♪ >> johannesburg or joburg or jozi.outh africa, and the economic powerhouse of the country. southwest of johannesburg, soweto. originally an acronym for southwestern townships. now the area is considered a suburb. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> in 2010, south africa played host to the world cup. the black jacks who played for the opening celebration are a soweto based band. they are also, not surprisingly, soccer fans. ♪ ♪ >> we're here on game day. a grudge match in a country where soccer approaches religion. you can feel it in soweto or rather you can see it as everywhere you look, people show their love for the local orlando pirates or for the johannesburg kaiser chiefs. mawilies inn. a typical local joint in soweta. the perfect place to talk about a game, drink yourself silly over the results of a game, or just have a very fine local style meal. it is, however, a little hard to find. there are a lot of places like this? i mean, this used to be the garage or the carport, right? >> yeah. definitely. >> in what wa

. >> the relevant reason i wanted you to be on the show, you grew up in johannesburg, i've been to johannesburg a piece on the world cup football tour there. it's a violent place, i loved it, violent place, massive gun culture there. a lot of paranoia that comes from the massive gun culture and crime that comes from there, that's all played into oscar pistorius' defense, which is he feared he was under attack from an armed burglar. your family went through a similar incident. tell me about that. >> my sister and my brother-in-law were sleeping late at night, watching the cricket, they were still busy building their six foot wall and electrified fence, when my sister's brother-in-law came down for a late night business. they didn't hear him, because they locked their bedroom doors. they usually do at night, because -- for protection. and they didn't hear the doorbell ring, they didn't hear the doorbell ring again. my sister's brother-in-law walked around to where the bedroom was, and started banging on the bedroom window. it's difficult for a lot of americans to think that your mind immediately

he was spotted at a johannesburg shopping mall where he graciously posed for a photo.posted this message on his website. no words can adequately capture my feelings about the devastating accident that has caused such heart ache for everyone who truly loved and continues to love reeva. the pain and sadness, especially for reeva's parents, family and friends consumes me with sorrow. the loss of reeva and the complete trauma of that day i will carry with me for the rest of my life. it's the same story oscar has been repeating since the night he shot reeva. the same story he'll present to the judge when his trial starts on monday, that it was simply an accident. and oscar's story will soon be out there for all to see and hear. on tuesday, there was a ground-breaking decision out of pretoria. >> in circumstances, the following order is granted. >> a judge decided to allow much of oscar pistorius' trial to be televised. >> only authorized representatives are permitted to obtain a video and audio recording of the criminal trial of oscar pistorius. >> a legal precedent for sou

friend of oscar pistorius has testified that the former olympian fired a gun under the table of a johannesburgnt and then asked someone else to take the blame. we have the report. guarding oscar pistorius on his way into court. the prosecution continues to build the case against him. taking the stand, the first witness to agree to appear on camera, a professional boxer. >> i was really shocked. >> he described an incident at a johannesburg restaurant, a month before the story is shot dead his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp. they allege he fired a gun under one of these tables, seemingly by accident, and then he asked a friend to take the blame. i do remember him saying, is , and he said, i do not want any tension around me. say it was you. >> it gives the prosecution opportunity to raise concerns about his reputation. >> discharging a gun under the table, trying to compromise a friend. >> but it was not all bad for pistorius today, as the defense picked holes in the testimony of the neighbors. >> that is nonsense. that cannot be. >> a testimony that there were screams, contradicting the events. >

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if you can get two or three years, you could make that oil in new york and you could sell it in johannesburgyou have a huge potential market. that was the point of the -- of treating the oils that way. and, of course, when i came along, i said that's crazy, because those oils are not good for health. they're not good for frying. it's the worst thing we've ever invented. we should make oils with health in mind. so, making oils with health in mind became my mission. i have been poisoned by pesticides and i realized i'm not going to get healthy on oils that are associated with fla inflamation and with cancer. we raised the standards for oils and out that have came flax oil. and out of that -- because flax is poorly balanced out of that came udo's oil. >> which is more balanced. >> and has actually in it everything you need in the right ratios, made with health in mind. packaged properly and refrigerated. >> and i'm glad i asked this question. i've read so much stuff on the internet. i didn't know what to believe, who to believe. basically at the same time i'm disappointed i asked you this quest

