on the base for christmas, vice a drink. i'm thrown em. well, what law could you want? you got fit buddy's running up and down the b. you've got to stand, you've got the water, you've got the sunshine. whereas if you want to be people also gathered in bethlehem where christians believe jesus christ was born. and then i better place to come with a joy to the word ah, in india christian communities celebrated across the country from hyderabad to new delhi. as did those in south korea, china tylen and the philippines. jeremiah disguised, but i'm happy, at le

as a result, south african bus companies are struggling for business. jillian wolf reports from cape town. usually at this time of year, these bus seats will be packed with them barbarians heading home to spend christmas with their families. but not this year. after new quarantine restrictions were introduced in zimbabwe to curve the spread of the omicron variant of coping 19, it's also bad news for bus companies. augustine's business would normally send for buses a day each carrying around 60 passengers. now it's just one. sometimes with this he was 5 on board, kinda covered study glenda and these, this legacy is, will carry on the book. i don't know if you saw one of these is coveted giving all good. okay. what else cared? little bit windows remotely getting put under so on his wall is that, am i gonna have it won't be this year. it was hoped. the festive season would help businesses recover financially after the pandemic shut south africa borders from much of last year. micro me said is affected business a lot because quite a, quite, quite the number of people on the limit able to

is jillian wolf ah, scouring through the rubble ploughing through volcanic, the bree that has now begun to harden the hope that these rescue workers might find survivors is diminishing by the hour. even for the lifeless bodies recover beneath the rubble, a sense of relief among emergency crews and deliver to me. thank god, we found the bodies of these victims and retrieved them, answers for a loved ones in this moment, or better than news. those who survived are still coming to terms with their ordeal . ha, it at 1st i thought it was a bomb explosion, and all of the sudden it was scenario erupting and spooling volcanic ashes. suddenly it was all dark like it was going to destroy the earth. of my children were scattered around. my husband was not found, and i was waiting for him. and then we fled to the evacuation camp. job as large as volcano unleashed a thunderous plume of ash high into the sky on saturday, raining down on thousands of panic, people below and swallowing up entire communities in its path. mounts the mirrors, spewed more ash on monday, forcing rescue teams to retreat in

prominence in the 1980s as an opponent of our party during white minority rule in south africa. jillian wolf has this report from cape town. as news broke of the death of their beloved bishop desmond tutu tributes port in from across south africa and around the world. his legacy will be his love for or people. and i don't know whether have you come across his writings. he has always said that god is not god of christians, god is god off or people. so his main legacy is his love for all gods people. and he believes that every one is created in the image and he used to it, it would. beautiful image of god, and i've carry that myself personally in my own ministry. yeah. he loved people. america's former president and 1st ever black leader, brock obama called to to a mentor, friend and moral compass. pope francis express and gratitude for his service to the gospel and queen elizabeth remembering his warmth and humour, the elders, a group co founded by desmond to to express their devastation. president sir, over, i'm opposed. calling the archbishop, a patriot, who gave meaning to the biblical say