milton nkosi, bbc news, south africa. milton nkosi, there. we canjoin him now injairus byrd.w could he be feeling? he could scarcely believe that he is not only on the brink of losing the presidency of this country that he has ruled for 37 yea rs, country that he has ruled for 37 years, but he has been sacked, unceremoniously, as leader of zanu—pf, his own party? unceremoniously, as leader of zanu-pf, his own party? this must be deeply painfulfor zanu-pf, his own party? this must be deeply painful for robert mugabe. he only had one thing in mind. he wa nted only had one thing in mind. he wanted to die in office. now this plan is crumbling right before his eyes. robert mugabe loved leadership. one of his oldest comrades told me once that when they grew up during their childhood days, that when they played games, if they played the church robert mugabe loved leadership so much that he had to be the bishop. this is the man who has now been taken away from the position of leadership. this has been a long time coming because many of zimbabwe ends have been calling for this day to

lets talk to milton nkosi.e are millions of zimbabweans in south africa who fled their own country when they were looking for better economic opportunities this side of the limpopo river. and the south africans themselves are concerned because if anything, africans themselves are concerned because ifanything, —— ifanything goes wrong in zimbabwe, it directly affects them. for example, issues of jobs and so on affleck south africans directly. so they are also watching very closely. politically, they are watching because here in south africa, we have the contest for leadership within the governing party, the anc, which isjust weeks away. between jacob zuma, party, the anc, which isjust weeks away. betweenjacob zuma, who is stepping down, his former wife and the current deputy president. so, people are watching who is going to ta ke people are watching who is going to take over from jacob zuma as party leader, and therefore eventually as president of the republic. so people are watching with very, very close eyes

milton, thank you, milton nkosi in johannesburg. sexualised comments left on children‘s videos has not been functioning properly for more than a year. that‘s according to volunteer moderators, who say there could be up to 100,000 predatory accounts leaving indecent comments. companies including mars, cadbury and lidl have suspended advertising on the site. youtube says it reviews the "vast majority" of reports within 2a hours. mike wendling reports. these comments were left on completely innocent videos of young people, emulating youtube stars. but the simple fact that they featured children attracts predatory comments. youtube relies on users to report illegal and inappropriate behaviour, but bbc trending has been told of a flaw in that system. youtube‘s volunteer moderators say that not all information in public reports is getting to the company, which can result in sexual comments remaining on children‘s videos, sometimes for months. we picked out 28 accounts which left such comments and flagged them using the public system. over

let's go to milton nkosi. he is in johannesburg.etty bizarre, wasn't it? pretty rambling. anyone who was hoping he won't resign, and it is very to say there were millions who were hoping that, will be disappointed. yes indeed. i hate to say it, but last time you and i spoke, i said this quy time you and i spoke, i said this guy will fight until the last drop. they do not come top than this in life. the writing is on the wall. if military officers in fatigues pushing the papers next to him, and still there is no resignation. robert mugabe will not give in until he is impeached. there is no other way now, it is quite clear that he is holding the line, that he has been holding all week. so, milton, there was so much expectation, i suppose. how disappointed do you think ordinary zimbabweans are going to be, having heard this address from president mugabe after all the heady atmosphere of a rally yesterday, the drama of the military takeover, the drama of zanu—pf stripping him of his party leadership, and all of this in a sense might be

suggesting that he has agreed to step down in his negotiations with the military. 0ur correspondent milton nkosi milton, obviously, that has huge implications for zimbabwe, do you think this country will then really change for ever, or will the fact that there is probably going to be another strongman from his government, emmerson mnangagwa, still in charge, will mean that some things just still in charge, will mean that some thingsjust remain the still in charge, will mean that some things just remain the same? still in charge, will mean that some thingsjust remain the same? yes, that could be one of those cases where they say be careful what you wish for. because emmerson mnangagwa comes from the same stable as robert mugabe, they were in prins —— in present together in the 19705 and he appointed him as his intelligence minister when he came to power in the 805. so, this is a long relationship which has just crumbled a few weeks ago, and you have to see how emmerson mnangagwa then takes this foreword. perhaps he will be more modernising of the party but remember, we really have not had any str

milton nkosi, bbc news, south africa. about robert mugabe, milton met robert mugabe and i asked him whether he thought it would be incredible to mr mugabe to see now how he's been dumped by his own party zanu—pf. this must be deeply painful for robert mugabe. remember, he only had one thing in mind. he wanted to die in office. and now this plan is crumbling right before his eyes. robert mugabe loved leadership, one of his oldest comrades told me once, james chikerema, that when they grew up during their childhood days, that when they played games, if they played the church, for example james chikerema said that robert mugabe loved leadership so much that he had to be the bishop. and this is the man today who's now been taken away from the position of leadership. this has been a long time coming. because many zimbabweans have been calling for this day to come. there are millions of zimbabweans here in south africa who have fled their own country of birth, looking for better economic opportunities, because there was an econ

