we heard from the ceo earlier from a reporter in johannesburg.our precious in metals analyst. we were talking about the oil , have wed a catharsis reached a cathartic moment in the gold market? >> we can still see more selling in gold. year,recast is 1110 this 950 year. a lot will be a focus on wendy -- weterest rates will be expect this in september between 0.25 and 0.5%, the rates. of thessure, and a lot depreciation, we will see depreciation in the currencies. we've already seen it on the back of the expected interest rate hike. that can be good news for the producers in a developing country or a country such as south africa, also australia. be dropping inl the local currency. that can be beneficial. they are on a big drive to cut costs. quite a few producers are releasing quarterly performance reports. we started seeing it in 2012 when we saw the prices on gold starting to collapse. if you took the top 10 largest producers from .12 until now, capex have that the halved. from the time producers start cutting costs, it takes five years to hit o

tonya page reports from johannesburg. >> reporter: it's really difficult to get her son to concentrate doesn't want him to fall too far behind. he was expelled from school two years ago because of his learning disability. >> the teacher is not going to teach him because he is not like other children. >> reporter: the only school that would accept him is a special one for disabled children but he can only start next year once the government grant to pay for transport comes through and being helped by a group and while her son has a chance at getting an education it's too late for some because now he is too old. he was forced out of school eight years ago. >> think never give me love like he was giving to other kids and always neglected me. always bullied me and i never felt comfortable and never felt like i am a child to them. >> reporter: human rights watch says half a million disabled children in south africa are being excluded from school. the government says it has achieved the u.n. development goal of providing primary education to all south africa children but says it's putting to

david mckenzie, cnn, johannesburg. >> david, thank you for that.ed international outcry. huge petitions signed by more than 200,000 people to have dr. palmer extradited. there's also concern about the safety of the cubs that cecil left behind. dave joins me now on the phone, animal planet's large predator expert. why is it believed by so many that jericho, who is very close, but not blood brother, if you will of cecil, is protecting cecil's cubs? why would that happen? >> typically a younger age, when a young male gets kicked out of a pride they go on what they call a nomadic phase. and on that phase cecil and jericho met up and formed what we call a coalition. the reason they do that is they can hunt better and protect themselves better. and when it comes the right time and the right size they're able to take over a pride together. so that's why jericho -- jericho formed an alliance with cecil. they're not quite sure whose cubs are whose. in general, a lot of male lions will protect all the cubs in a pride. >> so knowing what you know now about je

. >> reporter: anti-immigrant feelings also spread to johannesburg.re were large angry demonstrations against foreigners. met by police using volleys of bird shot. south africa's government condemned the attacks. the country's home affairs minister malusi gigaba promising strong action against the perpetrators. >> the attacks against human being and destruction of property are criminal offenses and will not be tolerated. >> reporter: 307 people were arrested. so far, there have been no convictions. there is a painful irani to what has happened to these people. many fled their home countries to escape conflict. so they are shocked at what has happened to them here in south africa. driven from homes and businesses built after years of hard work, forced into temporary shelters, crowded tents, surviving on food provided by the government and relief agencies. kabanga kaji has lived in this camp in durbin for several weeks. she has four children. >> life here is miserable. we live like animals. the place we slept in is not good. >> i used to think africa is

law being implemented. >> acute problem in south africa and good to speak with you from joe j johannesburget's lok at the weather. >>> if you look here you can see them spiralling around and sammy not a problem i don't think, this is north towards japan and then it gets caught up in a jet stream flow and goes way out towards the east. this one, different fish altogether and this is going to tonight to move northward and northeast wards and close to taiwan. the problem with the system is it's getting slower,, in fact, it's going at such a pace at the moment it has a slow jogging pace at 9 kph and it will produce an awful lot of rain going by the island and you have seen the impact and the philippines and you can see the eye wall across the philippines and across central and northern areas of the country and had vast amounts of rain coming down over the last 24 hours and also powerful gusts of wind and 200 kph and i suspect as the system continues to move to the north the gusts in the valleys are possible for taiwan. we are still going to get heavy showers effecting the philippines went hans

