week's vote of no confidence against zuma to be brought forward with a mainstream majority in parliament zuma has survived eight other motions of no confidence the a.n.c. says it has no plans yet to bring its own motion and. the president this is a party that by the confidence that zuma will step down or is prepared to wait out the a.n.c. says it expects zuma to respond to his decision to recall him by wednesday from al-jazeera johannesburg egypt's former anti-corruption chief. has been detained it comes after he spoke out over the arrest of sami anon a former military chief of staff would been planning to run in march as presidential election for has more this is egypt's former anti corruption chief. speaking hours before he was arrested. i had hoped at a party to be given to the chief of staff sami and then to give a testimony freely and without intimidation for the record so that all things come clear before the public can had been increasingly critical of the c.c. government since egyptian police arrested the former military chief of staff sami last month and then was arrested after annou

fact earlier this week requested the speaker of parliament to perspire own at the state of the nation until after a motion of no confidence against zuma is debated in parliament on the twenty second of february that said that it be no sense in having this address by the president where he would lay out policies in the government's plans for the forthcoming year and if he was then recalled he or his a ministration wouldn't be around to then implement these policies and of course you would have that vote of no confidence later in the month the speaker of parliament then today did say that they would perspire own the state of the nation address not really saying it's because of the opposition's request but very much a decision coming from the officials of parliament just given how strongly opposition certain civil society groups and members of the public feel around president jacob zuma allegations of corruption his standing in the country and then wanting him to resign the fact that the state of the nation is not happening really is very important because it does set the groundwork for what people are expecting to be the end of presiden

the nation after facing a deadline by his party to step down off ice a no confidence vote in parliament zumacame under pressure to quit to make corruption scandals. zimbabwe opposition leader morgan tsvangirai has died at the age of sixty five after a long battle with cancer he founded the movement for democratic change in one thousand nine hundred ninety nine and for years was.

the nation off to facing a deadline by his party to step down off ice a no confidence vote in parliament zuma came under pressure to quit and make corruption scandals. zimbabwe opposition leader.

the nation after facing a deadline by his party to step down off ice a no confidence vote in parliament zuma came under pressure to quit to make corruption scandals. zimbabwe opposition leader morgan tsvangirai has died at the age of sixty five after a long battle with cancer he founded the movement for democratic change in one thousand nine hundred ninety nine and for years.

the nation after facing a deadline by his party to step down off ice a no confidence vote in parliament zuma came under pressure to quit and make corruption scandals. zimbabwe opposition leader morgan tsvangirai has died at the age of sixty five after a long battle with cancer he founded the movement for democratic change in one thousand nine hundred ninety nine and for years.

wants next week's vote of no confidence against zuma to forward with a mainstream majority in parliament zuma has survived eight other motions of no confidence the a.n.c. says it has no plans yet to bring its own motion against the president this is a party that's either confident that zuma will step down or is prepared to wait it out the a.n.c. says it expects zuma to respond to his decision to recall him by wednesday for me to milan al-jazeera johannesburg earlier i spoke to john campbell he's a senior fellow at the council on foreign relations and a former u.s. ambassador to nigeria i asked him what president jacob zuma his next move might be . he'll resist pressure to stand but not indefinitely and i think he will at the end of the day resign resignation preserves more of his dignity than any of the other alternatives it certainly preserves more of his dignity than losing a no confidence vote the other option for removing him from office is impeachment that would be devastating to his personal reputation and it would also cost him his pension it's easy to forget that within parts of the s

next week's vote of no confidence against zuma to be brought forward with an agency majority in parliament zuma has survived eight other motions of no confidence the a.n.c. says it has no plans yet to bring its own motion against the president this is a party that's either confident that zuma will step down or is prepared to wait it out the a.n.c. says it expects zuma to respond to his decision to recall him by wednesday for me to milan al-jazeera johannesburg. aid workers from the un's well food program are in the city of dera zor in syria for the first time since it was taken by isis only in twenty fourteen last year it was taken back by syrian government forces with support from russia and iran while it was under eisel control it was besieged by pro-government troops and a surprise to the city where a cut off on russia says it has no information about any russian mess neris being killed in syria this comes in response to reports that more than two hundred pro syrian government fighters were killed in terrorist or last week during fighting with u.s. coalition forces moscow says it's only awar

