recalled then president topple mbeki over accusations of abuse of power mbeki immediately resigned announcing his decision in a televised speech two days later parliament formally accepted his decision and the interim president was nominated to serve the remaining nine months of back his term until jacob zuma won the two thousand and nine general election. well president zuma has responded to the a.n.c. is demands for him to go he gave his first interview to local t.v. on wednesday this is some of what he had to say. you prison system you know even the manner in which it is take you live in the manner in which it is taken is very strange to me there is such a rush. in the letter that is written one line to was and says. engagement is is is is open but we can still engage in other still has way. in my response that i was going to be doing. nothing open to further discussion but the other shoe i am told now they're taking a decision that tomorrow in parliament because going to be a vote of no confidence nobody has even come to me to say. we're moving if we don't move what is the rush at been as

under thabo mbeki there was mutual respect. underjacob under thabo mbeki there was mutual respect.uth africa got through three finance ministers in as many days, businessmen very vocally against jacob zuma. there is hope that in cyril ramaphosa there is somebody who can finally unite the hopes of business under the anc. but if you look at the speech, he has been very careful to continue to play to the rural poor audience. he is highlighting things like the social gra nts highlighting things like the social grants programme that he says benefits up to the third of south africans. he has been very careful to not overdo it on the big business front. very interesting. and as you say, the budget next week so that will be interesting to listen to. chris vandome, thank you for your thoughts. the speech in cape town is still going on so we will keep an eye and an ear across all of that. there will be more analysis of south africa's future and much more coverage of that story over the course of the evening on bbc news. this is bbc news at 5 — the headlines: president trump is to visit flori

it took thabo mbeki another nine months before he resigned.o centres of power within the party and the party tearing itself apart. we've spoken about the top six going to talk about zuma. waiters cyril ramaphosa on all of this, is he ready to wear on himself? he's holding back at the moment, to make it look as though this is the anc we're talking about, this is the future of the country, this is not about the future of cyril ramaphosa. we understand he will not be end the room, but these are the six most senior positions within the anc, so it could not be coming from a higher place within his governing party. presidential elections next year so still some way to go but the risk of damage to the anc. give us the broader picture in south africa of how the balance of power stands and how the balance of power stands and how voters might be feeling? 0ver how voters might be feeling? over the last 10—15 years, even more than that, there has been a decline in the support for the anc, but it has massive support across the country. there is always a da

sort of outmaneuvered rama poser in that particular struggle mbeki had his problems and in some ways zuma was a reaction to them becky. and he was put in power by essentially the trade unions and. youssou were very hostile to him becky having been marginalized so i think south africa would have had a very different history. rafa's of then was not able to to win office ok stephen goble going to have to leave it there an economist and research fellow at the odeon many thanks for your thoughts now zimbabwe's main opposition party has named nelson chamisa acting president of the party he replaces longtime opposition leader morgan tsvangirai who died in south africa on wednesday metasearch has more now from harare. many opposition supporters are broken hearted. they say they are struggling to accept the man who led them for nearly twenty years morgan tsvangirai is dead. i always defer to. the m.d.c. is national council has appointed nelson chamisa as acting president for twelve months which is likely means he will be the party's presidential candidate when elections take place later this

to the presidency began in one thousand nine hundred nine as deputy under the leadership of topple mbeki but personal differences in power struggles put a strain on their relationship in june two thousand and five president mbeki fired jacob zuma and south africa's deputy president over allegations of fraud related to a multi-billion dollar arms deal four months later zoomers financial advisor should be a shaikh is convicted for corruption and fraud by december zuma is charged with raping an h. i.v. positive family friend he was acquitted by april two thousand and six despite the scandals zuma remains popular and by december two thousand and seven he is elected president of the ruling african national congress ten days later zuma is charged with fraud corruption money laundering and racketeering in two thousand and nine zuma is elected president just a month after grow up charges a dropped in twenty thousand he announces a major overhaul to south africa's hiv aids policy rolling out life saving antiretroviral drugs but his government faces criticism for poor economic performance growing