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can get two or three years, then you could make that oil in new york and you could sell it in johannesburgou have a huge potential market. that was the point of the -- of treating the oils that way. and of course when i came along i said that's crazy because those oils are not good for health, they are not good for frying, that is the worst thing we've invented. we should make oils with health in mind. so making oils with health in mind became my mission. i had been poisoned by pesticides and realize i'm not going to get healthy on oils associated with inflammation and cancer so that's where i got started. i said let's make them right. everybody was lowering standards we raised the standards for oils. out of that came flax oil, the first oil i developed in 1986. out of that came because flax is purely balanced out of that came, do oil which is more balanced and has in it everything you need in the right ratios, you know, made with health in mind. packaged properly and refrigerate. >> i'm going to ask this question. i read so much stuff on the internet. i didn't know what to believe, who to

we have more from johannesburg. >> they looked like a young couple in love but ten days after they weren security cameras in a supermarket, reeva steenkamp would be dead and oscar pistorius charged with her murder. two very different faces of pistorius would emerge during this trial. was the motive fear or rage. the defense will portray him as a tragic figure, the para olympic gold medalist who shot his girlfriend after mistaking her for an intruder. the prosecution will argue pistorius is attempting to cover up a far more dangerous fate, that of a violent gun obsessed young man who shot his girlfriend in a murderous fit of rage. it's been dubbed south africa's o.j. simpson trial but here there is no dispute over who pulled the trigger as the story submitted to us during his bail hearing. but shooting someone believing they are a threat is a tough case to prove says forensic specialist dr. david klatzow. >> our law doesn't allow you just to kill somebody who may be a threat to you. the threat to you has got to be real, and it's got to be imminent. >> reporter: in a legal precedent for s

she described an incident at a johannesburg restaurant when the story is accidently fired a gun and asked someone else to take the blame. in it. you are getting tossed the same keys today and just to say was you otherwise i don't eat and chat on the descent was you who so often earlier in the day the defense continued its aggressive cross examination of key prosecution witnesses who said they heard a woman screams and gunfire on the fatal night and with his privacy was again called into question one of the prosecution witnesses revealed he had received arresting phone calls after his number was read out in court. the scenes person. it was a fun going in court about we know oscar didn't you read that. it's not cool come on man something of that night to talk him into his conduct was. no intimate eighteen. on tuesday images of another witness was broadcast on television in apparent defiance of a court order the judge has ordered an investigation. these the baby's room which has intercepted a ship in there and see that it saves a strong sporting city made weapons destined for mannequins in t

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joining us live from johannesburg, paul, what did this witness say? >> gretchen, high drama in court today, indeed. oscar pistorius sat in front of me shaking, crying, clasping his hands over his ears as described during shots he arrived at the house to find a woman, this was reeva steenkamp in the entrance. >> first thing he said when i arrived there. he said, i shot her. i thought she was a burglar and i shot her. >> reporter: this was the most dramatic moment of the trial so far. cameras at one point that pistorius's heavily heaving body that he was about to vomit. one family member passed him a plastic bag. at times to me it looked like he couldn't stand to hear any more. but the worst was yet to come. >> further, i saw there was blood and hair and what looked like brain tissue to the right of the skull. >> reporter: everyone in the court sat in stunned silence as the doctor continued. >> oscar was crying all the time. he prayed to god to please let her live. she must not die. >> reporter: the most graphic memory in court i have is after the camer

score inning both yellow and blue, while fernand got the goal of the game in the 5-nil win in johannesburghe netted 11 times in the last 13 games. and the french the lead against the netherlands. they helped with a 17 game unbeaten run, lace scores france's second in the 2-nil victory. germany with their performance against chili, that's despite winning 1-nil. with the only goal. there was also a narrow win for england against denmark, daniel eight minutes from the time, 1-nil the final score. >> you know, the last squad before the squad, and so there's 29 here, and we always wanted to show what we can do, and that goes from -- manage what we can do. belgium are wasteful against the ivory coast, christian missing a great chance gave them a 2-nil lead. but they managed to let it slip. captain pulled one back to the africans, and an injury time, they equalized lu max, to earn a 2-2 draw. egypt going to the world cup, but they meat the tournament bosnia, and the new coach they won 2-nil. richard partnership, al jazeera. >> the new formula 1 season is just ten days away. the australian grand p