we have david mosko live in johannesburg. >> reporter: good morning, christine. they say another american was involved in the illegal hunt back in april. they arrested the safari owner who organized that hunt. it puts in question in general the dodgy practices seem to go on in zimbabwe of during the lions out of national parks and killing them. of course this issue of cecil the lion has drawn worldwide response. they have banned the hunting of big game on the margins of the park in zimbabwe and bow hunting all together. it was with the bow that walter palmer wounded cecil and killed him. christine. >> a lot of attention on lions, but hunting and poaching in africa effects a lot of different animals actually. >> reporter: that's right. we have been talking about lions a lot in the last few days. that is a serious issue. lion numbers have dropped 90% in the several decades. lions itself are not endangered in southern africa. what we have seen is them being hunted and poached. also huge poaching in zimbabwe and other parts of africa of rh rhino and elephant. it is o

the johannesburg game puts an n.b.a. team against african players. the arena may be smaller than others around the world, but come game time fans will watch the n.b.a. game on african soil. tickets were sold out with a fan zone set up across zone. the n.b.a. won't say how much is put into the sport in africa but says it's a priority. >> it begins in america, but is expanding over the years to the point where out of 450 players, over 100 of them were born outside united states and, in fact we have more than 10 players born in africa. we feel that games with a ball you know you can kick or bounce the.. we think there's a natural affinity. >> reporter: while the association continues to develop programs and facilities to help the popularity the latest n.b.a. visit hopes to bring a lift to the sport across africa >>> there is more sport on the website. for all the latest check out aljazeera.com/sport. we have blogs and videos from correspondents around the world. that address again aljazeera.com/sport >>> that's all the sport for now >>> stay with us we'

game to play in africa is taking place in johannesburg on saturday. pitting together a team of aftercan players and a world team. more than 35 african players featured on league rosters since the first was drafted in 1984. there's hopes more will follow. we have this report. >> a basketball superstar comes home to africa. luke, originally from cameroon is in south africa as part of the basketball association's basketball without borders outreach programme. it is through this development initiative that the n.b.a. star got a big break in the largest basketball league in the united states. >> the only thing i know about the n.b.a. is watching it on tv. when i got here, i got close to the n.b.a., but i got to go against some of the best players in africa. i thought i was one of the best. it gave me confidence to keep on going and pushing to be the best. >> now he is sharing his basketball and life skills with aspiring players on the continent through coaching clinics. to crown it all fans get to see their heroes square off on the court showcasing the n.b

tanya page, al jazeera, johannesburg. >> intafnt coe isebastian coe iw president of football. 58-year-old coe says he wants to restore integrity to the football fill. cole will replace senegalese remi deack. >> you can always catch up at our website, aljazeera.com. keep children being bought and sold for sex online, and the use of deadly force by police in america. the puzzling truth about who is not keeping track. been >>> america is a nation of rights and laws based on a constitution designed to protect citizens from a variety of threats, inclue ght the government itself.

. >> i can sit in johannesburg and understand what is happening with the chibok girls in nigeria. >> i never use it exclusively. but it's a great compliment. >> may 2013. twitter advertises for the first head of news, a new role created to help media companies get the most out of the platform and boost growth. five months later the successful applicant was announced on twitter. vivian took up the post in january 2014. her aim in the cop's wards was to make twitter indispensable to news rooms and journalists >>> so twitter the company realized that this is an important vector to have strong relationships with news organizations. it's an important part of the tool set that any newsroom uses for all aspects of journalism, from detecting new, finding witnesses, verifying information. engaging with audiences. >> twitter reshaped by editing and journalistic life. it offers you ways of communicating that are unheard of. studies show that very much social media, specifically twitter sets the news answereda. journalists is a little like a dine sore. >> over 75% of journalists identify twitter

cnn's david mckenzie is in johannesburg with more. >> early reports that jericho the lion was killed turn out to be false. in fact the group that put out that information has since apologized. and the oxford university research group that tracks these lions say he is doing just fine. now, zimbabwe has appeared to tighten up on hunting in the country. they've banned all kinds of hunting on the borders of the national park for big cats and other large game and banned bow hunting outright. it was with a bow that dr. palmer shot cecil the lion last month causing this global outcry. he says he did nothing illegal. but zimbabwean officials are trying to extradite him to face charges from the u.s. to zimbabwe though that might be a tall order according to experts. the guide and the hunter that he hired to kill cecil, though face charges this week in zimbabwe and they could spend ten years in jail if found guilty. david mckenzie, cnn, johannesburg. >> and zimbabwe officials limit hunting around the game reserve where cecil was killed. many question if that is enough to curb illegal hunting a