african continent, and to respect his own wishes for him to step down, just as they did with thabo mbekicans are waiting to hear whether president zuma has agreed to step down. vanessa trump, the wife of the president's son, donald trumer, has been taken to a new york hospital after she opened mail containing an unidentified white powder. the substance was later determined to be non—hazardous. two other people, including mrs trump's mother, were also assessed by medics. the mail was addressed to her husband. the serious fraud office is to prosecute barclays bank over a loan of more than £2 billion it gave to the gulf state of qatar during the financial crisis. investigators claim the money was used to buy shares in the bank, which amounts to unlawful financial assistance. barclays' parent company was charged with the same offence last year and both firms will contest the allegations. from tomorrow british tourists will be able to resume package holidays to tunisia for the first time since a terror attack claimed the lives of 38 people at a beach resort in 2015. the first fully—booked fli

last this happened was in 2008 with thabo mbeki, he stepped down publicly.ad been on the ball for a while forjacob zuma after last year's elections. on the fate of the anc also really depends on what happens, in the short—term lease, over the next few hours there is a need to maintain some of party unity and the need for a new, fresh, innovative approach to ta ke a new, fresh, innovative approach to take the country forward. we have seen strain on the gdp and economic growth. there is disillusionment for young people unemployment and other economic challenges. i think cyril ramaphosa has the chance to take south africa through its next stage of growth. i thinkjacob zuma will see reason, in this situation, for the country's greatest good. cyril ramaphosa has held hours and hours of talks with him, as the leader of the anc. what you think he wants? is hanging on fora the anc. what you think he wants? is hanging on for a deal. good question. -- he is hanging on. the government is separate to a judiciary so they cannot cut a deal. jacob zuma has faced allegation

but more significantly, mr zuma had been deputy president under president thabo mbeki but was sackednourable jacob zuma from his responsibilities as deputy president of the republic and member of the cabinet. charges that have refused to go away. was there any due diligence by the anc at the time? did anyone care? well, there's no doubt mr zuma has enjoyed strong support among some members of the public, particularly in his home province of kwazulu—natal. he has a populist appeal. from a poor start, he portrays himself as a man of the people. when the going was getting tough last year he made a populist gesture of suggesting white land might be expropriated without compensation. for him, the future may involve some legal problems. for south africa, the question is whether the anc has learned its lesson and will pick more carefully in future. for now, everyone thinks zuma's replacement, cyril ramaphosa, is a big improvement, but can he really turn the country round ? verashni pillay is head of digital at thejohannesburg radio station power fm, she's the former editor—in—chief of huffp

nelson mandela had preferred cyril ramaphosa to take over from him, but thabo mbeki had global experience has now travelled, he's just back from davos, he was a visiting professor at stanford, so he is now a man with an outlook to the world, he has travelled to china and so on, to brazil and other parts of europe, the uk. he has been there, negotiating deals for south africa economy. he is very keen on foreign direct investment, he has promised jobs, but most importantly he's said he's going to fight corruption, particularly coming after the resignation of jacob zuma. thank you very much forjoining us. that's our correspondent in johannesburg on very much forjoining us. that's our correspondent injohannesburg on the new presidency which started today. let's catch up with the weather. some glorious sunsets up and down the country, much like the picture behind me. some parts of scotland have seen very heavy snow showers we re have seen very heavy snow showers were significant accumulations adding up to already deep snow lying on the hills. this evening, more snow showers across the north un

in power for five years until one nine hundred ninety nine mandela was succeeded by his deputy top mbeki who remained in charge until two thousand and eight with nine months to go before the end of his second term he was recalled by his own party amid a feud with his former deputy jacob zuma in becky's resignation pave the way for jacob zuma his rise to his presidency began in two thousand and nine and was marred by multiple accusations of corruption and mismanagement zuma is due to be replaced by as you heard the folks who defeated his preferred choice for the party leadership last year and the ruling party politicians are due to elect a poser as acting president of froid. his research at the al-jazeera center for studies joins me on the set how much of a relief is it for the n c politicians parliament to the people of south africa that zuma has gone well it's a great relief for the moment because many people are calling for his resignation because he has been surrounded by. you know people have been. wittingly or unwittingly bringing days you down we saw earlier today there was a raid

