tshwane and johannesburg. ndivile is especially interested in introducing climate-smart urban agriculture. in johannesburg's joubert park, an abandoned greenhouse has now become a community garden. the cooperative grows vegetables and medicinal herbs. currently the project provides work for two formerly jobless women. ndivile: so these are the young two ladies. they own a farm in their area where they stay. and then they come here as volunteers to the greenhouse to take care of the space. stefan: with a changing climate, agricultural practices have to change, too. the project teaches women farmers how to adapt sustainably in order to ensure income and food security in the future. mamosweu: so here in greenhouse, as we are doing organic vegetables, it helps us to sustain ourselves. because we sell our organic vegetables to the local market so we are able to have something every week. stefan: making themselves heard by policymakers remains a big challenge. the city government had agreed to renovate the greenhous

in johannesburg stuber park an abandoned green house has now become a community garden. the co-operative grows vegetables and medicinal herb. alternatively the project provides work for two formally jobless women. to be used only. in the area with these and then. they can house to take care of this space. with the changing climate agricultural practices have to change to the project teaches women farmers how to adapt sustainably in order to ensure income and food security in the future. so. that was. making themselves heard by policymakers remains a big challenge to the city government had agreed to renovate the greenhouse but cut the funding at the last minute. it's still a long way to cool. breeze and i want voice. commenting and. make accommodations identify gaps within. its work that takes strength and perseverance and. has plenty of both. more disease corruption and starvation those are some of the images that come to mind when people think of africa but there's an effective stereotypes movies made in africa by africans nigeria. leads the way when it comes to film p

once upon a time johannesburg was the city of gold for a decade. hundreds of companies mind the precious metal there. today all that's left of the mines are hundreds of imposing slag heaps many of them right next door to residential areas i reporter stephanie murray went to see waiting to meet a dedicated environmental activist. this barren wasteland is one of the mine dumps found in and around south africa's biggest city johannesburg the soil here is full of toxins like arsenic lead and radioactive uranium the heavy rains and dust storms that have become more frequent in recent years have spread the gun terminations especially around the way and its neighboring townships. that's led. to become an environmental activist educating people about the health hazards posed by the mind. she's invited us to her family home in soweto where her older sister and two nephews live dealy knows that here and vajra mental issues like climate change are also socially serious. change is viewed as an environmental change however it's encompasses everything it's a dev

from johannesburg, dan roan.e wanderers, australia were meant to be holding a training session here today ahead of the fourth and final test match against south africa, which begins on friday of course but that session was cancelled. their preparations in disarray. this morning steve smith the captain was spotted in johannesburg airport, sent home in disgrace. he has been thrown into cricketing ex—aisle, banned for a yearfor his part in the ball tampering scandal. david warner as well, his wife's captain also banned for a yearfrom well, his wife's captain also banned for a year from international cricket council both men have lost the right to play in the ipl, the lucrative indian premier league as well. the third player involved in the scandal, cameron bancroft, who carried out the actual cheating. he has also been banned for nine months. and earlier on todayjames sutherland the chief executive of cricket australia revealed more about the investigation into the affair. there was an element of courage of taking o

been banned from playing the fourth test injohannesburg, banned from playing the fourth test in johannesburgsaying banned from playing the fourth test injohannesburg, saying he will stand down from his position as captain of the england and england premiership team. the inquest has begun. australian cricket investigators arriving at the hotel this morning to get to the bottom of the scandal stunning the sport to be a warm welcome from nathan lyon, one of those potentially complicated. the next 2a hours could be painful for players and management. the plant to get cameron bancroft who

australia's players arriving here in johannesburg this morning, their preparations for the final test against south africa totally overshadowed by the ball tampering scandal that has shocked the sport. did you cheat during the ashes? done it before? are you going to resign? the most powerful man in australian cricket also in town to get a bid —— to get a grip on the crisis. cricket also in town to get a bid —— to get a grip on the crisisli cricket also in town to get a bid —— to get a grip on the crisis. i want to get a grip on the crisis. i want to apologise to all australians that these events have taken place, particularly to all the kids who love cricket and idolise the players. an investigation has found the plot was compliant to three players. cameron bancroft, steve smith and david warner. all will be sent home in disgrace tomorrow. smith and david warner. all will be sent home in disgrace tomorrowm regard to the three players on report, i want to stress that we are contemplating significant sanctions in each case. these sanctions will reflect the gravity with which we view wha