week's vote of no confidence against zuma to be brought forward with a mainstream majority in parliament zuma has survived eight other motions of no confidence the a.n.c. says it has no plans yet to bring its own motion against the president this is a party that's either confident that zuma will step down or is prepared to wait it out the a.n.c. says it expects zuma to respond to his decision to recall him by wednesday for me to milan al-jazeera johannesburg. u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson has warned that the end of combat operations against eisold doesn't mean the fight against the group is over he made the comments during a conference of the global coalition to defeat a soul being held in kuwait some is a dandy for some co a city. displacement is a cold world a life where the only warmth is the smile of your last surviving child and that the smiles wife and two other children were killed in a u.s. led coalition air strike in two thousand and four his house in ramadi turned to rubble now camp is the inhospitable host of these unwilling guests these are the people the u.s. secretary of

the nation after facing a deadline by his party to step down off ice a no confidence vote in parliament zuma came under pressure to quit and make corruption scandals. zimbabwe opposition leader morgan tsvangirai has died at the age of sixty five after a long battle with cancer he founded the movement for democratic change in one thousand nine hundred ninety nine and for years.

wants next week's vote of no confidence against zuma to put forward with a mainstream majority in parliament zuma has survived eight other motions of no confidence the a.n.c. says it has no plans yet to bring its own motion against the president now this is a party that's either confident that zuma will step down or is prepared to wait it out the a.n.c. says it expects zuma to respond to his decision to recall him by wednesday for me to milan al-jazeera johannesburg. well our mind now of the control the sea that's plagues him is nine years in power as for me his report was mentioning yes survived a no confidence vote in parliament most recently in august last year in two thousand and sixteen a court ruled that zuma should face charges of bribery relating to an arms deal dating back to one thousand nine hundred nine he's also been accused of accepting outside influence to make government decisions and cabinet appointments by the gupta's a wealthy indian born business family now living in south africa zoomer and some of his family members along with the gupta is being investigated on charges of int

the nation after facing a deadline by his party to step down off ice a no confidence vote in parliament zuma came under pressure to quit and make corruption scandals. zimbabwe opposition leader morgan tsvangirai has died at the age of sixty five after a long battle with cancer he founded the movement for democratic change in one thousand nine hundred ninety nine and three years.

zuma's future later today. that comes according to the country's parliament speaker. is under pressure to resign -- held talks in kate out on tuesday. his office has rubbished allegations that he's preparing poised to takeis his job. let's get analysis on the ongoing situation in south africa. catherine norrison trent joined us in studio. good to have you. there's a huge amount of speculation coming out of south africa today, what is going to be announced? catherine: we are looking for concrete facts here because there's an awful lot of rumors flying around. we are hearing now that this is a waiting game. more of question of when jacob than if. resign he is a great political survivor, so watch this space. we know the speaker of south africa's parliament has gone on the record saying we will know more about jacob zuma's future probably wednesday and that will come from the deputy president and leader of the ruling amc. onwill outline "progress zuma's future." we also know there was a urgent meeting of the national executive of the amc wednesday night. that has been pos

president's state of the nation address has been postponed jacob zuma was shed till to have given his annual address on thursday but the parliament speaker confirms that there had been a delay to the speech has been growing pressure on zuma since he was replaced as leader of the governing a.n.c. party in december for me to mina is live for us now in johannesburg hi there for media so just how significant is this given that there continued to be calls for the president to step down. well julie it certainly is unprecedented and really does speak to the political climate in south africa at the moment opposition parties had asked the speaker of parliament to perspire on the state of the nation address until after a vote a motion of no confidence was debated in parliament later this month that said that the policies that jacob zuma would put forward during the state of the nation he wouldn't then implemented because it's expected that he and his administration at some point would be removed the issues really for opposition and those unhappy with president jacob zuma even from within these parties center largely around corruption alleg