tonya page, al jazeera, johannesburg. >>> plenty more ahead on al jazeera having fun and training for children who live on the streets of ethiopia's capitol learn a few tricks. plus. >>> i'm andy gallagher in the mississippi delta, a place where ironically it's hard to buy fresh, healthy food and show you how one community is fighting back. >>> and in sport the fight for college athletics being paid in the united states suffers a setback. ♪ this is a great place to work. not because they have yoga meetings and a juice bar. because they're getting comcast business internet. comcast business offers convenient installation appointments that work around your schedule. and it takes- done. - about an hour. get reliable internet that's up to five times faster than dsl from the phone company. call 800-501-6000 to switch today. perks are nice. but the best thing you can give your business is comcast business. comcast business. built for business. ♪ hello again and reminder of the top stories this hour police in thailand released images of a suspect at the scene of monday's bombing in central b

with one in three in an abusive relationship, we have the story from johannesburg. >> reporter: this is jenny. it's not her real name. with nowhere else to go, she came to this woman's shelter. [indiscernible] i have to do it for myself. >> reporter: jenny suffered years of physical abuse. south africa has one of the highest levels of violence against women. there is a dedicated call center for victims. since the center opened a year and a half ago, it's received more than 4,000 calls, all of them from women and children. they are referred to the necessary services in the area. the center employs dozens of social workers available 24 hour as day. >> we have also changed the way we deliver social services. we never had social workers giving counseling. we recognize that technology can play a vital role in delivering social services including gender based violence. >> reporter: there are concerns that some abuse victims still afraid to ask for help. south africa's minister of women's affairs. >> the challenge is the issue of the mindset. and moving towards making sure that the change o

died of head injuries in a prison cell after being tied and dragged behind a police car through johannesburg. the incident was captured on video and sparked nationwide protest. a russian court has sentenced a ukrainian filmmaker to 20 years in a prison colony. prosecutors accuse him of organizing a terror cell in the crimean peninsula, charges he sharply denies. the u.s. and amnesty international say the trial was on there and unjust. reporter: a 20-year sentence, but you would not know it to look at the ukrainian filmmaker. he remained upbeat as the sentence was read out. the father of two has been convicted of terrorism charges and weapons smuggling. his codefendant, an environmental activist, was sentenced to 10 years in jail. both men, who had spoken out against russia's annexation of crimea, were accused of setting fire to the office of a pro-russia political party last year. they were also accused of landing to explode a statue of lenin. since off was arrested in may 2014 during a demonstration against the annexation. he wants crimea to remain part of ukraine. as the verdict was announ

but on the ragged edges of johannesburg there are few opportunities.of south africa's youth are unemployed at illegal migrants are at the bottom of the pile. so they swarmed in the abandoned mines. blessing has been robbed at gunpoint for his gold. and they kill underground for just a sack of stone. we are always going down in twos, he says, i work with a friend. but when we go down we find other people working there. even now there are people doing this job even deeper than us. and going up is harder than coming down. but 9 offers some relief. you can just imagine of hours or days, trying to carry up rocks. it's just a thankless job. >> the word means take a chance and blessing gambles everything to survive? what has to be the worst job in the world. david mckenzie, cnn, johannesburg. >> you are watching "cnn newsroom." human trafficking is a multi-billion-dollar business. we'll show you how one organization is using technology to combat modern-day slavery. (music) i'm supposed to tell you how it feels when you book the perfect family vacation on hote

died of head injuries in a prison cell after being tied and dragged behind a police car through johannesburg. the incident was captured on video and sparked nationwide protest. a russian court has sentenced a ukrainian filmmaker to 20 years in a prison colony. prosecutors accuse him of organizing a terror cell in the crimean peninsula, charges he sharply denies. the u.s. and amnesty international say the trial was on there and unjust. reporter: a 20-year sentence, but you would not know it to look at the ukrainian filmmaker. he remained upbeat as the sentence was read out. the father of two has been convicted of terrorism charges and weapons smuggling. his codefendant, an environmental activist, was sentenced to 10 years in jail. both men, who had spoken out against russia's annexation of crimea, were accused of setting fire to the office of a pro-russia political party last year. they were also accused of landing to explode a statue of lenin. since off was arrested in may 2014 during a demonstration against the annexation. he wants crimea to remain part of ukraine. as the verdict was announ