we have seen pictures like this, and further to the north-east of johannesburg it's been worse. that's where we see the worst of the flooding. now, unfortunately, over the next few days the rain is likely to stick around. it looks like it's going to stay as heavy. pretoria seeing 112 millimetres of rain in a 48 hour period. we can see it again as we head through the next couple of days. we can see the dark blue colours. they shift eastwards as we head through into saturday. for the next few days it looks like it will be from lepopo all the way down, where we see the worst of the weather and where there's likely to be more in the way of flooding. towards the west it's different and fine and settled. there's a top temperature in cape town of 22 degrees. the winds are flowing in from the sea so it's staying cool. >> thank you indeed for that. still to come - venezuelans mark one year since chavez's death. his replacement makes a surprise announcement. >> and private calls with leaders may have been bugged. >> no love lose between these two teams, engaging in another brawl. details

it was a johannesburg restaurant where he was handed a loaded gun, it thent went off.e, pistorius then tried to get a friend to take the wrap for him. >> he said, please take the gun from me. there's too much media around me. just take the gun from me. frptd of and when the restaurant owner came up, he took the blame. >> reporter: now also today the defense continued to raise doubts about the credibility of the testimony of a married couple, neighbors this couple h colluded over their testimonies and they didn't know what they had heard that night. and our legal experts say that the defense is quite expert at that. he often shared notes with his team, he didn't cry, he didn't break down, he certainly didn't put his hands over his ears during some of the trickier testimony. back to you, erin. >> thanks very much to robin who's in the courtroom every day. our legal analyst is out front. so the prosecution is trying to paint the story as someone who's careless with guns, i mean just, obviously south africa, the crime situation is different, but this guy brings a gun into

robin curnow, cnn, johannesburg, south africa. >> and he may take the stand. we'll bring you more on the trial. >>> and more on the death toll in the washington landslide, it has gone up. officials say at least 17 people were killed in the slide on saturday, and at least 90 others perhaps are still missing. the official death toll is expected to rise further as the experts pull the bodies from the debris. >> reporter: these are the latest pictures from the disaster zone. the mud in many places, some three to four stories high that came crashing down from the hillside and within a matter of seconds one square mile of what once was a community, now coated and covered. gary mcphearson says. >> it looked like a blender. >> reporter: gary is among the many rescued saturday when the wall of mud hit his farm. he says he and his wife, linda, were sitting in their reclining chairs. before he knew it he was in the fight for his and her life. his air force training kicked in. stay calm, try to find a way out. he grabbed a stick. >> i haven't got anymore stick left. and i

, getting a hat trick scoring in yellow and blue, while the goal of the game with a 5-0 win in johannesburg. still had his shooting boots on for france, netted 11 times in the last 13 games for real madrid and gave the french the lead against the netherlands. it helped with a 17 game unbeaten run. germany record. >> off the pitch for their performance against chili despite winning 1-0. the only goal. there was a narrow win for england at wembly. >> england won two contradict matches in a row. they won by 25 runs in antique gay. >> a career best 128 for the indies in their winnings. they take the series 2-1. >> in the nhl, the philadelphia flyers have won for the seventh time in eight games, beating the washington capitals in a tense game. both teams turned back the clock with another all line ball in the first period. they have a long history of big hits and huge fights and it was all over, the two sides combined a 56-minute penalty. back to the game. each had two goals. that's all your sport. >> stay with us here on aljazeera. we've got another full bulletin of news for you right at the to

