mr. ramaphosa faces when it comes to reform?> there are many challenges that south africa faces at the moment and that ramaphosa has to address. but they're big ones and they will take several years to address. the biggest one is a skills deficit in the economy the education system does not produce the required skills at present. that causes a lot of challenges. at the same time you have high unemployment and also several huge infrastructure challenges, most importantly still lack of electricity, right now stillwater shortages affecting the cape >> still a lot of political uncertainty in the short and medium term. should investors be getting excited about opportunity or is that looking too far ahead >> south africa is too important to ignore. it has to be taken seriously because it's a large market. they have to look for opportunities despite the slow growth environment the ramaphosa appoint. is good news the market sentiment picked up we expect it to remain that way over the next several months but the economy is not changing d

mr. ramaphosa: i don't think so. because we have been through a shock on the economy on the oil part.0 per barrel. we have had a very slimming of the total supply sector, but also the oil companies in norway. we do see that we get some more of the marginal projects done, basically because of cost cuts. not because of opec. they are building long-term oil prices. and i don't think we will get the same type of complacency as we have had for some years because so much of our agenda is directed towards trying to get the benefits of what the norwegian economy has been better than last years. like for example, tourism. this year, we have nice places in norway if you want to go skiing. francine: how worried are you about the rating agencies cutting your debt again? mr. ramaphosa: i am much more confident that we now have a better story to put before the rating agencies. and many of us will be actively involved in having a dialogue with them. some of the things we are worried about, we are putting right now. we are correcting issues of political instability. we have become more stable now, we

mr ramaphosa said the party's new leadership will be dedicated to equality and democracy for south africaes to which so many of our legends dedicated their lives. 0ur organisation belongs to you, the people of south africa. the anc is the parliament of the people of south africa and it is our duty as members of the anc to safeguard and nurture this heritage that we were given by our forebears. the core ideal, that is the reason for the existence of the anc, is the creation of a united, nonracial, nonsexist democratic and prosperous and equitable society in our country. as its newly—elected leadership we commend ourselves to you, that we shall remain faithful and diligent custodians of this glorious vision and heritage of our people. cyril ramaphosa, there. tributes are being paid to the comedian, bella emberg, who's died. i must ask you to leave that lady alone. you should get lost while your head is stuart attached to your body. don't you talk to him like that. what are you going to do about it? where are you going? will you see me home? of course. the 80—year—old became a household name

mr ramaphosa said the party's new leadership will be dedicated to equality and democracy for south africaent to the values and the principles to which so many of our legends dedicated their lives. 0ur organisation belongs to you, the people of south africa. the anc is the parliament of the people of south africa and it's our duty as members of the anc to safeguard and nurture this heritage that we were given by our forebears. the core ideal, that is the reason for the existence of the anc, is the creation of a united, nonracial, nonsexist democratic and prosperous and equitable society in our country. as its newly—elected leadership we commend ourselves to you, that we shall remain faithful and diligent custodians of this glorious vision and heritage of our people. dentists have accused the government of not doing enough to tackle tooth decay in england. new figures indicate there were nearly 43,000 operations to remove children's teeth last year — a 17% increase on four years ago. the british dental association says england now provides a second—class service compared to scotland and wal

mr ramaphosa began his speech in the last hour, and said the party's new leadership will be dedicatedh africa. we ta ke we take this opportunity to reaffirm the anc ‘s commitment to the values and the principles to which so many of our legends dedicated their lives. our organisation belongs to you, the people of south africa. the anc is the parliament of the people of south africa and it is our duty as members of the anc to safeguard and nurture this heritage that we we re and nurture this heritage that we were given by our forebears. and nurture this heritage that we were given by ourforebears. the core idea is the reason for the existence of the anc, is the creation of a united, nonracial, nonsexist democratic and prosperous and equitable society in our country. as its newly elected leadership we connect ourselves to you, that we shall remain faithful and diligent custodians of this glorious vision and heritage of our people. cyril ramaphosa. the headlines on bbc news: the african union demands an apology from president trump for derogatory remarks he reportedly made about the conti

mr ramaphosa, leader of the anc, talking this morning.fastest crew to cross the and atlantic in a rowing boat. they have spent 29 years at sea and beaten the previous record by six days. dan johnson has beaten the previous record by six days. danjohnson has more. and here they go! shouting the end of an epicjourney rowed in record time, four men who had not even been in a rowing boat 18 months ago not only challenge winners but the first to cross the atlantic less than 30 days. it feels overwhelming. the challenge as we said before is just relentless, never ending pain, just rowing, the whole thing, coming first is something that is beyond our wildest dreams. they left the canary islands 3,000 miles away and faced 40—foot waves, scorching sun and howling winds, not quite the apocalypse but a test of endurance for the four 0arsmen. surviving on rations, producing their own water, taking it in turns to eat, to sleep, and to row. it is amazing to complete the row. we set out as a charitable initiative, for two charities, mind, and spinal res