we have the story from johannesburg. >> reporter: this is jenny, it's not her real name, we are protecting her identity. with nowhere to go, she came to the women's shelter for help. >> at this time, very emotional. i had to do it for my son. >> reporter: jenny suffered years of physical abuse and needs counselling to discovery. south africa has one of the highest abuses of women by men. a call center has been set up for victims of domestic violence and allows. bus -- and abuse. >> reporter: since the center opened it has received many calls. the center employs dozens of social workers available 24 hours a day. >> it changes pt way we deliver social work. we never had social workers giving counselling over time. true, we recognise that technology can play a vital role in delivery all social services. including gender based violence. >> there are concerns that some abuse victims are afraid to ask for help. south africa's minister of women's affairs says they need to be at change. >> the change is the issue of the mind-set. to what extent we are moving forward to making sure there's a change

he is accused of raping the girl at a restaurant in johannesburg earlier this point. his attorney maintains the sex was consensual and that the teenager appeared to be above the legal age of consent which is 16. >>> a signposted to workers at one los angeles motel is causing an uproar this afternoon. a frommer employee says the -- the former employee says the e cre motel had a strict and racist rule when she worked there and she made her feelings clear to management. >> please do not rent the following rooms to the colored people, exact works. colored peep. i wanted to flip. >> the manager doesn't deny the sign was put up but he was hesitant to speak and said any other information would need to come from the motel owner. as for hoffman, she was fired after complaining about the sign. >>> cooler weather is here. allyson is up next with more on the mild temperature. >> oh, my gosh. it is so nice out here. a nice breeze. the sun is shining. it doesn't feel too hot. we have more of this weather to come. keep it right here. i'll have >>> now a fourth american hero is being

there to a blast from the past. 49-year-old mutombo playing in the nba's inaugural africa game in johannesburg the current stars from africa against the rest of the world and legends on hand like akeem olajuwon and the world team comes out on top 101-87. back to you. >> another check of the forecast. five days and counting? >> that's right. the heat wave continues and as we head into tomorrow we'll see 90 degrees once again. the good thing at least the humidity is down. it stayed down today. it will stay down tomorrow. up by monday the humidity returns and take a look at the temperatures. they actually jump up to the mid-90s. we're not done with the heat and we won't get rid of the 90s until next wednesday. >> okay. all right. eight days total possibly with this heat wave. longest heat wave of this summer. >> it will be a long one. >>> that nbc10 news for now for all of us here, thank you. we'll see you back here at 11:00. "nbc nightly news" is up next and for news and weather at any time, head to nbcnews.com. >>> on this saturday night, state of emergency. the battle against wildfires in the

in johannesburg to use that as a staging point many of them sound in the region but may be starting from the better part going to the most neighboring country to not make it as thoroughly or deeply into the other markets and then to become bigger with the gdp that maybe we don't need to set up shop right away when it comes to market and trade do you feel that shift? to do wonder why southern africa? >> and but we try to figure out and africa but to be above water also a lot more interesting to serve. a patent and then to be the third fourth largest country to be a negotiated or today? so they will go to set up for go there is a lot of friction. >> so the question is. >> that is a tough question. but the take away that so many companies are coming to the caveman all were not even showing up. night in watching like the first quarter. when we first started to look at this book. is in 2009, is in 2009 / 2010 a lot of people were connecting africa up in business. not a lot of people there is a story a consultant did that prior to a 2010 like the maytag repair man compared to other people but

this on a day after the rant tumbled to record lows and stocks sink.and vernon joins us from johannesburgexpect the gdp numbers to come out at .6% for the second quarter. that would be the lowest pace of growth since the three months in 2014. that underlines that the president's struggle to reignite growth in the economy which has been hampered by a lack of electricity supply and also strikes in labor disputes in berries industries. at then: when i look rant, it is a brutal chart. exporters in south africa, when do i start to see that become a benefit? appreciated 4% against the dollar in the last five years and we have not seen that translate in manufacturing or export gains. what that means is that the economy is struggling to grow. with the rant at these levels, it pushes the risk of interest rates going up. ratesill make interest the highest since 2010. and companies are already struggling with high levels of debt. at the same time, it increases the dollar interest payments that the national treasury has to make risking a higher budget deficit. jonathan: great to have you with us this

tania page reports from johannesburg on barriers to education. >> reporter: it's really difficult for this woman to get her son to concentrate. thee doesn't want him to fall too far behind. he was expelled two years ago because of his learning difficulty. >> the teacher does not want to the teach him, because he is not like other children. >> the only school that would accept him was a special one for disabled children, but they can only start next year, once the government grant comes through. while her son has a chance to get an education, it is too late for this child. he is too old. he was forced out of school eight years ago. >> there is a love like he was given to other kids. always they believe me. >> human rights watch says half a million children are excluded from school. the government says it has achieved the u.n. goal of providing education to all children. human rights says it wants to put too much focus on regular schools. >> this is a regular school including disabled children. she has ser eeble ral palsy but participates. she is teaching classmates about tolerance and