milton nkosi has more.rt of appeal here in south africa overturning that six—year sentence and increasing it all of the way up to 13.5 years for oscar pistorius. the family of reeva steenkamp who was shot on valentine's day in 2013 has already said that they welcome this change in sentencing and they say it shows thatjustice can be achieved in south africa. on the other hand, from the oscar pistorius family, his brother carl tweeted three words— shattered, heartbroken, gutted. and that summed it up, really, so the athlete who is still behind bars into his and friends. —— and for his. major companies have suspended their advertising on youtube after it emerged that people have been leaving sexually explicit comments next to videos posted by children — comments that hadn't been removed by youtube. the company says since this came to light it has taken action to remove the comments. our media editor amol rajan reports. youtube has reinvented the very idea of broadcasting, allowing anyone with access to the int

milton nkosi in johannesburg. what we know is that the zimbabwean capital is quiet, but tense. there are troops in particular key areas. they are guarding government buildings and the parliament and there are reports that there are troops guarding president mugabe's residence. we also know that the army made an announcement at 4am local time this morning and they've taken over the local time this morning and they've ta ken over the zimbabwe local time this morning and they've taken over the zimbabwe broadcasting corporation building. and explained quite clearly that this is not a coup and that the president is safe and sound together with his family. milton, this follows some rather turbulent political movements in zimbabwe. we saw the vice—president sensationally sacked suddenly, he is a long time ally of president mugabe and what looked like the positioning of his wife, grace mugabe, as about to ta ke of his wife, grace mugabe, as about to take on the role of vice—president, possibly of potential successor to the 93—year—old mugabe? potential successor to the 93-year-old muga

milton nkosi, bbc news, south africa.isis, zanu—pf not only stripping her husband of the party leadership, also accusing her of provoking hate speech and divisiveness, saying she should be investigated and prosecuted as well. zanu—pf also saying they want to amend the constitution of the country to remove what they say the notion of one centre of power. it is not quite clear what that means, whether it means that, in future, there could not be a dictatorial figure like mugabe. for the moment he has lost his party leadership after four decades. but he is still technically president of the country. zanu—pf setting him that deadline, the dramatic deadline of noon tomorrow, high noon, if you like, for robert mugabe. if he doesn't resign voluntarily, he will be impeached. that would probably begin on tuesday. both houses of parliament behind me would need a two thirds majority to impeach him. we're hearing that could be fast tracked and done pretty quickly. that would be, ina and done pretty quickly. that would be, in a sense,

milton nkosi has more. supreme court of appeal here in south africa overturning that six—year sentence and increasing it all the way up to 13.5 years for oscar pistorius. the family of reeva steenkamp, who was shot on valentine's day in 2013, has already said that they welcome this change in sentencing and they said this shows thatjustice can be achieved in south africa. on the other hand, from the oscar pistorius family, his brother carl pistorius tweeted three words — shattered, heartbroken, gutted. and that summed it up, really, for the athlete who is still behind bars, and for his family and friends. companies including mars, cadbury and lidl have suspended advertising on youtube because of concerns about sexually explicit comments appearing beneath videos of children on the site. youtube has insisted that it acts quickly on any reports of inappropriate material. our media editor, amol rajan, reports. youtube has reinvented the very idea of broadcasting, allowing anyone with access to the internet to cr

country has descended into chaos, with thousands of people reduced to poverty. 0ur correspondent milton nkosigabriel... robert gabriel mugabe was a revolutionary leader who fought in the liberation struggle against white minority rule. and bear true allegiance to zimbabwe... his tight grip on power earned him the title of being the oldest head of state in the world. the 93—year—old leader has been in power since zimba bwe's independence in 1980. he has continued his life as an international statesman, despite a diminishing reputation as zimbabwe's economy crumbled amid corruption and violence. mugabe's rise to power began in 1979 when the lancaster house agreement ended white minority rule. at first he protected minority rights. but in the 2000s he changed tack. he led a chaotic land reform programme including redistributing land from white farmers without compensation. the country's economy collapsed with runaway inflation figures. the central bank printed money on a massive scale. supermarket shelves were empty. a loaf of bread would cost you trillions to buy. mugabe's misrule prompted wide