amin is in johannesburg with a preview. >> reporter: it's being called the trial of the century, shapingp to be a media circus. more than 2,000 journalists have applied for accreditation as we understand it. also drawing a lot of comparisons to another superstar also accused of killing his wife, that is o.j. simpson. from national sports hero to criminal defendant. on monday, oscar pistorius will have his day in court and a chance to explain and answer a central question, why did oscar pistorius fire four shots through his bathroom girl killing his beautiful model girlfriend reeva steenkamp? was it a tragic mistake or cold blooded murder as this attorney from the national prosecuting authority told nbc's keith morrison. >> whatever bodily be watching for is whether or not you can prove he intended to kill her. >> absolutely. >> you sound like you're pretty confident the prosecution has enough to be able to prove that. >> we would not have charged him if we didn't believe so. >> reporter: the prosecution believes there's a strong case based on witness's testimony, messages on cell phones,

it was a johannesburg restaurant where pistorius was allegedly handed a loaded gun.rding to the state, pistorius then tried to get a friend to take the rap for him. >> he said, please take the gun from me. there's too much media around me. just take the gun from me. and when the restaurant owner came up, darren took the blame. >> reporter: also, the defense continued to raise doubts about the credibility of the testimony of a married couple, neighbors of oscar pistorius. witness one and witness three. now, over and over again, we heard pistorius' defense try and build a picture of the fact that this married couple had perhaps colluded over their testimonies. in terms of oscar pistorius today, he seemed quite business-like, often sharing notes with his team. he didn't seem emotional, he didn't cry or break down. he didn't put his hands over his ears like yesterday over some of the more trickier parts of the testimony, how reeva had died. back to you, erin. >> thank you very much to robin, who is in the courtroom every day. danny, we've been talking about this trial to

away with premeditation, but culpable homicide -- >> first of all, in south africa especially in johannesburgall that atypical to have a gun in the house. >> not necessarily with the bullets that were outlawed and then we're talking about someone who's shooting into a locked bathroom door is incapable of perceiving the threat behind the door. >> for you, the main question is, if he didn't know it was his girlfriend in the bathroom. he got out of the bed allegedly he's sleeping next to her. >> who does that? you turn to the person that you love next to you and say, did you hear that? we know from the testimony of his ex-girlfriend he had the same exact situation, and he turned to her and said, did you hear that? he didn't seem to do that this time. >> how does the fact that it's not a jury trial, which they don't have in south africa. a lot of times you think things boil down to jury selection. >> that's the wild card in this case. the judge and when you get a -- when you have to have a bench trial. here in the u.s., there are certain misdemeanors where you don't get a jury. it's the biggest d

with me is a criminal lawyer in johannesburg. what have you been making of events so far? the order of the witnesses, the actions of the defense and how tough he's been on two of the prosecution witnesses? >> i think what people need to understand, the state or the prosecution team has to fill the court with a number of hours. they basically have to make sure they're looking at who is available. so the court doesn't want to adjourn. so this morning when they he wanted to consult something on his ipad, it was common cause that they would cause another person to come in his place. >> the husband of michelle berger, he also underwent so many cross examination hours that we heard. >> i think one must understand that what the state is trying to seek with this evidence -- the state is introducing evidence of people -- of riva screaming. that's what they're trying to do. by doing that, that will refute oscar's version that there was an argument. he has very specific duty to make sure that the court wouldn't take into cog sans, alternatively give a plausible explanation for the wa

but culpable homicide -- >> but let me just say -- first of all in south african, especially in johannesburgatypical for to have a gun in the house. >> not necessarily with the bullets that were outlawed and then we're talking about someone who's shooting into a locked bathroom door is incapable of perceiving the threat behind the door. >> for you, the main question is, if he didn't know it was his girlfriend in the bathroom. why didn't he check -- he got out of the bed, allegedly he is sleeping next to her. >> who does that? you turn to the person that you love next to you and say, did you hear that? we know from the testimony of his ex-girlfriend he had the same exact situation, and he turned to her and said, did you hear that? he didn't seem to do that this time. and i -- his story doesn't make sense. >> how does the fact that it's not a jury trial, which they don't have in south africa. it is a judge. a lot of times you think things boil down to jury selection. in this case -- how does just having a judge impact it? >> that's the wild card in this case. the judge and when you get a -- wh