ultimatum from his party that he leave today or face a no confidence vote in parliament speaking on state television jacob zuma described the n.c.s. moves against him as unfair and said their arguments are wrong. president zuma remains defiant in a live television interview he responded to his party's calls to resign i need to be friendly. on what i have done unfortunately. no one has been able to provide what you say to that have done so i found it very strange that i'm going to be told by my organization knew now must go. because. we now have to know president who must come in. not to follow in any policy of the in c. there is nothing more that makes. early is in his party the african national congress agreed to remove him his refusal sets the stage for a no confidence vote in parliament a high ranking party official said the motion is already scheduled for thursday and decided to recall him since taking office in two thousand and nine zuma has been accused of numerous corruption scandals including making some deals with the influential gupta family on wednesday an elite police unit raided the family's luxur

week's vote of no confidence against zuma to be brought forward with a mainstream majority in parliament zuma has survived eight other motions of no confidence the a.n.c. says it has no plans yet to bring its own motion against the president this is a party that's either confident that zuma will step down or is prepared to wait it out the a.n.c. says it expects zuma to respond to his decision to recall him by wednesday. al-jazeera johannesburg. the dutch foreign minister has resigned after he admitted lying about meeting the russian president more than a decade ago. previously claimed he was with vladimir putin in two thousand and six and heard him speak about x. expansion his plans to create a greater russia on monday and that it was an athame of it said he was in order to protect his source investigators say sunday's plane crash in russia may have been caused by frozen speed gauges and minutes after taking off the passenger jet crashed in a field near moscow on sunday killing all seventy one people on board and best skater say the crew may have failed to follow correct de icing procedures t

reporter: earlier, zuma's party , the african national congress, agreed to remove him. his refusal sets the stage for a no-confidence vote in parliamenthigh-ranking party official said the motion is already scheduled for thursday. since taking office in 2009, zuma has been accused of numerous corruption scandals, including making some deals with the influential gupta family. on wednesday, an elite police unit raided the family's luxury home in johannesburg, detaining three people. the gupta's are accused of using their connection with the president to win several lucrative contracts. >> to raid the gupta residence, i think it's about time. it's about time. i think everyone has been waiting for it. we have been wondering why it hasn't happened. but now that it is happening, that's good. as i said, it's about time it happened. >> i hope that any hidden secrets may come to the surface and that will give a lot of people in our country better peace of mind, hopefully. and the hope that moving forward for south africa will be an easier task. >> i just drove past, i heard about it on the news. i just think it is quite a watershed moment in s

next week's vote of no confidence against zuma to be brought forward with an agency majority in parliament zuma has survived eight other motions of no confidence the a.n.c. says it has no plans yet to bring its own motion against the president this is a party that's either confident that zuma will step down or is prepared to wait out the a.n.c. says it expects zuma to respond to his decision to recall him by wednesday for me to milan al-jazeera johannesburg. the minister has resigned after he admitted lying about meeting the russian president more than a decade ago. had previously claimed he was with lattimer putin in two thousand and six and heard him speak about expansionist plans to create a greater russia on monday admitted he was an athame ting but said he was in order to protect its source. still ahead on al-jazeera as clean a continuous after sunday's plane crash in russia the investigation takes. one of pakistan's support of human rights as the country wants her to look at her legacy. i'm having a cap and in. there on caroline with me at the theatre she can build on her strength and thi

