unemployment and crime have slowed south africa's progress in the post mandela era was nelson mandela square and sent in as a pleasant place this is where the rich and beautiful meet along with those who aspire to join the elite club. the father of the nation is a source of inspiration his charm and presence electrified the masses feeding expectations of a better life. to them indeed. i can explain the way he is to me on the way out i look at him in net and name so many things from his day on he's not coming in any of my you know he has got the qualities of cut a whole site was the boss if i may say so. once things done it once and done as i know. madiba the father of the nation teaches his people the values of collective leadership respect benevolence and an eye for everyone's needs the our we with we would have been in big big trouble in south africa headed not being. at that crucial moment in in the history of our country he was at the head of. my need to mandela say that be a better life for all of us back to meet the whole country to do that. for the earth was we. really need we

winnie mandela and nelson mandela now divorced once formed the glorious figurehead of the south african liberation movement. when forty year old mandela led his bride sixteen years his junior to the altar her father said it's not love you're marrying my child but struggle. her husband was facing charges of high treason as in his first marriage he was hardly able to provide for his family but they were happy. first came their daughters in a new. pin since he was born and they were four. but these were bloody times and sharp film in one nine hundred sixty police officers fatally shot seventy two black demonstrators. that are many people feel that it is useless and. asked to continue talking peace and on better against the government was a cry is rabbit attempt. to end when he had to look on as her husband and his comrades were arrested and put on trial for high treason mine has been fighting for liberation of african to fluctuate in time one hundred. and in one thousand nine hundred sixty four came the verdict in the days. ahead if we had been victorious and kept as much along the. the. t

for your wife winnie mandela and nelson mandela now divorced once formed the glorious figurehead of the south african liberation movement. when forty year old mandela led his bride sixteen years his junior to the altar her father said it's not love you're marrying my child but struggle. you. her husband was facing charges of high treason as in his first marriage he was hardly able to provide for his family but they were happy. first came their daughter. then since he was born and there were four of. us. but these were bloody times and schonfeld in one nine hundred sixty police officers fatally shot seventy two black demonstrators. that are many people feel that it is useless and. asked to continue talking. against the government. is on the rabbit. to end when. her husband and his comrades were arrested and put on trial for high treason. and is going to try to ensure they. can pick a father which i wonder. if and in one thousand nine hundred sixty four came the verdict. we had to finish. victorious. kept. the the almost three decades later the legend. every prisoner walk free step down i

helped nelson mandela to become. the first years were pure torture the idea was to consign the prisoners to oblivion to have them forgotten even by their families letters were routinely burned or censored. meanwhile the state terror continued and the headquarters of the secret police on the notorious forest a square in johannesburg prisoners were tortured and killed. the regime was out of control. the nelson mandela foundation has valuable materials from this time. a secret service employee returned one of monday it was confiscated notebooks. security. it contains handwritten copies of letters he wrote on robben island. historians are preparing the documents for publication so the next generation can find out what it was like. if. it. was created. there followed years of cruelty. winnie mandela was next in the regimes firing line . that he never wanted a good mandela day on that premise is president so they knew they were going to have to release him with some stage so i think that the structure of when the was reall

to the nelson mandela foundation if the check was made out to nelson mandela between two syllable of the proportions and. i think the bulk of it was made up to nelson and. her so you know reason. always for the course. when you for the course you can bet never before you always were the people. and that is something my dear but i mean that has left me with many of us shaking like you'd like to think that you'd like to join give and take turned into just take privileged groups i've forgotten to share much to my deepest displeasure. but life has its good sides to. the best father ever. i particularly never thought we would ever see this day with that he would be president and to see him celebrate his eightieth birthday with everything that happened in prison and also i want to thank the lord for sending us . mandela's eightieth birthday was special in more ways than one of his daughters got a second mother and also michelle five years after his divorce from winnie nelson mandela married a third time this is a very mature relationship. very much but she'll probably need then the relatio