. >> cnn legal analyst kelly phelps is live in johannesburg live this morning.was the former girlfriend's testimony? >> well, while they say it provides plenty of fodder for those reporting in a case, in a judge-led system like south africa it will have very little value in tot court in determining the overall matter. >> it was described how pistorius would wake up at night because he thought he would hear noises. does this help pistorius' case playing into the defense that he mistook steenkamp as an intruder? >> i think it may help the case because it does provide a track record of paranoia and responding to that paranoia. the state was obviously trying to establish an abnormality. samantha said he often woke her up. but i do think according to his version of events there are facts that the defense could still align to try and explain that difference away. >> and something else that could possibly help the defense here. the neighbor and first witness on the scene. he described pistorius as praying for his girlfriend to live right after the shooting. while telli

the bank is confident in its and wening across africa are joined from johannesburg. thank you for joining us and give us a sense of where you see the bank. are we going to see more turmoil in the next couple of months to put investors at ease? >> we are positioned across we've seen aad fair amount of volatility from 2013 and some of our markets. i think some of the early capital flows have already happened. >> i guess there is a worry in a region that is the fastest-growing region. .arkets freak out and so all you make sure that your counterparts have it in order. right and basic economic fundamentals prevail and clearly the emerging markets are fragile. there will be capital withdrawals and think all of us have to be vigilant. ceos? is it having joint this is been one year and working. have worked well and we look at a and we felt like it worked very well. >> what is your biggest concern for the bank? navigating economies? and africa hass won the large economies. we see lower growth in south africa and higher growth in some of these other academies. they are focused

a report from johannesburg. >> these children are learning the basics of fencing.me from poor families who can't afford the lessons or equipment. thanks to donations, a 10-year-old is this year's national champion in her a inge group. she's competed in europe. >> fencing is good and you travel to other places. it's nice. >> he has been fencing for a week. this is not about doing something new, challenging and fun, it keeps him out of trouble you. >> there are many bad things that happen on the street, other children are stealing in parts that you hang out with the wrong people. my friends and i heard about this from school. we were curious and so far, so good. >> joseph started this club, visiting schools encouraging children to join. he said some teachers and parents think fencing is dangerous and discourage children. >> when you walk around, say hey, what's that dress code, it's fencing. a black guy in a fencing costume, yeah, i'm a black guy doing fencing, is there some problem with it? let's give it a try, everyone come join, let's see what it teach us. >> they

. >> reporter: it happened right here at this restaurant in johannesburg.h a few friends here to eat. one of them passed him a loaded gun under the table to look at. the gun accidentally went off. that's when he asked his friends for a favor. he said please take the blame for me, and when the restaurant owners came up, darren took the blame. >> reporter: they are trying to establish a pattern of guns and lies but oscar's attorneys are trying to poke holes in the story. could he be sure what he saw in the middle of the night? >> thanks, very much. >> let's get a check of the weather from al. >> today's weather is brought to you by chico's. >> one more day of really cold air here in the northeast. we get this return flow of air around this high pressure system. that's bringing the temperatures down. cleveland's high 36, that's 6 degrees below normal. new york city, 15 degrees below normal. as far south as atlanta, 42 degree, 20 degrees below normal. look out west, the return air from this system bringing in warm air. you have gorgeous weather, las vegas, 81,

. >> he's in johannesburg and presumably he's paid for that as well.t every treasury secretary. >> generally how it works around here, that's right. >>> let's send it over to sheila and get a quick market flash here. >> check out shares of target at session lows right now. chief information officer beth jacob resigning as the retailer overhauls its information security business. this is, of course, in the wake of a massive data breach the company experienced late last year. target says it will search for an interim cio in the meantime. stock currently trading right around a decline of 0.8 of 1%. simon? >> thank you. >>> a former netflix exec started the streaming company roku and it streamed an increasingly whopping 70% last year and now it's introducing a new product that will enhance your viewing experience and compete directly with google. we'll talk to roku's ceo anthony wood next. >>> and google is investing $50 million in auction.com what is the search giant up to now? we'll talk to the ceo of auction.com. you don't want to miss that. [ male anno