they were demanding that parliament be dissolved the opposition party says this is the same parliament protected zuma and violated the constitution remop was appears to be sitting a different tone one that may unite is a party which has been divided by factionalism he says getting rid of corruption building the economy and creating jobs will be a priority well cyril ramaphosa will face a range of challenges including high unemployment and widespread violence on the streets he will also have to face the people in just a year those elections as we've been hearing shuttle for twenty million team years or to have the homey. here's the chief negotiator in the final days of jacob zuma as presidency cyril ramaphosa stam as acting president is a signal of change but celebrations by his supporters may be short lived as attention to what comes next he was elected president of the ruling african national congress in december by a slim margin and will have to work to unite his divided party he will also have to repair the political and economic damage suffered under zuma and improve the party's image after years

al-jazeera south africa's parliament has postponed president zuma state of the nation address which was due on thursday this is an unprecedented move the president is under increasing pressure to resign over corruption allegations the ruling and seize also perspective and an emergency meeting of its executive committee that was due to be held later on wednesday the cancellation of that meeting came after the new party leaders here around the poser held talks with president zuma which were described as fruitful and constructive we decided to approach the president of the having to propose that we postpone the joint sitting in our down to three eight. four establishing a much more open to see. here in kenya a leading member of the opposition has been deported to canada after being charged with treason he was arrested for taking part in a mock swearing in ceremony for the opposition leader raul. mcguinness seen here on the left was next to. last week when he declared himself the people's president thereby rejecting who kenyatta is reelection me a quitter is an africa policy analyst he says

people will criticize parliament for that bowing this is a parliament that has an african national congress majority a majority that protected jacob zuma for many years during a number of debates around motions of no confidence the african national congress wouldn't vote along the. lines of opposition parties members of parliament specifically the a.n.c. booing now i think would be questionable a given that there was so much sort of support for jacob zuma for a long time and perhaps missing some people seeing footage from that we're going to have to leave it there we'll have another bulletin of news for you in just a few moments i will give you more on rather pose a speech to parliament stay with us. what makes this moment this era we're living through so unique this is really an attack on truth itself is a lot of misunderstanding a distortion of what free speech is supposed to be about the context it's hugely important. to publish it. to be a frank civil provoked it's all about it as people do. setting the stage for a serious debate up front at this time on al-jazeera. al-jazeera is a very important force of information for many peopl

in an unprecedented move south africa's parliament has prospered and president zuma state of the nation address which was june on thursday the president is under increasing pressure to resign over corruption allegations the ruling a.n.c. has also postponed an emergency meeting of its top committee that was due to be held later today that's wednesday. we decided to approach the president of the ivory to propose that we postpone detroit city in order to create eight room for establishments and much more open to steve. mills. lots more to come here at ows are included colombia's stored peace accords become a major topic during the visit of the u.s. secretary of state plus. three. words liftoff in florida for the world's most powerful rocket it could be a turning point for space exploration was. the a. hello there we've got more rain and snow galloping its way across north america at the moment has that system here gradually working its way eastwards and behind it it's cold for many of us in the northern parts of the south it is mild we're looking at a top temperature in atlanta there seven

in an unprecedented move south africa's parliament has prospered and president zuma state of the nation address which will steal one third say the president is under increasing pressure to resign over corruption allegations the ruling a.n.c. has also postponed an emergency meeting of its top committee that will stoop to be held later today wednesday for the cancellation of that meeting came after the new party leader cyril ramaphosa held talks with president zuma which were described as fruitful and constructive we decided to approach the president of the have to propose that we postpone the joint c.t. in order to sleep aid. for establishing much more to see. here in kenya opposition member of parliament me going i'm a good being deported to canada after being charged with treason he was arrested after taking part in a mock swearing in ceremony for the opposition leader. you know who can see here on the left of the picture was next to last week when he declared himself the people's president thereby rejecting all who kenyatta his reelection. is an africa policy analyst he says kenya's p

we have seen the opening of parliament that jacob zuma was due to deliver on thursday being postponedthere was speculation that the budget set to take place in a few weeks time would be delayed by parliament. they said they will not relate the delivery of the budget. we are waiting to hear what conditions exactly will the outline in a possible deal for president jacob zuma to exit the presidency earlier than maybe he may have expected. mark: how are south african markets faring during -- we will call this transition period? amo: well, we have seen the rand really gaining, one of the best-performing currencies of 25 major currencies tracked by bloomberg. l ramaphosaident cyri was elected leader of the anc in a december, and you see that strength continuing. just a slight weaker today due to the uncertainty marking this transition period. what is critical is that movies will be issuing a review next week and best next month and we will have to wait to see whether the uncertainty that marked the state of the nation address as well as this period will have doeseight on what movies with a