itume kgongwame joining us from johannesburg.ly it, time for "squawk alley," over to you, carl. >>> good morning, it is 11:00 a.m. at the quicken loans arena in cleveland, ohio, almost 11:00 a.m. on wall street and "squawk alley" is live. ♪ ♪ >>> happy friday morning, welcome to "squawk alley," joining us, jon steinberg, ceo of the "daily mail" and kayla tausche is still out. jon fortt is here. the first republican debate, surprise surprise, donald trump front and center. >> this country right now owes $19 trillion, and they need somebody like me to straighten out that mess. >> you've called women you don't like fat

al jazeera, johannesburg. >> only six black players have ever represented south africa's national cricket the first was in 1998. domestic cricket franchises are required to have six non-white players in their side, but no quota's exist at an international level. it's a different story in football. the fifa world cup squad contains just one white player. >> champions league will take place after the final teams were decided from the playoffs. man city won 4-0 wednesday to record a 7-1 aggregate win. a hat trick plus a goal from herrera means they will be in the draw. these are the other teams top advance from the playoffs. >> serena williams goes for a grand slam next week and is tuning up for the challenge in new york. ♪ >> the world's number one hit a high note at this karaoke event. she holds all three of the grand slams this year, making this year's open more important. she is happy to play it down for now. >> it is, but i'm ok with it. i'm really not even talking about it, trying to ignore the elephant in the room and hopefully it wilman fest itself. >> that's all the sport for now. >

al jazeera, johannesburg. were you surprised be i the scale of the issue here? >> closer to 600,000 children with disabilities remain out of school. now this is really big percentage of the children can disabilities population, and it is shocking to date they remain out of school, how do you explain that when they say they have reached the goal of enrolling all children in primary school, and yet i appears some aren't going to school, is it the schools not accepting them? what do you think is going on here? >> how many children with with disabilities were out of school, it has ranged from 280,000, in 2001, 30,000 last year, and finally 500,000 plus this year. now, this isn't necessarily an issue where parents are keeping their children in the school, there are cases in h some rural areas where there is still a lot of need to ensure the paraphernalias understand that their children have the right to access education on an equal bases with other children. it is mostly as i report has identified an issue uh where children with disabilities are being turned down, bo

al jazeera, johannesburg. >> one of the survivors of a war time break out from a prisoner of war camp died at the age of 101. pilot australian paul was one of more than 70 prisoners of war who escaped a german camp southeast of berlin in may of 1944. the mass breakout inspired the hollywood film, the great escape. all but three who fled were eventually recaptured or killed. his death leaves just one survivor still alive today. >> still to come on the program, a london pop art art incidents station that's too beautiful to deflate. >> in sport, an american hurdler goes for gold if the world championships just days before he's due to undergo a kidney transplant. >> pam painers warn of annoyingologyical disaster in the red sea, which they say is shrinking. >> it's one of the most popular tourist destinations in the region, but environmentalists say the dead sea, which borders israel and the occupied west bank and jordan is shrinking rapidly. the ancient salt lake famous or its water and mud has been losing meters of its water every year. an israeli tour guide said the decline of the dead

finally, american basketball comes to africa, some current and former nba stars hit the hardwood in johannesburg, south africa, saturday night. team world end upbeating team africa. 101-97. >>> and speaking of sports, i would like to issue an apology to all of those new york mets fans i offended who were not amused by my attempted humor. i was wrong, you were right. they're a great team. they are close to first place in their division, having beaten the washington nationals last night. >> is this new ron claiborne likely to start saying nice things about the boston red sox? >> i wouldn't press it. >> i'm not going to say anything more than that. >> if there's a rematch in the the mets? okay. >> we heard that from you. >>> but now moving on to something no one ever wants to experience, someone breaking into your home, imagine watching it happen in realtime on your smartphone. it's happening more and more. abc's mara schiavocampo joins us with more. >> reporter: that's exactly what happened to a utah man. watching a would-be burglar go through his home as he sat in his driveway. he was able to ale