so this movie mandela and there is real mandela. today marks 100 years since his birth i wanted to spend a few minutes talking about the man. because he spoke about me on my birthday. now that's not true at all now the first thing you need to know about nelson mandela is that his name was not nelson. >> when i went to school, the lady teacher miss mdingane asked what is your name. i told her my african name, rohihila. she said no i don't want that. you must have a christian name. so i said no i don't have one. she says you are from today you will are going to be nelson. but that is how i got the name nelson. not given by my parents. >> trevor: wow, can you imagine how mandela's parents must have felt? their kid left the nows as-- and comes back as nelson. his dad must have been so mad, they called you what, i'm calling your teacher right now, hello, this is ggadla mandela. no, your name is injury me now. oh, they got me too ha, ha. now the reason nelson mandela had to have a christian name is because back in the early 20th century w

i think the world is crying for nelson mandela's prison. you compare him with president trump and the rest of them. they are in that for themselves. he was in it for others. ruling with absolute integrity. social justice, equality, human rights, democracy. i think we can do with strong leadership but compassionate leadership for everybody and not just a select few.>> it is missing mandela's leadership.>> i appreciate that.>> andrew mlangeni, you are about to receive the freedom of london and well-deserved. 93 years old and after all your struggles and thank you for being with us. peter, thank you very much.>> pleasure. >>> a vision of unity from mandela but trump has a divisive style. his power rest on deeply loyal voters representing 45 % of all americans but after the president's controversial comments along vladimir putin in helsinki and after his assertion today that russia is no longer targeting the united states elections which directly contravenes his direct -- dan coats, this issues -- issue dampened the enthusiasm of his supporters

well it's been a century since south africa's anti apartheid icon nelson mandela was born a ceremony is taking place in johannesburg to honor his vision for democracy and social inclusion barack obama america's first black president is delivering the annual lecture to mark the occasion it's to his heart most high profile speech since leaving office. let's go over to the task and of course politicians of good and great past and present turned some very influential members of civil society all taking to the stage who's been speaking so far and what they've been saying. well we've heard from nelson mandela's wife aggression michelle and i listen if we can south africans have been speaking and the theme today seems to be that over leadership everyone who's spoken so far has said nelson mandela was a great leader they said when he became president his priority was focusing on his people he wanted each and every south african regardless of race to have a good life into a place within a unified country they also say that he stayed down after his first term something with some presidents pas

big businesses taking advantage of mandela day.f course, the peak celebration is taking place in the eastern cape in the village of [indiscernible] where'd not -- where nelson mandela was born. speaker, along with invited guests, include president past heads of states of government, ordinary villagers from the area. and people from civil society, all coming to celebrate the of nelsonversary mandela. thank you so much. here's a reminder of our top stories. backtracking in the wake of a political firestorm, donald trump says that he misspoke when he failed to hold the russian president to account for allegedly in the race for the white house in 2016. protests continue in a rack. the prime minister says that to fight corruption and improve services, public anger over power and water shortages have spread to wider discontent, posing a huge challenge to the leadership. time now for the business news and i'm joined in studio by kathryn bennett. you are starting with google receiving a huge fine from europe? yes, a record 4.3 billion euro

and today is the centenary of nelson mandela's 100th birth. a hero to millions, but some young people in south africa are increasingly critical. decision day for google in europe — the us tech giant could be in for a record fine over allegations its android operating system gives it an unfair commercial advantage. and airbus says it's not giving up on it's troubled super—jumbo, despite keeping the double—decker away from the farnborough air show. a warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. and you can be part of the conversation. today we're discussing research that suggests chinese consumers are ready to boycott american goods in the event of a trade war. so, we are asking, would you do the same? tell us what you think, just use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. so, let's get started. the 12 thai boys and their coach, who endured 17 days stranded in the darkness of a flooded cave system in northern thailand, are to be exposed to the media glare of the outside world later, when they are

so many young south africans say they've had enough of the myth of mandela. they may have the freedom he fought for but what use is that they are sick without a job or prospects. people say to guys all outmanned everybody says that. they can states true so yes people have lost their land in the war and. the lender still with the people who took it and stuff so. i don't know can it be fixed can somebody fix it. not everyone has lost their optimism cliff it is a student of political science in johannesburg i thinks it. is still. something of a symbol of peace in the conciliation i think and he was an excellent statesman more than that he represented what it was to simply just be a good person and i think that's the reason it's with the youth as the child of a college mother and white father kaley clifford personifies the reconciliation mandela fought for. a member of south africa's young well educated elite she's able to take advantage of the opportunities in this country. but cliff it is aware that not everyone has benefited from mandela's legacy i don't know