has said if it doesn't do that as you mentioned they would then take this to parliament to push him out jacob zuma has become a liability for the african national congress we know that he has been embroiled in scandal after scandal there's been a lot of criticism against the president around his relationship with the business associates to a city to have influenced his decision in government to the extent of appointing ministers that suit their agenda we don't know what exactly president jacob zuma is going to say in the next few minutes when he does enter that room to address south africans earlier today he did say that we heard how unhappy he was with the decision by the a.n.c. he said that decision was unfair and that the a.n.c. hadn't followed traditional policy and that had come out so soon after december's elect of conference where still ramapo was a was elected the new president of the party that come out so soon after that and what urgently pushing him out of the door he says he doesn't understand that and that the a.n.c. hasn't given in clear reasons as to why he should resign we are wait

the reinstatement of decade old corruption charges throughout this time zuma faced several motions of no confidence in parliament by december of that year deputy president of the a.n.c. so ram oppose a replaced him as party leader no longer president of the ruling party zuma is position of strength weakened making way for a dramatic end for a leader who many say routinely courted controversy rather than inspiring confidence. for. aid is starting to trickle into some of syria's rebel held areas on the heavy bombardment of weapons stay the first take . void really three months to reach the proceeds suburb of east so close to damascus aid from the un's world food program is on its way to government control to resume war in eastern syria is the first u.n. trip to the city since it fell on the ice and control twenty four teen drama make a step to director of the world food program in syria he joins us on skype from damascus. people who kind of situation of encountering on the ground as the try to do their jobs good afternoon this was a milestone mission for the u.n. team in syria. brought on team visited there so our

out under massive pressure from his own party and facing a no confidence vote in parliament south african president jacob zuma announces that he will step down the leadership crisis in one of africa's biggest economies appears to be over we will look at what could come back. south africa's president jacob zuma has announced his resignation he made the announcement in a televised address to the people of south africa on wednesday night the move coming after an order by his a.n.c. party to resign by the end of the day or face a no confidence vote in parliament who will fill the power vacuum now that zuma is leaving and can his successor clean up after nine years of persistent corruption allegations more on that in just a moment first let's listen in to what zuma has to say i have therefore come to the decision to resign as president or for the public with immediate effect. for more let's bring christine one who joins us from more departure so christine what comes now because i mean when we look at zuma he was really a larger than life politician there's certainly quite a big power vacuum to fill the city in fac

constitution court to evaluate the bill, the radically that theoretically opening the way for parliament to amend it. jacob zuma will not give the state of the nation address in parliament -- parliament officials announced today that the speech would be postponed due to the chaos and anarchy of past years. zuma has been under intense pressure to resign. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. shery: we have breaking news crossing the bloomberg. berles reddick is set to president trump's pick for irs commissioner. confirmed by the senate, he would become the irs commissioner. this at a time when there are sweeping changes on tax legislation because of president trump's tax package. is said to be trump's pick for ims commissioner -- irs commissioner. is it the end of the short volatility trade? we will have more. this is bloomberg. ♪ vonnie: this is "bloomberg markets." shery: an about-face from volatility today, the vix tumbling after seeing its biggest spike ever just yesterday. that spike already did its da