with more on this, our report is in johannesburg. the best batsmen in the world spent time in disgrace. —— sent home in disgrace. cricketing bosses got tough. do you honestly believe that only three men were involved in this plot? the investigation which was done by iain roy, our head of integrity, has found that there were only three players in this plant and we absolutely satisfied about that. if people want to use their own words, but cheating is certainly one of them that is appropriate in the circumstances. one of australian sport's most famous faces, david warner, was found to have concocted the plot. one of the things i look forward to when i come home is being able to... the vice captain will certainly have more time to do that now, also banned for a year. and in a shocking twist, it was revealed that in a shocking twist, cameron ba ncroft that in a shocking twist, cameron bancroft was instructed to use sandpaper to rough up one side of the ball during the test, not sticky tape as initially claimed. he gets a nine—month ban.

on the left, will become the aussies' 46 test captain when he will walks out on to the turf in johannesburgtch series. after winning his first ever masters event this month warne martin del potro has a taste for winning. this time in miami. the argentine facesjohn for winning. this time in miami. the argentine faces john isner for winning. this time in miami. the argentine facesjohn isner in the quarter—finals later. the former us 0pen champion‘s career nearly came to an abrupt end in 2014 because of a wrist injury. afterjoining michaeljordan in the record books this man here, lebronjames, will have home—court advantage as clevela nd have home—court advantage as cleveland host the nuance pelicans later. 0n cleveland host the nuance pelicans later. on wednesday, he tied jordan's league record score of eight points or more for 86 consecutive games. the cavaliers' win over the cornet saw them remain third in the eastern conference. that means they are ten games behind it from there at this with the post—season just behind the corner. —— behind the toronto raptors. us 0pen champion sloane steph

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let's go to johannesburg with johnhn strickland from the cartr center.hanks for taking ththe time wih us. john: good morning. i am at the university now, but i am delighted to speak with you. genie: john, how much is this trip going to be about damage control, would you say? i i cannot see that i it will accocomplish thatt objective, if you see the way the state overallment progrgram announced it, tillerson is going to very few countries concentrating primarily on matters of counterterrorism and security, soso he is not going o places like south africa, ghana, tanzania, or a host of other countries, which i think are more viable long-term partners with the united states. there is a r real difference bebetween the way the u.s.s. is approachching africa and, say, china is approaching africa. genie: john, people are hoping rex tillerson will be able to give the countries where he is visiting what u.s. for policy really is in africa. does h he have a clear position? have athe u.s. does not form policy toward africa. it does not have a formal secretary, and e

australia coach darren lehmann quits injohannesburg australia coach darren lehmann quits in johannesburgfter watching smith's breakdown. after speaking with my family at length over the la st with my family at length over the last few days it is the right time to step away. it is the last chance foran to step away. it is the last chance for an underperforming side says england joe route on the leave of their second test in new zealand. and we will be speaking to promoter eddie hearn at the build up intensifies towards the joshua parker heavyweight showdown. a day of drama and high emotion in the australian ball tampering affair with a story terminating the headlines, ending in tears and recriminations. here are the developers of the day starting in syd ney developers of the day starting in sydney with the former captain steve smith arriving back to face the media in the wake of his year's ban and his role in the plan to alter the ball. it's clearly affects of the ball. it's clearly affects of the last few days had got to smith. i made a serious error ofjudgment andi i made a serious erro

milton nkosi, bbc news, johannesburg.t of control in the caucasus mountains in georgia. video footage of the incident in the gudauri ski resort shows a chairlift apparently moving in reverse, pulling skiers back around the pulley to the start of the lift. as it malfunctions, the cable doesn't stop and the chairs start smashing into each other. several skiers try to jump off the moving lift to avoid the pile—up. a local mayor said the lift stopped in a power cut, and then started travelling at speed in reverse. football's world governing body, fifa, has confirmed that video assistant referees will be used at this year's world cup in russia. var technology has been trialled in several major leagues this season, and will allow for certain decision made by the referee in a game to be reviewed. the decision was announced by fifa president gianni infantino at the organisation's council meeting in colombia. animation is fast—growing industry, with a massive international audience and hundreds of millions of dollars in revenues.