the result was upheld by the international community, former south african president thabo mbeki ford the result is good. the european union, the united states, the entire world accepted the validity of that election result in october. zainab, the supreme court, in making a ruling, said there were illegalities and irregularities, that therefore made the elections of august anulled. they ordered that the commission should conduct elections in accordance with the law and constitution. that's the case, that's the case... so we asked the commission to sit down and address the illegalities and irregularities before a new election was held, so that we do not repeat what had happened on august 8. but clearly, if you had challenged the validity of that election in august and the supreme court had said let's rerun, if you were unhappy with the result, challenge it again in the court. what would you do in my situation? when the chairman of the electoral commission himself, eight days before the october elections, on live television says that he is unprepared, he is not ready. the commission ca

african continent, and to respect its own wishes for him to step down, just as they did with thabo mbekiedecessor, in 2008. now, south africans are waiting to hear whether presidentjacob africans are waiting to hear whether president jacob zuma has africans are waiting to hear whether presidentjacob zuma has agreed to step down. that story is very much on the move, of course. we will bring you more as soon as we have it. in a dramatic change of tune, the north korean leader has described south korea as "very impressive" and declared he wants to build on the atmosphere of reconciliation with the south, surrounding the winter olympics. state media say kimjung—un was briefed by a delegation of senior officials, including his sister, who've just returned to pyongyang, from the south. let's get the very latest from our correspondent stephen mcdonell in seoul. if something really happening here? well, it is not everyday that you get the north korean leader praising the south. normally, he is talking about this country as being the puppet of us imperialist and the like, and yet it seems the rap

activists the rural people it's slow but pretty sure that you waste that as we saw with jacob zuma and tub mbeki and even nelson mandela and here's the dilemma that means that they especially especially jacob zuma the last few weeks have been blaming the west generically never specific and they say look because we brought south africa to the brics the west is trying to even assassinate to physically poison jacob zuma that's his personal claim he was poisoned he did get treatment in russia he recovered and it's one of those moments where the talk left in the and time period was rhetoric really reached quite peak but it didn't really confuse the society too much and as you see in they've just knocked jacob zuma out of power storm of course the candidate the darling of big business has just moved in to the presidency because your university is located in the in the city which will host the bric summit this year in the summer. some people saying that brazil of the b. of brics is already gone before was the i.a.s. it no less overthrowing the government there cyril ramaphosa what does he going to say

the rural people it's slow but pretty sure that you waste that as we saw with jacob zuma and taba mbeki and even nelson mandela and here's the dilemma that means that they especially especially jacob zuma the last few weeks have been blaming the west generically never specific and they say look because we brought south africa to the brics the west is trying to even assassinate to physically poison jacob zuma that's his personal claim he was poisoned he did get treatment in russia he recovered and it's one of those moments where the talk left in the and time period his rhetoric really reached quite a peak but it didn't really confuse the society too much and as you see in they've just knocked jacob zuma out of power storm of course the candidate the darling of big business has just moved in to the presidency because your university is located in the in the city which will host the bric summit this year in the summer. some people saying that brazil of the b. of brics is already gone before was the i.a.s. it no less overthrowing the government there cyril ramaphosa what is he going to say

does follow the line of its leadership and the nec is the top body so when this happened to thabo mbekiew years ago, i mean, he resigned in front of the nation. ifjacob he resigned in front of the nation. if jacob zuma decides that he does not want to do that, the anc have a couple of options. they can go for a vote of no confidence in parliament. the downside of that for the anc is that dissolves the whole cabinet, which isn't ideal for them. that dissolves the whole cabinet, which isn't idealfor them. the other option is to try and pursue impeachment proceedings. that has a much higher bark than a vote of no—confidence, but may be something they decide to pursue —— bark. how is this drama playing out on the streets of south africa, is it affecting ordinary day to day life oi’ affecting ordinary day to day life or is it something very much happening just within the anc? certainly people's lives do go on but there is a sense of anxiety and in conversations with people it comes up in conversations with people it comes up all the time. i was listening to a youth radio station on the way i

the rural people it's slow but pretty sure that you waste that as we saw with jacob zuma and taba mbeki and even nelson mandela and here's the dilemma that means that they especially especially jacob zuma the last few weeks have been blaming the west generically never specific and they say look because we brought south africa to the brics the west is trying to even assassinate to physically poison jacob zuma that's his personal claim he was poisoned he did get treatment in russia he recovered and it's one of those moments where the talk left in the and time period his rhetoric really reached quite a peak but it didn't really confuse the society too much and as you see in they've just knocked jacob zuma out of power sort of course the candidate the darling of big business has just moved in to the presidency because your university is located in the in the city which will host the bric summit this year in the summer. some people saying that brazil of the b. of bricks is already gone before was the i.a.s. it lists the government the serial rebel pows or dizzy going to say that's going to b