the johannesburg game pits a team of african players against a world team. tickets were sold out in just days with an additional fan zone set up across town. the nba won't say how much money it's putting into the sports in africa but does say it's a priority. >> it began in america. over one 00 players were born outside the united states. we have more than 10 players who were born in africa. so we feel, you know, games with a ball, you know, you can kick them or you can bounce them. and we think there is a natural affinity. >> while the association continues to develop programs and facilities to help the game's popularity the wlatest nba visit hopes to bring added lift to the sport across africa. al jazeera, johannes burg. >> what we can do now is show action because the 6,000 strong crowd there certainly weren't disappointed in what they saw. africa's first ever nba game was a thriller right from the tipoff tipoff. opening proceedings with a dunk. the crowd roared louder when the mctumbu -- mutombo and hackkim doned their own team universitiesned their own

al jazeera, johannesburg. >> now the first official test events of the rio 2016 olympics and paraolympics is getting under way beginning 12 months of intense preparation for the host city, but there has been no shortage of problems. kimberly halkett explains. >> traffic gridlock into rejoe de janeiro is among the worst in the world. commutes can take hours. that is until a new bus rapid transit, brt system was constructed for some of the most congested parts of the city. >> i used to take four buses to arrive at my job. now i only use only one and i have the time to make the trip and i think it's very great. >> the city's high speed bus lains were built for the anticipated olympic crowds in 2016, but the comfortable coaches are just one part of more than $16 billion urban investment plan that rio is installing for the games. new homes and shops are also replacing an unslightly waterfront highway attracting residents to an once run down city center. >> that's what he said to the ioc people. if you want the olympics need change, come to rio. we've got floods, poverty, transportation is a me

. >>> we have an editor in south africa and is live from johannesburg and nice to hear what you thinkg on in the court and is he right? >> well that is the victim card he has been playing for quite sometime and it's a card his party has been playing that these charges have been politically trumped and it's a card he played before power. very successfully and he was facing corruption charges before and faced other charges as well and played the victim card a lot. the charges against him date back before this before the formation of this when you are still in the youth league and investigation that was done by the media but the formal charges, the formal investigation by the law enforcement agencies began after the formation of the eff so which actually gaves gives him the ability to say this is a politically trumped up charge and you saw in court today we had thousands of thousands of people outside there coming to support him and supporting him on that basis that he is being victimized because he is there to stand up to the anc and there to stand up to the president zuma and. >> sure

africa saw south africa kind of the only gateway and so many of them had set up headquarters in johannesburg and were using that as a kind of staging point for their growth. many of them found growth to be slower in the region starting from another part and a kind of grew to the most neighboring countries, botswana, mozambique, but often didn't make it as thoroughly or deeply into the other markets. you do have with the shift of nigeria and the public mind becoming bigger with the gdp over a hundred billion dollars economy and essentially you have come me thinking maybe i don't need to set up shop right away in south africa and although straight into lagos. there is a shift in corporate strategy and it comes to market entry in response to that. >> is a nigerian, do you feel that shift? have you wondered why everybody is looking at southern africa for an entry point? >> for technology investments and part of what we figure out our companies and africa has been an intriguing continent and card because the south african the south african stories such as easy story to tell. the real market after

in johannesburg paul tinsley fox news. >> community members gather tag basketball court working to havespace dedicated to one every philadelphia's fallen heroes. neighbors came together at 61st and baltimore this morning they're getting signatures on a petition tore maim the court in the hem of fallen police officer robert wilson iii sergeant wilson was shot and killed in the line of duty back in march. >>> and still ahead on fox 29 news at 10:00 danger from above. a delta flight takes a pounding in mid air. what caused all this damage and how passengers felt on this very bumpy ride. >>> calling all beer drinkers kearse. if the summer heat is making you thirsty there's one trip you might want to take. where you'll have to go to fine the world's largest beer garden. ♪ >>> in taiwan typhoon has killed four people. it left millions without electricity and has triggered massive flooding and set off mudslides, too. the storm made landfall early saturday on the island's east coast bringing up to 39-inches of rain and packing packing winds up to 124 miles an hour. more than 7500 people have be

going to africa, south africa was the only gateway so many of them set up their headquarters in johannesburg and using that as a staging point for their growth but many of them found it grows to be slower in the region starting in southern africa, starting from another part and they grew to the most neighboring country, botswana, mozambique, that far but often didn't make it as thoroughly or deeply in to the other market so you do have with the shift of nigeria at least in the public mind becoming bigger, basing the gdp over 500, and thinking don't need to set up shop right away and go straight into that. there is a shift in corporate strategy that comes to market entry and response to that. >> do you feel the shift? have you felt for a long time? have you wondered why everybody looking at southern africa as a vehicle to this entry point? >> start ups in africa, part of what we try to figure out his company's that fit. africa has always been intriguing continent in part because the south african story is not an easy story to tell but the real market is above water and the low water. those th