dan roan, bbc news, johannesburg.has been arrested on suspicion of making malicious communications relating to threatening e— mails. malicious communications relating to threatening e- mails. these e- mails we re threatening e- mails. these e- mails were received earlier today by a large number of schools and colleges throughout the uk. these threats have caused, as you may imagine, considerable concern that the national crime agency is keen to say there is no increase risk to the public but they do believe the incident is linked to a hoax bomb threat closed schools last week. an 18—year—old man has been arrested. the greatest stand—up comedian. a genius. a humble man. just some of the tributes today as liverpool said farewell to sir ken dodd. thousands of people lined the streets of the city as his cortege made its way to the anglican cathedral for his funeral. sir ken died aged 90 earlier this month. andy gill reports. sir ken dodd lived in the same house in knotty ash for all his 90 years. today, it was the start f

milton nkosi, bbc news, johannesburg.'s elephants have signed a petition asking britain and the rest of the eu to ban the legal trade in antique ivory. at a wildlife summit in botswana, the country's president said a complete trade ban would help protect the remaining elephants. 0ur africa correspondent alastair leithead reports from botswa na. botswana is the last sanctuary for africa's elephants. half of the animals left on the continent live here and on its borders. but conservationists say the continuing trade in tusks, be it legal or illegal, to feed the market for ivory in china means the elephants are still seriously endangered. thousands of elephants are still being killed for their ivory across africa every year, leaving orphans, like these guys. although the scale of poaching is down from what it was a few years ago, more elephants are being killed every year than are being born. it is still a big crisis for africa's elephants. the political will has not been there. if our neighbours can match botswa na's exampl

dan roan, bbc news, johannesburg. sydney spoke to me about the reaction in australia for the investigation so far. a lot of people waking up to the news and the footage from that press conference. a lot of people talking about what was and said in the absence of the word cheating. james sutherland, the ceo of cricket australia was very careful in the wedding he used, talking about the spirit of the game, the integrity and reputation of cricket. lots of people here in australia wanted him to bea people here in australia wanted him to be a bit more blood and straightforward, saying it was cheating. but they understand there could be a legal process to go through, notjust could be a legal process to go through, not just in could be a legal process to go through, notjust in terms of handling the players, but also in terms of the sponsors and so on as well. the other discussion now is what those sanctions will be when the players are sent home. some people talk about a six—month ban. would that make a difference? a 12 mont

dan roan, bbc news, johannesburg.er issues malawi's music industry. her project malawian girls rock helps young women interact with others to get advice and mentorship. she hopes her career will inspire them to help their own communities — putting their money where their mouth is and investing back home. come winter, comes spring. i know my faith won't fail me now. so i can't be run this project called malawian girls rock and it's basically a platform to encourage young women and also already grown women to interact with each other on an entrepreneurial level and political and social level. i think gender issues within the malawi and music industry are definitely issues that we are continuously facing as female artists but i think it's so important for as females to create a dialogue between the media and to create dialogues between ourselves which is where malawi and dashed malawian girls rock comes in as well. it's so important for us to keep dashed to speak about these issues. there is no point in treating them as