south africa and mandela. but first to mosul in northern iraq it's been a year since the city was liberated from the forces of so-called islamic state how do victims and perpetrators live together today. near you to reports. good there's good one zero. zero zero zero zero. achmet mohammed ramadan is a busy man he's a marketer and elected mayor his district can be found among the ruins of western mosul from his workshop he organizes clearance of rubble and booby traps and is also in charge of food and water distribution the recent past is ever present even in these mundane tasks. why when there's an assessment for food and somebody says this is the son of an i.a.s. family as i go out there won't be any food for that family. then this guy blames another family who wasn't i and so they don't get any food either. you. have to run man says about half the people in his district supported the i.r.s. some from fear some from conviction. the evidence of what that led to is everywhere in mass graves like this one. you k

president nelson mandela backed by russia and china mandela was a tireless activist in south africa but also in later life a powerful voice against the iraq war and sanctions on cuba he's remembered here at the nelson mandela santini exhibition one of the organizers of the exhibition is former labor cabinet minister and the apartheid activist mona hay new joins me now thanks so much for inviting us to this amazing exhibition tell me about the significance of an exhibition about a leader from a country now talking about as a leader of a brics country in the developing world and the emerging economies. of the south well first of all the exhibition is free it's been able to be said because of general sponsorship and we were thrilled that the the jew conductress of sussex opened this because that is in the. bulldust to attract younger people particularly to learn about monday early in their thousands and tens of tens of thousands of visitors here over the next month running up until the nineteenth of august but of course for the prime of his life nelson mandela was in prison twenty seven ye

and perhaps most of all through his moral example mandela. and the movement he led would come to signify something larger he came to embody the universal aspirations of this possessed people all around the world the hopes for a better life the possibility of a moral transformation in the conduct of human affairs. ones to ceremony pay tribute to the man many believed healed so when nelson mandela became president in one thousand nine hundred four it marked the birth of the rainbow nation but it's hardly tassel reports many challenges still remain in a post mandela south africa. i know my share but as attended the truth and reconciliation commission hearings in south africa shortly after apartheid ended she wanted to find out why government soldiers shot her brother at a train station in one thousand nine hundred three she was unable really told the truth about why he died and says she can't forgive and forget she's now part of a group with people like me to try and find a way to heal there were three bodies that lay on the side of the tracks t

james al-jazeera helsinki now it's been a century since south african anti-apartheid icon nelson mandela was born in a ceremony is taking place in johannesburg to honor his vision for democracy and social inclusion back obama america's first african-american president has delivered the annual lecture to mark the occasion it's his most high profile speech since leaving office cross over to our correspondent there i'm a tacit of course it's not just president obama but presidents and leaders past and present turn many civil society leaders to also in attendance i mean what has president obama been saying. well he is still speaking and he started by giving a history lesson basically telling people what the world was like a hundred years ago compared to now and his main issue was that human rights and he said that nelson mandela is a one man in history who'd be remembered for fighting so that everyone has equal access equal opportunities and he encouraged people today that don't give up even even when things are tough people may still care and fight like nelson mandela did to their father ha

mandela, i would like you to meet congressman dellums. mandela did this hollywood double take.has these big hands. impression. he heard my name and he goes ronald dellums. we have heard much of you. you gave us hope. you kept us alive. he hugged me and i broke down and cried. my kids is said -- you actually .et mandela what did you think? i said i think i was in the presence of the most serene human being i have government in my life. he was an incredible person. whenever he would see me, he would say, my dear friend ronald. remember when he came to the united states on his thank you tour? everybody was competing for his time. i leave thisbefore country, i am going to oakland ' constituencyms for their service and support. the bay area is the second most diverse area in the country. .andela walks out on the stage amy: where was this? >> the oakland coliseum. i am walking out. mandela is in m my hood. 55,000 people. he looks out and he sees this of humanity and he t turned to me and he said n, i better understand you. you represent the human family. you represent where we must g