our correspondent milton nkosi in johannesburg explains the the background to the case.r an appeal thejudgment of judge had imposed that for an appeal the judgment of murder. judge had imposed that for an appeal thejudgment of murder. in judge had imposed that for an appeal the judgment of murder. in the first insta nce the judgment of murder. in the first instance she had found oscar pistorius guilty of culpable homicide or manslaughter, and the prosecutors appealed that. then oscar pistorius was sentenced to murder, that was changed to murder. then she imposed a six—year sentence and the prosecutors felt that that was shockingly lenient. this was the response by the supreme court of appeals in bloemfontein where they returned this morning with a 13 year sentence. taking into account the time that oscar pistorius has already spent in prison and under house arrest. reeva steenkamp's own family has already responded by saying that this shows there is justice in south africa. they were quite relieved and they welcomed the new 13 year sentence. oscar pistorius now sentenced

he shot reeva steenkamp four times through a locked door at his home. 0ur correspondent milton nkosi that the trialjudge had imposed an appeal judgment of was that the trialjudge had imposed an appealjudgment of murder. in the first instance she had found him guilty of culpable homicide or manslaughter. the prosecutors appealed that. 0scar pistorious was then sentenced to murder, but was changed to murder. then she imposed a six—year sentence and the prosecutors felt that that was shockingly too lenient to grow but they said. this was the response by they said. this was the response by the supreme court of appeals in bloemfontein, when they returned this morning with a 13 year sentence, taking into account the time that 0scar pistorius has already spent in prison and under house arrest. reeva steenkamp's own family has already responded by saying that this shows that there is justice in south africa, so they we re justice in south africa, so they were quite relieved and they welcomed the new 13 year sentence. 0scar pistorius has now been sentenced to murder per 13.5 years behind bars

that was milton nkosi, our southern africa correspondent. streets until he goes. there is no other option. i just need to see him go. so we are sitting in africa unity square until he goes. when you saw that speech last night on tv, how surprised, disappointed or angry where you that he barely mentioned all the pressure on him to go and never mentioned the demonstrations or the fact that the people are against him, certainly in harare? yesterday, before the speech, i was ready to celebrate. and then when i heard the speech, i was really disappointed. it was heartbreaking. i was actually in tea rs. we heartbreaking. i was actually in tears. we expected him to step down and do the right thing. and all he said was nothing. isn't that classic robert mugabe, in a sense? yeah, thatis robert mugabe, in a sense? yeah, that is classic robert mugabe. his sole ambition was to have power from the beginning. he got that power which is so dear to him, and he wa nts to which is so dear to him, and he wants to hold onto it for ever. do you think something h

milton nkosi has been speaking to them. iam in i am in the centre ofjohannesburg.ny others. people are celebrating here, just look at them. these people are dancing on the cars. these people are celebrating. these are historic themes. the people you are seeing here came here looking forjob opportunities, and tonight, they are celebrating and they hope they will be able to go home. these are historic themes. summer breaks of rain affecting many parts of the uk through this evening, it may ease for a time but wetter and windier weather under way tomorrow. plenty of cloud around today, and this is one weather watchers view in cambridge. hard pressed to find sunshine again tomorrow. the wind is picking up, so a blustery night and stronger into the day tomorrow in some areas. this next batch coming into parts of wales and north—west england, just fringing and northern ireland, and that becomes significant during tomorrow. another mild start with temperatures in two double figures. but windy. plenty of cloud around, many places dry, and that rain edging into western and

our correspondent milton nkosi is in neighbouring south africa.ver as vice—president and in the process he sacked a liberation struggle hero who has his deputy and that is what has triggered the events we have seen has triggered the events we have seen coming from the military. they felt that it was unacceptable that grace mugabe, who was once a typist in robert mugabe's... problem with sound u nfortu nately, problem with sound unfortunately, the, as you can see, the line has frozen. i do apologise. we will try and get back to milton as soon as we can. we we will try and get back to milton as soon as we can. we will keep you updated. in fact, we can go back to milton. i apologise, updated. in fact, we can go back to milton. iapologise, you updated. in fact, we can go back to milton. i apologise, you were half—way through the answer. this is a battle for who succeeds robert mugabe? yes, indeed, what i was saying victoria there, the military found it unacceptable that grace mugabe, who was once a typist in robert mugabe's office was likely to become

but finding a quick resolution to this impasse may prove very hard to find. 0ur correspondent milton nkosiurg. i know you have met robert mugabe and followed his career through the yea rs. and followed his career through the years. it looks as though he will be removed from office, kicking and screaming, and he will not resign as dignity as many of his party comrades wanted to. yes, indeed. that seems like the only way that more but —— robert mugabe will leave the topjob in more but —— robert mugabe will leave the top job in zimbabwe. he obviously will not give in himself voluntarily, handing power over to his comrades. he does not want to listen to any of the zanu—pf requests that have really been bugging him since last week. there was a tank parked outside his house and military officers in the room with him and he came out on sunday night and he never wanted to resign. if anything, he says that he will preside over the congress of zanu—pf in december. he has no intention whatsoever to leave willingly. he only has one thing in mind. he wants to die in office. thank you very much indeed.