zuma as nine years in power have been overshadowed by controversy and economic problems he survived eight no confidence votes in parliament most recently in august last year and twenty sixteen a court ruled that zuma should face charges of bribery and in one thousand nine hundred nine. he's been accused of accepting outside influence in government decisions and cabinet appointments by the govt as a wealthy indian born business family living in south africa zuma and some of his family members along with the group has been investigated on charges of international money laundering he's also accused of using twenty three million dollars of gum money to renovate his private home he later paid the money back africa policy analyst nick says the agency's decision is an exercise in damage control ahead of next year's elections. this is largely a political decision and yes the courts have we are talking legal issues we are talking about possible whether he will be. charged but it is a political decision if it is the perception south africa goes to the polls next year to elect a new leader i think the a.n.c. is worried about the e-m

ruling at the end of last year where the court had said that jacob zuma hadn't abided by the constitution but related to that parliament hadn't either because they hadn't forced president jacob zuma to pay back the money night i don't know if you've heard this phrase before on pay back the money but it goes back to jacob zuma using state funds to refurbish his pride. but residence a public protector investigation and inquiry found that this shouldn't have shouldn't have happened and at least a portion of the money should have been paid back by jacob zuma when this was done and it was only when jacob zuma was taken to court and forced to do that and later followed by a constitutional court application by opposition parties and this is what these opposition parties are saying this is a parliament we can't trust is a parliament that's dominated by african national congress this isn't just about one man it's not just about jacob zuma it's about a rotten party they say the rot goes far deeper than the former president they say that the swearing in the program to see later today of a new president doesn't mean very much and

changes his tune but for now jacob zuma says he's staying put and this is why the african national congress is moving to have a motion of no confidence debated in parliament on thursday this is how it will get rid of jacob zuma following that parliament will be the parliament but the ministers in cabinet will then also a be removed and cerebrum oppose us sworn in as president and a new cabinet named. south africa's influential gupta family have been accused of corruption involving president jacob zuma sharla bellus takes a look at the group the brothers who become central figures in this story. twenty five years after immigrating from india brothers a.j. and brijesh one of the richest families in south africa they went from success to success with investments in media energy air travel mining and technology they first met president jacob zuma more than a decade ago one of the company of events wasn't long before several xoom is working for the govt is but their relationship didn't become controversial until the go to strew a luxury waiting in twenty thirteen and chartered a plane with more than two hundred wedding guests to an air force base that the stat

said now it's time to go south africa's biggest opposition party is calling for parliament to be dissolved even if president zuma remains in office the democratic alliance also wants early elections it is the quality features. finally on stage. and they fall. off of a. back. seat to undermine. and therefore we want to avoid section fifty. which calls for this vision. of. who wants to lead. us to lead. the people. from the people who so. soon as nine years in power have been overshadowed by controversy and economic problems he's survived eight no confidence votes in parliament most recently in august last year and twenty sixteen a court ruled that zuma should face charges of bribery in a nine hundred ninety nine. he's been accused of accepting outside. in france and government decisions and cabinet appointments by the gupta is a wealthy indian born business family now living in south africa zuma and some of his family members along with the gov't is being investigated in charges of international money laundering he was also accused of using twenty three million dollars of government money to innovate his private

province in the past twenty eight hours and i'm president of moves south africa's parliament has postponed president zuma say to the nation address which was due on thursday the president is under increasing pressure to resign over corruption allegations the ruling a.n.c. is also postponed an emergency meeting of its top committee that was due to be held later on wednesday the cancellation of that meeting came after a new party leader cyril graham opposed held talks with president zuma which was described as fruitful and constructive. in kenya a leading member of the opposition may going to make you know has been deported to canada after being charged with treason right up to date ellison cases next. the benefit of saddam people so bad they see all kinds witness documentaries that open your eyes at this time on al-jazeera. rushed. me off. because i am called. i don't wish to become like. us in the west. west hello i'm richard gilbert and you're at the listening post here are some of the media stories we've been tracking this week both russia and cambodia have elections upcoming it's not a great time to b