in a bench in johannesburg marking the one hundredth birthday of south africa's formally to nelson mandela. also on the program the turkish economy in trouble inflation a plunging currency and investors pulling out their assets just nine days off to his inauguration we are asking what president richard typesetter one is planning to do. and refocus on attempts at reconciliation in mosul a year off the so-called islamic state was driven out of iraq second city in an exclusive report for you recall of a district my own trying to get everyone to live in peace to get that amid the ruins but he fears the talks may take one hundred she is. hello and welcome my name is christopher spring a good to have you with us u.s. president almost trump has made a spectacular you turn on remarks he made off to monday's helsinki summit with his russian counterpart vladimir putin i think previously said he accepted putin's denial of any meddling in the u.s. twenty sixteen elections trump is now saying he does believe that russia attempted to influence them. except our intelligence community its conclusion that

i'm not going to worship nelson mandela. he did what he did. thanks. but he was not the only person. andrter: a research author who recently released a compilation of letters nelson mandela wrote while in prin feels the criticism is unwarranted. >> i think it is very unfair, because they did what they could do and what they had to do.wa their joto bring about democracy. i think what his layacy is now isg to the whole world, if you want anything to work, focus on human rights, equality. we can't separate human beings, we cannobring about more violence. the only way the world is going to survives if we follow these strategies. -- these values. reporter: but in a country struggling with unemployment, discontent, and the ever increasing inequality gap, nelson mandela's ideals will continue to be re-examined. >> we are so fixated on the past. we can take the lessons and move forward, and take the lessonsan leaving behind nelson mandela. reporter: bbc news, johannesburg. laura: debating the legacy of mandiba. if you need a good old giggle -- aren't we all --

president barack obama has paid tribute to nelson mandela's vision for democracy and social inclusion during a special event one hundred years since the. birth. of the universal appeal of mandela's message and urged people around the world to respect human rights it's his most high profile speech since leaving office. through a sacrifice and unwavering leadership and perhaps most of all through his moral example mandela. and the movement he led would come to signify something larger. he came to embody the universal aspirations of this possessed people all around the world the hopes for a better life the possibility of a moral transformation in the conduct of human affairs it's good to hear the injuns by first so tell us about the main messages in obama's address. two issues came up leadership and human rights and everyone who spoke they all say that nelson mandela was a great man from the time he fought in departed from the time he was president and his priority was making sure that all sides africans try to have a better life when barack obama spoke he even suggested to people that r

mandela one hundred one thinks book and experience what nelson mandela means for young africans today. in the mind of people who are the middle people no other means to fight his way to commute nelson mandela is a simple. how did he shape and influenced the lives of money now going on to a lot better than the oh my goodness feet yes just as i leave maybe fractures if you click on the following monday like the end of the area between the . heart of it find us on facebook and on t w dot com. coming up the. hi there welcome to another special edition of your i'm max today we're diving into the world of art here's what's coming up.

she personifies the reconciliation mandela fought for. member of south africans young well-educated elite, she is able to take advantage of the opportunities in this country. but she is aware not everyone has benefited from mandela's legacy. >> i don't know whether he did enough to interest the roots of racism and the hearts of society. i think that is probably why we found ourselves in a situation like today. still angry, a lot of resentment, tension. and issues of race are still very sensitive. reporter: some people have stopped engaging with politics entirely. they say politicians are only interested in when you vote. they have taken the task of change making into their own hands. they have built a small youth club with a skate track and vegetable garden. >> we the people must do our own thing and change our own environment. we cannot hold it up to just one person. everybody makes mistakes. for them to just do everything for us, no. we can do our own thing. reporter: they may have lost faith in politics and in a legacy mindel left kind

i believe in nelson mandela because. i believe in a vision shared by god being king abraham lincoln. i believe in a vision of equality and justice and freedom and multiracial democracy built on the promise that people are created equal that people reminds us that no one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background or is religious people must learn to hate. anything to learn to hate. or love come from or did truly to the human heart. and before we bring you have that the current u.s. president donald trump has paid a spectacular turnaround on remarks he made at the summit with russia's vladimir putin speaking at a cabinet meeting he said he now says russia did meddle in the u.s. election and that he misspoke yesterday when he said he saw no reason for russia to interfere clear. i have full faith and support for america's great invalidations agencies always have and i have felt very strongly that well russia's actions i had no way at all on the outcome of the election let me be totally c