asked the court to ban it saying it represents hate and racial discrimination on web reports from johannesburg. the symbol of the apartheid era government africa's old flag is controversial to many deeply offensive here members of the white supremacist a.w.b. party held at the funeral of their leader in twenty ten the nelson mandela foundation has asked a court to ban the church's just plays of it the flag is synonymous with a part of it and to have it displayed is really it's a celebration of the apartheid crime against humanity and humiliation of its victims it's an ambiguously. expression that denies the human dignity of those who suffered under apartheid and particularly black people. from flag was designed the end of apartheid the rainbow nation. the twenty ten world cup it was graced the old one there were to be saying that not everyone agrees the old ones should be banned after a forum is an organization that represents afrikaners who are among south africa's white minority its deputy c.e.o. told us the organizations against anyone flying the flag should not be banned if someone stands

dan roan, bbc news, johannesburg.and oldest engineering firms, gkn, has been bought in a hostile take—over. melrose will pay £8.1 billion for the company, which makes parts used in half the world's cars. labour has accused melrose of being interested in stripping the assets of gkn — something it denies — as our business editor simonjack reports. for 260 years, gkn has been at the forefront of aerospace and automotive innovation, from icons like the spitfire to components in modern—dayjets and cars. today, it was acquired by a company that likes to do its business quickly. melrose's self—declared motto is to buy, improve and then sell companies within five years. unions fear "improve" is code for cost—cutting. people are obviously concerned about their jobs. they don't know how they are going to stand. you know, guys in their 30s with young families and big mortgages, they want, like everybody, you need some sort of security, some sort of commitment. the melrose chief executive has previously told mps the company can b

or interrupt that report to take you straight to johannesburg where the head of australian cricket is expected to announce that the sanctions in the wake of the ball tampering scandal let's have a listen and. i'm going. to slow. it down in australia understand. and share the anger and disappointment of a strike in fans and a broader strain community. at the events that unfolded in cape town on saturday i . build a board meeting today and i want to assure people that the chairman and other directors of cricket australia sheer sentiments. so on behalf of cricket astride it all i want to apologize to all the stridency that these events have taken place. and particularly to all the kids who love cricket and laws suppliers. i want to also apologize to cricket south africa and south african fans that this issue has. what other was should have been i want to full series. as the chairman has said in his statement earlier to not we recognise that this issue goes beyond the technical nature. of offenses and various codes of conduct. it's about the integrity and reputation of a strike in cricket

dan roan, bbc news, johannesburg.an union and enter a transition period, but there's still a mountain of negotiations ahead in the coming year. our europe editor, katya adler, has been looking at the eu's likely approach, and whether it will speak with one voice when it comes to deciding a future trade deal with the uk. when it comes to brexit, the eu is desperate to appear united, but it isn't, especially when it comes a future trade deal with the uk. 27 different eu countries and a whole host of opinions, from pragmatic to hard line, like france. france's economy minister insists there's no wiggle room to make a special deal for the uk after brexit. are you trying to punish the uk for leaving? we have guidelines. we do not want to punish the uk. nobody wants to punish the uk. you cannot punish such a big nation, like the uk. you cannot punish the nation of shakespeare and churchill. this is nonsense. but we have also to protect our own interests. we have to protect our financial stability. financial services won't b

side of south africa and that's life continue to in the course of thursday suppose durban and johannesburg could be wet at times cape town should be largely fine some showers into the mid be and could be affected when took in the course of the day through into friday and see that line for substation extends towards parts of botswana and then joins up with the area in south africa johannesburg seeing some heavy rain and high seer of only fifteen degrees. without a recap the top stories. of the one hundred ten schoolgirls who were abducted in northeastern nigeria last month have been reunited with their families the girls were turned to the town of by what appeared to be a convoy of fighters at least twenty two people mostly children have been killed in a russian ass strike in syria province and a u.s. resident is suing facebook and the u.k. phone cambridge analytic obtaining data without their permission it comes as pressure grows continues to grow on facebook over revelations of personal data from the social media site was misused by the u.k. analytics company. now in all the stories we're