african continent, and to respect its own wishes for him to step down, just as they did with thabo mbekiw south africans are waiting to hear whether president zuma has agreed to step down. milton nkosi that. -- there. also making news today — president trump has promised what he's calling the biggest and boldest infrastructure investment in american history. announcing the plans as part of his new budget, he said he wanted to create thousands ofjobs, building roads, ports, and airports. the proposal is for some $1.5 trillion of investment, but only $200 billion will come from public funds. last friday, reuters published an extensive report into the killing of ten rohingya men in september, including this photograph and eyewitness accounts. while working on the story, two of the agency's journalists were arrested and now face up to 14 years in prison. a long—time friend of aung san suu kyi, is the former us ambassador to the un bill richardson. he has been speaking to my colleague katty kay about what happened to the reuters journalists. when i asked her i said, with these two specificjou

the anc to be able to go back to the normal party, maybe the normal party that we have seen under mbekis actually demonstrated thatitis deal. it has actually demonstrated that it is going to be very difficult. mr ramaphosa is inheriting a party that is very much divided and people will be looking up divided and people will be looking up to him to bring some essence of unity within the anc and begin to deal with some of the national issues. those national issues include very high unemployment rates, an economy that has slumped over the presidency jacob zuma. what does he have to do first, you think? i think the first thing that south africa has been experiencing is the crisis of confidence. by installing someone crisis of confidence. by installing someone such as ramaphosa who is going to hopefully, not going to give you corruption scandals week m, give you corruption scandals week in, week out. that in itself, just installing someone who does not have those scandals, it will boost confidence. it says to the market that people can look into south africa, there is common sense. most impor

the rural people it's slow but pretty sure that you waste that as we saw with jacob zuma and taba mbeki and even nelson mandela and here's the dilemma that means that they especially especially jacob zuma the last few weeks have been blaming the west generically never specific and they say look because we brought south africa to the brics the west is trying to even assassinate to physically poison jacob zuma that's his personal claim he was poisoned he did get treatment in russia he recovered and it's one of those moments where the talk left in the and time period his rhetoric really reached quite a peak but it didn't really confuse the society too much and as you see in they've just knocked jacob zuma out of power storm of course the candidate the darling of big business has just moved in to the presidency because your university is located in the in the city which will host the bric summit this year in the summer. some people saying that brazil of the b. of brics is already gone the former cia asset no less in the government there cyril ramaphosa what does he going to say that's going

allegations does choose to end this week for some of the dhaka is expected to challenge president mbeki at the polls the close. is following the story for us. that they were together. their election head of the presidential election that will take place in two thousand and nine. elections are year and a half away so why is this happening right now well they say here it's because the government is there with their political leaders in the last few years we've seen the former president of. being in. on corruption. and then there is. the mayor with. corruption charges he says this is politically motivated. the government and the representative of the ruling party and this is what he had to say we. don't believe that the president sound is a real democratic he's result of an election with simple canute it is he's ambition is not to be the only candidate democracy has gone through to successful in peace who transitions currently we're heading to the polls with a party with a great record and a weak position in difficulty. this is the first time that the government has allowed a protest since

hold a vote to recall jacob zuma the same thing which happened in two thousand and eight when tother mbeki was forced to resign that recall vote doesn't have any legal force but he would be very hard for the not to resign after that vase has taken place if he continues to resist then the next step after bout will probably come on looks like the twenty second of february when the opposition have scheduled a vote of no confidence in parliament and a simple majority will be enough for zuma to be removed so it will only take. even half of the a.n.c. . join with the opposition more comfortably be enough to remove zuma from power what i am opposed to himself and he's got a massive to do list to check off hasn't he and he's been at great pains to say look i'm the one running the country now but i mean that comes with an extraordinary job sheet of things to correct things to make better it doesn't you know i think if you look ahead to the budget coming up in two weeks' time it's likely to reveal a host of financial problems for the south african government the deficit is already running around fou