day out of us that sent nelson mandela. is he still relevant in modern south africa as young voters grow up and they still look to him as a figurehead. some do not some see also modellers a man who sold out a man who left white people in charge. of south africa and some will say straight out they have no respect. for many others young and old and i suspect for the majority of south africans he does still as obama said he bodies the spirits of non racialism of doing good of liberal progressive ideals over all perhaps useful seniors as a positive influence but we aren't quite sure where that legacy might be going in the future could talking to thanks for joining us for the vet from a business insider in south africa. the united nations migration agency says almost fifty one thousand migrants across the mediterranean to europe so far this year as less than half the number that made the perilous journey two in the same period in twenty seventeen while the numbers are down plenty still dream of a new life in your state of these

and nelson mandela ever closer to resigns asters. least from. you. if i ever should become as timeless as the green hills moniba once wrote. i know that our land our continent the world will never again be robbed of its freedom and dignity in the way that we work. that makes me happy. and then. good. you're consuming too much fossil fuel. driving too much time to move. with the results deplete is moving up increasing from. important facts alone figures whom up climate change. go into africa thirty minutes on c.w. . it is known as. managers do no good today nothing would change you know the banks. and so was the language of the bank running. for speaking the truth global news that matters g.w. made for mines. iran ones and isolated the city now a major power in the middle east drones sometimes continues to grow. economically and above all militarily. does iran truly want fugues other countries opponents have their jobs iran from the youngest super power source aug fifth on t.w. . news . this is developing news live from berlin german chancellor angela

president barack obama leads a tribute to the late south african president nelson mandela on the eve of what would have been mandela's one hundredth birthday it's obama's highest profile speech since leaving the white house. and rejecting protectionism the european union and japan signed a landmark free trade deal in gracing a third of the global economy and more than six hundred million people. living on. the law. thank you so much for your company everyone well we start off with the fallout from that historic u.s. row. just some of which sparked a furious backlash and is still reverberating today present all trump triggered a wave of condemnation in the united states after appearing to favor the russian president over his own intelligence agencies after their first ever summit in helsinki yesterday vladimir putin denied that russia had meddled in the twenty sixteen u.s. election trump except at that assurance contradicting the findings of u.s. intelligence. touching down to a storm of criticism this was not the welcome home president trump would want but off to siding with the russ

everybody to get you can use the same applies to nelson mandela. around ten thousand people listen to obama speech in a stadium in johannesburg. the tickets were free of fierce managed to get one fellow came to embody the universal aspirations of this disaster people all around the world. the hopes for a better life. and the hopes shared by many here a fear says obama is a man after his own heart especially when he speaks about dashed hopes. it is a plain fact that racial discrimination still exists in both the united states and south africa that the accumulated disadvantages of years of institutionalized depression have created yawning disparities. that as has inequality has to be eliminated once and for all he hopes that obama uses his political clout to how tough africa achievement. is hear more from journalist definite divest he's an associate editor at business insider south africa and joins us from johannesburg welcome to day w. what else i could you tell us about to president obama's message today there's one clip that i see is getting love

and perhaps most of all through his moral example mandela. and the movement he led would come to signify something larger that came to embody the universal aspirations of this possessed people all around the world the hopes for a better life the possibility of a moral transformation in the conduct of human affairs wednesday ceremony paid to the man many believed hills south africa when nelson mandela became president in one thousand nine hundred four the moment the birth of the rainbow nation but as her most awesome approaches many challenges still remain in a post mandela south africa. attended the truth and reconciliation commission hearings in south africa shortly after apartheid ended she wanted to find out why government soldiers shot her brother at a train station in one thousand nine hundred three she was never really told the truth about why he died and says she can't forgive and forget she's now part of a group where people like her me to try and find a way to heal really wanted you know there were three bodies that lay on the side o