be shown in public at the nelson mandela foundation and once and for all malcolm where our zero johannesburg south africa venezuela's presidential election has been pushed back by almost a month it won't take place until may the twentieth it comes as beleaguered president nicolas maduro announced a fifty eight percent rise in the minimum wage his latest attempt to address the nation's economic crisis. and some opposition parties made a deal to reschedule the vote main opposition coalition is boycotting the whole. or italians are heading to the polls on sunday to vote in a hotly contested general election many analysts predict that former prime minister silvio berlusconi's party is likely to be part of any potential coalition aren't slieve report considers the impact of a hard right wing coalition. cashin a central italy very old very pretty and people are very angry. stuck in the fields outside the town the government has housed one hundred asylum seekers they're about as popular as a moldy listen you. want to go. in the summer so many women have complained that the euro dating in the street

here of a two hunch kilogram package of illegal ivory at harare airport welcome web reports from johannesburg and neighboring south africa. recently granted this group or not when adrian stern went undercover as an ivory buyer in zimbabwe he says he received more death threats and he can count he's a wildlife photographer who began investigating the illegal ivory trade in december speaking exclusively to our zira he says young covered a poaching and smuggling syndicate which he believes is led by the former first lady grace mugabe ivory which is being sourced either from the national parks vote bank the food or from live elephants being killed by poaching syndicates the syndicate within sale to quiet till she would then be able to pack that it's into out through the airport anything through that airport that was the property of the first lady was not searched or scared in any way. stern got the documents undercover videos and testimonies which she showed to al jazeera as investigative unit he says they expose the syndicate and the former first lady's involvement this is the vote from where he

investigation is the first major challenge to the gobby family dynasty malcolm web al-jazeera johannesburg south africa. travels the president of the u.k. based conservation charity on faith foundation tell me illegal poaching in zimbabwe has reached dangerous levels. well if the allegations are up that's not surprising but they are still shocking. at this situation in zimbabwe has been extremely volatile for a very long time and you know we're talking about stockpiles of ivory in the country around one hundred tons one hundred thousand kilos of ivory and according to the daily news which is a zimbabwean media operation grace of god he was able to go and raid that stockpile at will in order to sell ivory and raise funds so it's shocking but it's not entirely surprising. still ahead for you on the program allegations of election meddling against a british fan cambridge analytic have spread to mexico. and restoring iraq's railways the government seeks monetary parrots trying network after years of warning clack. however got more story weather across northern parts of australia and they fall

found a source because a group of three school kids got sick in the township of soweto and near johannesburg after eating polo only it's this kind of sausage that can be made of pork or chicken and because they got sick a lot of these preschoolers got tests that they found this this bacteria that avian flu poisoning and they could pinpoint it down in a set to this pallone from enterprise from tiger brands that's that they ate so the minister says if we are clear now this is where it comes from ok so how is the region reacting to all of this after all it's not just south africa effect no definitely not snow because this company also exports a lot to two neighboring countries so as so far we've seen now they countries around us in panic mode as well. as botswana mozambique malawi they've all said that they're going to stop imports now and it also removed all the products that they did have from their shelves and it looks like patients experience high temperature flu symptoms vomiting diarrhea some even die as we've heard our consumers panic. yes no definitely and of course it's main deformable

been banned from playing the fourth test injohannesburg, banned from playing the fourth test in johannesburgsaying banned from playing the fourth test injohannesburg, saying he will stand down from his position as captain of the england and england premiership team. the inquest has begun. australian cricket investigators arriving at the hotel this morning to get to the bottom of the scandal stunning the sport to be a warm welcome from nathan lyon, one of those potentially complicated. the next 2a hours could be painful for players and management. the plant to get cameron bancroft who deliberately tamper with the ball quickly unravelled under tv cameras. —— plan. the man known as the voice of australian cricket today told me how much damage was done by his compatriots. as it settled into my brain overnight, there was a sense of outrage that they should dare to perpetrate such a crime on the field. this was a blatant and premeditated thing. that is what sticks in the craw of most australian fans. the australian captain, steve smith, confessed to the plot and has been suspended for one match, b