. >>> in johannesburg, paul tinsley, fox news. >> william shakespeare have a little herbal help whiles plays. a group of south african scientists say they found some clay pipes in the garden of shakespeare's home in england. they say those pipes contained traces of cannabis much the 24 pipes collected a third tested positive for cannabis. the head of the study admits there's no conclusive said that shakespeare ever used the cannabis himself. >>> school of course set to start in couple of weeks employees at citizens bank want to make sure kids went to school with all necessary supplies. 500 backpacks filled with supplies were handed out today. all part of the bank's program called citizens helping citizens strengthen communities. this is the 11th year citizens has taken part in the program in the philadelphia area. ♪ >>> straight ahead at 6:00, man stops into a local store to pick up a few things, but all is not as it seems. the crime police say this guy committed and his chilling threat to the victim. >>> plus, pandemonium in the streets. the clash outside this new jersey soccer game

finally, american basketball comes to africa, some current and former nba stars hit the hardwood in johannesburg, south africa, saturday night. a team made up of players from around the world took on players that have ties to africa. team world end upbeating team africa. 101-97. >>> and speaking of sports, i would like to issue an apology to all of those new york mets fans who i offended who were not amused by my attempted humor. yesterday. i was wrong, you were right. they're a great team. they are close to first place in their division, having beaten the washington nationals in an important game last night, 3-2. good on you. >> is this new ron claiborne likely to start saying nice things about the boston red sox? >> i wouldn't press it. i wouldn't press that. >> never? >> very big of you, ron. >> i'm not going to say anymore than that. >> and you heard it here, if there is a rematch in the subway series, you will cheer for the mets. okay. >> we heard that from you. >>> but now moving on to something no one ever wants to experience, someone breaking into your home. but imagine watching it all h

these are two pictures taken outside of johannesburg in 1973, when he makes a visit there. you see him interacting with inal youths living there the slums. this was a very contested visit. they were yelled militants who accused him of selling out by going to south africa, by engaging with the white government. there were others that went very happy that he was there, and willing to engage in conversations with black locals, and visit townships outside of the central city. moment his most famous on the tennis court, certainly what my students talk about, his victory over jimmy connors in 1975 at wimbledon. reporter said coming into wimbledon, he had about as good of a chance as ice cream in a furnace to be connors. he really planned well for connors. he almost approach it the way it is fastball would throw junk at their opponent. yo game andyou you ge outsmarted his opponent. african-americans are characterized as being on intellectual. the way to be at the is outsmarted them. this was a case where he out strategized and a moment -- and op opponent. ahe was also involved in

violence against women with one in three in an abusive relationship and miller has the story from johannesburgter: this is jenny. it's not her real name because we are protecting her identity but with no where to go she came to the women's shelter to help after leaving her abusive partner. >> it's very emotional. and it has to and i'm a mom and i have to do it for my son. >> reporter: jenny suffered years of physical abuse and will need counseling to recover, south africa has one of the world's highest levels of violence against women by men and they set up a dedicated call center for victims of domestic violence and abuse. since it opened a year and a half ago it received 4,000 calls all of them from women and children. counselors are cancelled and referred to the necessary services in the area and employees social workers available 24 hours a day. >> also changed the way we deliver social work services. we have never had social workers giving counseling. and, two, we recognize that technology can play a vital role in delivering all social work services including this. >> reporter: there are

. >> taking part in the first ever exhibition game in africa, the game held in johannesburg, as currentrom around the world took on team after k that is on the dream for the spin mover and dollars fade, still has the dream shake. team africa, though works fall to team world 100 to 97. and one more note, phillies on boxing star, danny garcia wins in a nine round tko over pauley, 31 and zero. that's all for sports, i'm pat gallon, have a great day. >> lasted only 34 seconds round a defended her ufc women's title after knocking out challenger bet it is first round it, land couple of punches, then pair everying in-out punches ends the the match. will take on misch a tate next who was the only competitor, to take her past rounds one. >> and it is a tenth annual unleashed by petco dog surfing competition at imperial beach in san diego. more than 50k9 competitors hit their boards, dogs of all breeds and sizes hang ten in the ocean with all of the style and finesse of the most pro surfers out there proceeds benefit the san diego humane society. that's it for "eyewitness news" at seven. h here's