, nelson mandela's granddaughter.. it is a great book, beautifully produced, i want you both to convey to viewers today what this reveals about the man himself. i will start with you, sahm. it is an almost impossible task to take a couple of highlights, but what would they be? firstly the letters to his family in very difficult circumstances showing how he tried to bea circumstances showing how he tried to be a father to his children and a husband. he wasn't allowed to see them for many years, the children. also the letters to the authorities, he was not allowed to write about prison conditions to the family, but he did to the authorities, and we gotan he did to the authorities, and we got an idea of exactly what it was like in prison. there was a letter written in 1986, he had been imprisoned for 24 years, and he said toafamily imprisoned for 24 years, and he said to a family friend, if i had to do it allagain, i to a family friend, if i had to do it all again, i would do it in exactly the same way. gosh, it is a ver

south africa moxy centuri also former president nelson mandela's birth we find out why so many young people have lost faith in the dream of the rainbow nation. and brussels reigns in another tech giant and european union finds in google a record four point three billion euros accusing the u.s. based tech giants of breaching competition rules. writing system for smartphones and tablets. i feel gail welcome to the program. the twelve tired boys who spent more than two weeks trapped in a flooded cave system have been speaking about their ordeal after a rescue they described as miraculous the wild boars football team spent the last week recovering in hospital today they faced the world's press and their parents. the long awaited moment finally comes parapet this home. a huge relief for his family. he's one of the twelve boys from the wildhorse a football team that beat all the odds their parents nature and time. asked the boys made their first appearance since their rescue early on wednesday they showed little sign of having spent over two weeks trapped in a flooded cave with just one fl

mandela and he would be livid about it but i mean monday lose. her. job. all right let's get you caught up now with some of the other stories making news around the world. europe's court of human rights has condemned the treatment of russian punk band pussy riot you famously protested against president vladimir putin back in two thousand and twelve band members were sentenced to two years in prison for their protest in a moscow cathedral to our say the new judges they ordered russia to pay nearly fifty thousand euros in damages pilgrims in the russian city catherine burke i have marked one hundred years since the killing of tsar nicholas the second and his family thousands marched in a procession from the execution site to the location where the bodies were discarded bolshevik troops killed nicholas during the russian civil war eighteen months after he abdicated power as russia's last emperor. japanese media say an extreme heat wave has killed more than a dozen people there in the last three days thousands more have been taken to hospital for heat will lat

the party of nelson mandela which now governs the country. they and c. has been in power for twenty four years enough time to improve the lives of black people says charles like many in south africa he believes the time has come to start taking from the white community and redistributing the wealth to black people . only a small minority of south africa's black population has managed to move up to the middle class. is a lot in the hole is one of those privileged few. she's in a band called freshly ground. salami doesn't agree with the hardliners she doesn't believe south africa's problems are simply a matter of skin color but she's aware that she lives a privileged life as the lead singer in one of the country's most popular bands she's among the winners in the new south africa. definitely the struggle for freedom paid off i mean i'm sitting here in this room. with people from all over. the continent all of a south africa have had a really. amazing education i can vote. and unite i can use this we can use the same bathrooms you know assists definitely th

i believe in nelson mandela's vision. believe in a vision shared by gandhi and king and abraham lincoln. i believe in a vision of equality and justice and freedom and multi-racial democracy, built on the premise that all people are created equal, and they're endowed by our creator with certain inalienable rights. and i believe that a world governed by such principles is possible and that it can achieve more peace and more cooperation in pursuit of a common good. that's what i believe. and i believe we have no choice but to move forward; that those of us who believe in democracy and civil rights and a common humanity have a better story to tell. and i believe this not just based on sentiment, i believe it based on hard evidence. the fact that the world's most prosperous and successful societies, the ones with the highest living standards and the highest levels of satisfaction among their people, happen to be those which have most closely approximated the liberal, progressive ideal that we talk about and have nurtured the t

nelson mandela is known to have wanted ramaphosa to succeed him as president. as the a.n.c. chief negotiator ramaphosa worked with the old regime to draft south africa's first post apartheid constitution he has a strong reputation and is considered pro-business so many were shocked when he announced that he too would support the expropriation of land without compensation . this division over there and its time has come it cannot be our voice. we cannot go on our way for. among the measures that we are going to use to absolutely. the distribution and that of its purpose. without compensation. and it's not just the white business community that's concerned we've come to a bakery in pretoria this is exactly the kind of initiative that a.n.c. is keen to promote a successful business run by black entrepreneurs two sisters took a seat on a nokia to live and put a set up a company three years ago called cake world the a and c's move towards a more hard line position is the cause of great concern to them. they're worried about the future of the country's economy and the potential im