an example one concert skate south african law and garrison yet see just behind me now he's in johannesburg and he senses a video explaining the use of the k. words and why it's considered offensive in south africa. say the use of it in south africa. has been used by reese's to chris black people saw her for ten minutes it's reminiscent of a part of it it is goes back. days we you know you could see white people for me to mean. and it's the same as the n. word in the united states. in south africa it's not a word that you take lightly and nobody. resists to use. and get away with it. now this case has become a national talking point with many wondering if the judgment will pave the way for a legal crackdown on hate speech in south africa on sweat says if a man says says there's a difference between free speech and hate speech she use the k word forty eight times and another person says racism is evil and there really should be a short tolerance for people who harbor hatred for others based on skin color whether you're shouting the k. words at a black vacated or threatening to cut the throat

dan roan, bbc news, johannesburg. with cricket, the opening day of the second and final test of new zealand and england is into the second session in christchurch. tim southee and trent boult was sent in to bat. england are currently 78 for two with the black caps having won the first test in auckland. pablo carino busta is through to the finals after victory over kevin anderson. he saved the match point himself in the final tie—break against the south african and will face the winner of the quarter—finals on court later than expected after alighting issue. us open champion sloane stephens is through to the final after coming from a set down to beat foreman world number one victoria azarenka. she took time to get going and will appear in her first final since victory in new york last september. regardless of the result of the next match, she will move into the next top ten. the opening round of the first women's golf major is nearing in and in california. the 34—year—old made eight birdies in her round which could hav

been banned from playing the fourth test injohannesburg, banned from playing the fourth test in johannesburg, saying he will stand down from his position as captain of the england and england premiership team. the inquest has begun. australian cricket investigators arriving at the hotel this morning to get to the bottom of the scandal stunning the sport to be a warm welcome from nathan lyon, one of those potentially complicated. the

australia, now trailing 2—1, will travel to johannesburg tomorrow, but it's their actions here that threatenovershadow their tour of south africa. dan roan, bbc news, cape town. newsnight is coming up on bbc two. here's emily. tonight we will hear from tony blair on brexit and a senior member of corbyn‘s team respond to the charges of anti—semitism on labour. join me now on bbc two. here on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm holly hamilton. coming up on the programme. australia move out of cape town while investigators move in but are there now questions over ball tampering in the ashes? i can't believe that this hasn't happened before. i'm pretty sure it was going on throughout the ashes series but it wasn't the reason england lost 4—0. england have problems of their own. blown away by new zealand in the first test in auckland. johanna konta takes a first set lead over venus williams in miami. hello and welcome to sportsday. it was a very controversial couple of days and we start with that scandal that has rocked australian cricket and cast a

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we spent the day talking to the players and now the squad has decamped to johannesburg ahead the playersuad has decamped tojohannesburg ahead of the final test match for them and the final test match for them and the head of cricket australia has been addressing the media this evening but others said the core question as to what exactly they intend to do about this remains unclear. all we know is it will be a significant sanctioned but there is speculation that the players, perhaps the lawyers are also involved, there are some lucrative contracts with ipl franchises earth day, some serious commercial endorsements as well. so if the players do receive a hefty ban which could jeopardise their future career, then clearly cricket australia have got to get this right and they could be some debating going on behind the scenes. but james sutherland was clear there will be significant punishment to be announced. football now and england have been enjoying a run of five clean sheets on their road to russia but tonight they face a tougher test. they take on italy at wembley for what will be their

bbc news," johannesburg. >> the three african countries that are home to the majority of the continent'sphants have signed a petition asking britain and the rest of th e.u. to band the legal trailed in antique ivory. a at why would live summary inn otswa the country's president said it would help protect the remaining elephants. we have a report from botswana. reporter: botswana is the last nctuary for africa's elephants. half of the animals left on the continent live here and on it borders. but conservationists say thein cong trailed in tusks, be it legal or illegal to field the market for ivory in china means ll elephants are s seriously endangered. thousands of elephants are still being killed for their ivory across africa every year, leaving orphans like these guys. although the scale of the poaching is down from a few years ago, mor elephants are being killed every year than are being born.'s still a big crisis for africa's elephants. >> i f the worst is yet to come. the political will to address these issues unfortunately is not there. it has been in botswana and if our neighbors c