our correspondent milton nkosi is following events from johannesburg in neighbouring south africa. our understanding, and i must add that there is no official announcement whatsoever, without getting this from unconfirmed reports. our sources have not been verified. we're hearing negotiations are on at state house in harare. president robert mugabe wants the military to agree and admit that their actions are illegal and the military are also trying to figure out how they can constitutionally bring back the vice president emmerson mnangagwa, who was sacked by president mugabe just last week. and how much power lies with robert mugabe, grace maghaberry and her supporters now in these discussions? of this a lot of people think it would go well for zimbabwe if robert mugabe would be prepared to work with the generals on a transition of power, but will he? there is no chance that robert mugabe will do what the military one. he was locked up what the military one. he was locked upfor what the military one. he was locked up for ten years. he fought against white minority rule. she never g

we can get more on this from our correspondent milton nkosi in johannesburg. call betweenjacob zuma and robert mugabe? we know that presidentjacob robert mugabe? we know that president jacob zuma has robert mugabe? we know that presidentjacob zuma has confirmed that president robert mugabe of zimbabwe is under house arrest. his office, jacob zuma‘s office, issued a statement and i can read you the paragraph about robert mugabe‘s whereabouts. he said he spoke to robert mugabe earlier today, who indicated he was confined to his home but said he was fine. and he also spoke to the zimbabwe defence force. presidentjacob also spoke to the zimbabwe defence force. president jacob zuma also spoke to the zimbabwe defence force. presidentjacob zuma has also announced that he is sending envoys to zimbabwe to meet with president mugabe and his zimbabwean defence force. was there any mention in that phone call about robert mugabe‘s wife grace or any mention of her whereabouts? there is no clarity about where president mugabe‘s wife is always she has gone to or whether indee

milton nkosi sent us this report from johannesburg.om the oscar pistorius family, his brother tweeted three words. shattered, heartbroken, gutted. that something is upfor heartbroken, gutted. that something is up for the athletes still behind bars and for his family and friends. time for the weather and unusually, tomasz schafernaker is ready. good a you to turn up! it is rather nippy outside. very chilly. no change for the next few days. there you go. we all get snow? this is from higher levels, these are the most dramatic pictures. not many of us will wake up pictures. not many of us will wake up to this. but very picturesque scenes and many will wonder if this is normalfor scenes and many will wonder if this is normal for the scenes and many will wonder if this is normalfor the time scenes and many will wonder if this is normal for the time of year, we get snow in scotland at this time and yesterday we were talking about that plunge of cold air from the north, it has not quite reached the extreme south and the south—east but it will

richard lister, bbc news. 0ur correspondent milton nkosi is following events from johannesburg in neighbouringhat we understand, and i‘ve just been in contact with the south african international relations department, they‘ve confirmed to mejust relations department, they‘ve confirmed to me just a few minutes ago that the envoys that president zuma sent to harare are currently at this moment locked in talks with president robert mugabe in harare. there is quite a lot going on, president zuma has been taking questions in the upper house in parliament in cape town and he said he‘ll be flying from there to botswa na he‘ll be flying from there to botswana where the regional body has a ministerial summit to try and resolve the zimbabwe crisis. the difficulty is whilst there is uncertainty, nerves get jarred, people get nervous, something has to give. yes, indeed. as you heard, morgan tsvangirai from the opposition, is asking president robert mugabe to resign, which i guess is exactly what the military has been trying to achieve. he is also calling for a transitional arrangement. there is quite a lo

milton nkosi, bbc news, southern africa.s he was dropped into thejungle three weeks ago on an expedition to find a reclusive tribe. earlier this year he‘d appeared in a documentary with the bbc correspondent frank gardner —— in which they travelled to papua new guinea in search of birds of paradise. frankjoins me now — you saw benedictjust before he left for his trip. are you worried? slightly. not panicking because papua new guinea is incredibly unpredictable. all normal travel schedules go com pletely normal travel schedules go completely out of the window. the mudslides and torrential downpours, bridges go down, it‘s got a very basic infrastructure, and where he has gone there is no infrastructure at all. i had supper with him just before he left and he said, i‘m expecting to be late. please don‘t worry if you don‘t hear from me on social media. so the chances are that it‘s something completely benign but let‘s not ignore the risks. he‘s gone to see this remote tribe, he last saw them over 30 yea rs tribe, he last saw the