with cnn that the anc is ready to force president jacob zuma out of the presidency, even if it means voting him out with a 62% majority in parliament wanted jacob zuma out immediately. anna: thank you very much. still with us, patrick armstrong and geraldine sundstrom. let's turn our attention. we are looking at the south .frican story we cannot get away from what the dollar is doing. bonds are contracting with the u.s. dollar. real yield is around 3% right now, which is an attractive risk premium, given the strong global backdrop. >> however, a rising rate environment, if you were to rise too high, could become challenging. the emerging markets could grow because they contain the global the bestich remains case of what was forecast, but this could become a challenging market for the emerging markets. anna: i get the defense, like in many parts of the world, if we see the u.s. rates rising. that could create a more positive story for em. this could be all about constraining inflation. geraldine: very much so. the fed needs to rein in inflation. that is the dangerous environment. enjoineding market is global growth. but in 2018, we

province within the last forty eight hours in an unprecedented move south africa's parliament has postponed president zuma state of the nation address which was due to take place on thursday the president is under increasing pressure to resign over corruption allegations the ruling a.n.c. has also perspective and an emergency meeting of its top committee that was due to be held later on wednesday the cancellation of the meeting came after the new party leaders cyril ramaphosa held talks with president zuma which were described as fruitful and constructive in kenya a leading member of the opposition mcgoohan imogen has been deported to canada after being charged with treason right up to date those are the latest headlines from us here at al-jazeera coming up next the stream. facing realities growing up when did you realize that you were living in a special place the so-called secret city getting to the heart of the matter while activists to jail just because she expressed herself hear their story on talk to al-jazeera at this time. ok and your history today should u.s. president donald trump be actively re

party's decision zuma faces hundreds of corruption charges but has refused to stand down before his term ends next year south africa's biggest opposition party is calling for parliament to be dissolved even if president zuma remains in office the democratic alliance also wants early elections it is the. back. country. decision. which calls for. people. from people who saw. well. being overshadowed by controversy and economic problems he survived eight no confidence votes in parliament most recently in august last year and twenty sixteen a court ruled that zuma should face charges of bribery and in one thousand nine hundred nine arms deal he's also been accused of accepting outside influence in government decisions and cabinet appointments by the gov't is a wealthy indian born business family now living in south africa zuma and some of his family members along with the gupta's are being investigated on charges of international money laundering he was also accused of using twenty three million dollars of government money to renovate his private home later paid the money back africa policy analyst. says the decision is an exercise in damage control ahead of next year's

parliament the a.n.c. is not going to vote in line with what the opposition wants in terms of removing jacob zuma dissolving parliament to certainly not having elections in about ninety days that's also what the opposition is calling for so this still this confusion and uncertainty around what exactly will happen next when exactly jacob zuma will resign what he might have secured when it comes to in principle saying yes i will resign we don't know when we don't know what form this will take and we also don't know what will happen with regard to these motions of no confidence a scheduled in parliament a budget speech that you later this month a state of the nation address that was abandoned that it has now been postponed indefinitely so the africans are still waiting for me many thanks they don't exist minute there in johannesburg with the a.n.c. has been holding talks on zuma face since december when a new party leadership was elected so what can we expect to happen next if the president refuses to step down well the decision to remove zuma as head of state doesn't constitute. usually unseat him from office

the april and constitution zuma can't carry out the rest of his term he does not have to oblige by the him to step down then the party would be forced to take it to parliament which essentially m.p.'s would be instructed to table a motion of no confidence against prison jacob zuma does have the numbers in parliament and the opposition is likely to back such a motion. to has always said he said it again two weeks ago that he does not want to come down to that he does not want to humiliate zuma in this way this is why we saw at the beginning of this week the top brass of the a.n.c. six people went to essentially asking him to resign they walked out of there in the report so that he had refused saying that constitutionally he could stay there's always maintained i don't want to get to that and listening to to the message yesterday that they once again that it's consistent with the way he wants us to go he wants summa to voluntary who are entirely resigned so the a.n.c. would like to see a smooth transition of power believes it's in his own interest but there are effectively two power centers in south africa right now exactly you've got zuma in the state house