one was tar bode mbeki, who succeeded him, one was cyril ramaphosa and the other was cyril ramaphosaosest to him that day, and mandela kept switching them around. i think they have now had their time, and i think it is now definitely time for cyril ramaphosa, who i must say, of all three of them, i think is the most outstanding. he was an extraordinary leader of the strikes in 1987, he was the miners leader, and he com pletely was the miners leader, and he completely outmanoeuvred the big mining companies, and then he negotiated the new south africa. he was the main negotiator. so i think his time has finally come. thank you. the latest now on our top story — the charity commission says it is holding a statuatory inquiry into 0xfam, following allegations of sexual abuse by aid workers. the commission says it has concerns that 0xfam may not have fully and frankly disclosed all the details in 2011, when the alleged abuse took place. earlier today, 0xfam's deputy chief executive, penny lawrence, resigned. paul nolan has worked as a global safeguarding adviser to a number of internationa

differences and power struggles put a strain on their relationship in june two thousand and five president mbeki fired jacob zuma a south africa's deputy president over allegations of fraud related to a multi-billion dollar arms deal four months later zuma financial advisors schabir shaik was convicted of corruption and fraud by december zuma was charged with raping and hiv positive family friend but was acquitted by april two thousand and six despite the scandals zoomer remained popular and by december two thousand and seven he was elected president of the ruling african national congress ten days later zuma was charged with fraud corruption money laundering and record hearing in two thousand and nine zuma was elected president just a month off to corruption charges were dropped in two thousand and ten he announced a major overhaul to south africa's hiv aids policy rolling out life saving anti-retroviral drugs but his government faced criticism for poor economic performance growing unemployment poor service delivery and corruption. and his second zuma faced one of his biggest scandals the twent

making mr opposed to look particularly weak at one contrast this with the disposal of the recall of mr mbeki a mr zuma ironically that was done and dusted within forty eight hours of the recall list of sac it's going to drag on for a little bit longer and anybody was expecting. from the democratic alliance part of the opposition in south africa i thank you for your time. they house this one playing out online also in play not for old quite a few days it really does it jacob zuma is named continues to trend in south africa and in neighboring countries as well with the growing conversation and debate really about whether or not he should resign here's what some of you had to say about why zuma should step down. on everything and to resign so effectively my president back to resign he must be pushed out past or the system wants to keep. this thing. just to get you can see. this part he's been he's been rather doing its own thing too for his pockets so that he can support his family so saying there. is time you know he's behind them ran out. time is to read. but not everyone thinks that it's fai

now, what happened when thabo mbeki was recalled, the emc pylons for sacked, he said i have been a loyalarder of this party for 52 years, and i know you don‘t want me, so i am getting out, and they had rather hoped jacob zuma would do the same thing —— he was recalled, there anc pa rla nce thing —— he was recalled, there anc parlance for sacked. they expected a response from zuma today and he is expected to face the press and give a reply but he has steadfastly refused to resign thus far. when cyril ramaphosa was elected leader of the party is encouraged hopes the south african economy would recover, the currency started building strength. is this beginning to take shape now? people are beginning to think ramaphosa is not as decisive in the weakness he has shown getting rid of his predecessor? he has certainly not been as tough as we would have liked. he was of course the miners‘ leader, and nelson mandela chose him as his successor, saying to him, we love you very much but you‘re not the man to make this choice. ramaphosa left in a bit of a half, got into business and became a billionai

dr penuell maduna, who served as a minister under south african presidents nelson mandela and thabo mbeki ramaphosa be different? well, that isa ramaphosa be different? well, that is a very interesting question. he has so far been making all the right noises about what has gone wrong, not only with the anc but with the country itself. you know, we are not looking for an angel in a human being, we're not looking for someone who drops in from somewhere, we are looking at a human being accepting that everyone of us both strengths and weaknesses or human foibles. but you are looking at a man who at least exhibits the courage to change the way we have been doing things, particularly in the last nine years. 0k, what should be number one on cyril ramaphosa's priority list, the new president? what is the first thing he needs to do, in your view, briefly? well, for me, the first thing would be to remove all the square pegs that are in round holes. what does that mean in plain english? all the terrible appointments that were made for all manner of reasons, those must go. people who are linked direc