the earth right now, and there was nothing left of us but what is on jukeboxes everywhere from johannesburgtimbuktu or, you know, kuala lumpur them everywhere you go, there is an american music on the juke were in the bar -- or in the bar, that is new orleans. that is legacy of new orleans. it is one of our great gifts. it can only happen in a place that is decidedly american, that has the crosscurrents of european, african, caribbean culture. it can only happen here. it is probably the most patriotic piece i will ever do. amy: like "the wire," your dylan with normans from every different angle. after hurricane katrina, five police officers were accused of shooting and killing two unarmed people and wounding four others on the danziger bridge. the officers were convicted in 2011 but the convictions were later vacated. earlier this month, a federal appeals court ruled the officers are entitled to a new trial. you address the danziger bridge in "treme." >> indirectly. amy: this features police officer terry colson. >> are you hear about my kinder? >> the rumor mill has him lying about danzige

in johannesburg, paul, fox news. >> in your health news, the internet could be bad for your health.e online weaken the immune system and increases the risk of colds and flu. they conduct add study with hundreds of people and found the average person spent at least six hours a day online. some spent over 10 hours. clearly average person doesn't have job. so what could make you sick? researchers say the lack of interaction with other people and less time spent outside being exposed to germs all play as roll. ♪ >>> time for another look at the weather. things continue to look good. we're hearing about scattered showers but in trenton, new jersey, right there looking at the capitol looks like they're all about a great day. >> yeah, great day in trenton a few clouds out there. of course, we have a number of looks across the area. trenton, the radar is all clear. birthday to talk about this was sent to us from karen yesterday she's off today. i want to wish dorothy schaeffer wish their mom a help birthday. 99 years old. looks great for nip nine, dorothy. we share our birthday weekend. one

is former six ever, taking part in the first ever exhibition game in after a the game held in johannesburgnba stars from around the world took on team africa. the dream for the spin move and the fade. fifty-two years old now still has the dream shake. team africa though would fall to team world 100 to 97. and one more note. phillies own boxing star, danny garcia wins in a ninth rounding tko over pauley he's 31 and zero. that's all for sports, i'm pat gallon, have a great day. >> a denver audio book store has a rather unusual mascot. it is speedy the turtle. speedy wanders around greeting customers and also climbs on top of their shoes owner don huck found speedy some ten years ago in his backyard, and she's been living at the book store there ever since. >> well, that's it for "eyewitness news" at 6:00. here's what we have for you at 7:00. transit agency selling circuit by lottery. what you need to know to try and get a pass for the weekend. moms, dads, almost time for school time. and coming up: are you holding off on back to school shopping? well, may not be alone, a why should you hold

we'll continue to follow the developments out of john -- johannesburg on that as well. >>> senator menendezlatest democrat to oppose the president on the iran issue. >>> and hillary clinton posts her position on key environmental issues. mark murray is with me. mark, let's start with senator menendez and his opposition to the iran deal. >> he certainly has a big voice in foreign policy. however, his opposition is really no big surprise. he's always been a very big iran hawk and he's had problems with this deal from the get-go. but the total reality is when it comes to the math, this deal looks like it's going to be very hard for congress to stop. so far you have two democrats who are in opposition. 23, however, in support, according to our senate producer frank forb. if democrats get to 34, that means there can't be a veto override if president obama issues a veto. there just needs to be 11 more democrats to come out with the deal for it to be a fait acc fait accompli in the senate. >>> hillary clinton opposed to the obama deal. she says, the arctic is a unique treasure given what we know,

and he was a white man from a prominent work-family in johannesburg. he had broken away from his family and he came to work with these people and he just was risking himself, disease was ever wear but he was working 23 hours a hours a day trying to keep people alive. but the pierces as many of you azeri know about them, first of all the father is one of the glass artisans in the world and they have these wonderful boys and one was a world-class snowboarder and frankly he had a good shot at a gold metal. he had a traumatic head injury when he took a bad fall before the olympics in vancouver, halfway through the olympics we been staying in touch with them and they said for the first time were encouraged that he was going to survive and if you wanted to come down and see him now would be the time. i jumped on an airplane and flew to denver where he was in this rehab facility, i was overwhelmed by the quality of the family pulling this young man across the line and making him well again. his brothers are so emotional saying you don't know what it's like to