vote of no confidence in parliament nor was he worried about impeachment when he said those words i'm sure so africans were very uncertain about what would happen next jacob zuma was expected to face a vote of no confidence in parliament on thursday if he didn't step down that now goes away of course since the president made that speech but he also said that he was not in this position for any other reason than to serve the party in the country position that he was grateful for but he was not there for the perks that he was in why read about losing those perks if indeed he was impeached at a later stage jacob zuma the tone to out the speech was of someone who is is quite angry with the african national congress despite having said that he had been he also said that he'd been loyal to the organization of for decades and despite saying that he would continue to serve the a.n.c. this is not an announcement that came with any joy certainly but we have to look back and remember that jacob zuma has time in office really was plagued by one scandal after another this is the first time we were actually today was the first time we were hearing from jacob zuma in in week

its only option or not only by would be the most immediate option if jacob zuma refuses to step down they would go to parliament have a vote of no confidence and get the president out in that way the n.c. says that's not the case so it would appear jacob zuma will step down will resign we just don't know when but at the same time opposition parties are continuing to push for say prince jacob zuma excuse me to get out of office to their own vote of no confidence even calling for demonstrations we've not seen any of that at this point but jacob zuma ultimately still under fire but appears to be given some room by the a.n.c. possibly to negotiate the time in which he has to step down from either many thanks indeed of the series for me to believe in johannesburg for grand master is from the electoral institute for sustainable democracy in africa he says that zuma has managed once again to buy more time. seems that presence him has been given a soft stay of execution but we do know because the instruction has been given that the n.s.c. expect him to resign that that he will not be the president throughout the full t

country's constitutional court to evaluate the bill, theoretically opening the door for parliament to amend it. jacob zuma will not give his state of the nation address in parliament this week because of concerns that lawmakers would disrupt the speech. parliament officials announced today that the speech would be postponed, citing the disruption, anarchy and chaos of past years in which opposition legislators heckled zuma and were dragged out of the chamber by security guards. president zuma has been under intense pressure to resign. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. julia: let's bring the conversation back to today's trading session. the dow swinging more than 900 points in just a 25 minute period earlier. that is the yellow bar. joining us from san francisco, ben emons. great to have you on the show. talk to us about today's price action. ben: thank you for having me. clearly, we are having a volatility shock. this concludes three things -- we knew this was coming, but we didn't know when. no

parliament essentially m.p.'s would be instructed to table a motion of no confidence against president jacob zuma does have the numbers in parliament and the opposition is likely to back such a motion so opposed to has always said he said it again two weeks ago in doubles that he does not want to come down to that he doesn't want to humiliate zuma in this way this is why we saw at the beginning of this week the top brass of the a.n.c. six people went to his house essentially asking him to resign they walked out of there in the reports were that he had refused saying that constitutes. he could stay. has always maintained i don't want to get to that end. to the message yesterday that they once again net it's consistent with the way he wants us to go to volunteer who are entirely resigned so the a.n.c. would like to see a smooth transition of power believes it's in his own interest but there are effectively two power centers in south africa right exactly you've got zuma in the state house as president of south africa you've got. in johannesburg you know twenty house and essentially sarah wants to get started i mean he's

both denying any wrongdoing zuma is later expected today to respond to a recall order issued on tuesday by the governing a and c. the a.n.c. has threatened to use parliament to remove zuma from office if he refuses to resign but it has not given a deadline for his removal. well for many around the world today it's a day of love and affection as millions mark valentine's day but what about the growing number of people especially among the older really in western countries and suffer deeply from feelings of isolation we'll talk about that a bit more with psychiatry in a moment but first we have a look at how one group of seniors in sweden is trying to make loneliness a thing of the past. oh my god. hello everyone i know i have seven minutes with each person. and i'm setting the timer to say oh oh. seven minutes not a lot of time to win someone over but maybe enough for first impressions. this is speed dating for senior citizens. the limited time frame for each conversation means there's no time to be shy. mahseer madness of the cult when you see how eager people are to converse with each other so you hope to want to meet up again sometime oh that's what we'