in february pretoria team dumped with most go in beijing to whole joint naval exercises. 3 months later, a us diplomatic queues, south africa, of delivering arms and ammunition to this sanctioned russian ship. south africa has had a long friendship with russia. most goes top diplomat sanjay lab prof visited the country in january relations, dates back to when the soviet union helped south africa's freedom fighters invest, struggle against apartheid that history is part of the reason pretoria refuses to condemn moscow for the invasion of ukraine. but it's not just south africa where russia has been cultivating relations. moscow is trying to extend its influence across the african continent. and it isn't just about politics. it's been giving minute 3 support on selling equipment and ons in return for access to energy and natural resources. russian. musson res, including the infamous voc, no group have also been operating in several countries on the continent. they include molly libya, sudan and central african republic. and despite recent events in russia, it doesn't look like countries s

africa's freedom fighters invest, struggle against apartheid that history is part of the reason pretoria refuses to condemn moscow for the invasion of ukraine. but it's not just south africa where russia has been cultivating relations. most goes influence extends across much of the african continent. and it isn't just about politics. it's been giving minute 3 support on selling equipment and ons, in return for access to energy and natural resources. russian musson res, including the infamous voc, no group have also been operating in several countries on the continent. they include molly nivia, sudan, and central african republic. and despite recent events in russia, it doesn't look like countries such as south africa will change their relations with moscow. anytime soon. let's take a look at some of the other headlines from around the world. the head of sedans, iris as power military forces announced a 2 day uni lanfield truce democracies. let me call the day of i ata starting today . several of these fires have failed to stop the groups conflict with the sudanese army, which has killed

and before we perhaps delve into a range of topics using pretoria is representative here in russia for a number of years during a particularly challenging time. regionally, i think it's safe to say with the ukraine and don't boss conflict to the forefront . how is it being navigating not time? uh, quite an interesting question. and quite actually a framed by to afford a diploma. the most interesting type because it keeps us busy, keeps us on our toes. so very infesting as a diploma to be at this point in time in the last year and federation. kelly bit and talk about the news today we, we have a speculation mainly from the west start south africa on china. it may swap as host of the upcoming brick summit, the background to the, the international criminal court. at one thing vladimir put in to be arrested noise . so it's not for it. can ministers have said that's not going to happen. they mean remain focused on having august summit in johannesburg. what is the situation as far as we know on that? look, i agree with the position of the minutes does all the systems go as far as the guys ca

a debt improving multilateral, diplomatic and business ties that decision stems from claims that pretoria was secretly army supplying arms to russia, which the country denies. with this new washington wants to stop dirty free access to the u. s. trade market for the country that's just by south africa asserting is neutral stance in the conflict, and declaring itself ready to be a mediator and host of peace talks between the warring sides. believe it says that to bring about these talks are set to begin in weeks with the delegation, including the has of zambia, egypt, congo. so new goal and you've gone to such a visit key as an mosque out. we could, it's meanwhile, the check for administer is on a 5 day visit to angola and zambia, and move aimed at reducing cooperation between african states with russia and china, and restoring european influence on the consummate. definitely that the russian invasion of ukraine was a wakeup coal, but it's never too late and will have to be present in africa. we have never left africa, but now we need to pay more attention. definitely. we discuss it.

while in pretoria, i also want to talk about how south africa can leverage its weight to help bring an end to russia's aggression in ukraine and to preserve the un charter. as you probably already know, the south african government insists on staying neutral over the ukraine conflict or even presenting their own peace plan. the us ambassador has a cube, a south africa secretly providing weapons to reassure time pretoria denies saying it's a coming under close scrutiny from western powers. independent atlas that jackie schon do, says the west is using every weapon in his office and also make out for could take ukraine's side with some people that confident understand that it rushes the feed would mean a rise in, well, neo colonial is the, is a trade attempt now, in particular to basic, a sweet salsa higher in africa, and the on demand or of instruments, including money for nation, including uh, bribery, uh, using before, and doris investments as uh, a couch that's being den or to that teen the van to get uh, the engine or the sub continent, uh old old tubs, its position in favor of the

the decision stems from claims that pretoria was secretly supplying arms to russia, which the country denies. with this move, washington wants to stop duty free access to the u. s. trade market for the country . that's despite south africa asserting its neutral stance and the conflict and declaring itself ready to be a mediator and host of peace talks between the war and the sides. the latest attempt to bring about peace talks is set to begin in weeks with a delegation, including the heads of zambia, egypt, the congo, sniggle and uganda set to visit b as in moscow estates took the view. meanwhile, the check for an minister is on a 5 day visit to angola and zambia. i move and reducing cooperation between african stays with russia and china, and restoring european influence on the consummate. definitely the russian invasion of ukraine was a wakeup coal, but it's never too late and will have to be present in africa. we have never left africa, but now we need to pay more attention. definitely. we discuss this issue with the director of the university of zambia graduate school of business.

vladimir, put the international criminal court house issued on the arrest warrant against a body pretoria has criticized for its political double stamped in june. we will be submitting a lower in parliament, which will lay out exemptions of who to arrest and who not to arrest. we never sold that. the i. c. c that we have today will be what it is. they never indicted tony blair. they never indicted george w bush for the killings of a rocky people. never would have said that the an equality, the inconsistency by the i. c. c is a problem. there is a political order of the geo political complication regarding the attendance of the russian president vladimir pushing on the leaders summit in august because of the court order issued by the international criminal court in connection with the charge of forcibly removing children from ukraine. this is a charge brought up of by the icy c against the russian president. now russia itself is not a signatory to that uh, organization. but uh, south africa is formerly speaking uh it has to comply with the orders of the board . but that issue in and of its

raisi's visit to pretoria and the meeting of the presidents of the two countries will be provided in near future . removing the dollar from trade transactions is only one of goals the sitting group of the brics group of friends will be held today. in 1945, after the second world war, with the signing of the agreements, the dollar became the basis for world trade. now, after about 80 years , this process is changing, and buying and selling is always done using dollars. if this situation is to end, this will mean the end of the us dollar, the end of the us dollar , the name that the former assistant secretary of the us treasury has considered for the recent events , different countries are abandoning the dollar from their trade exchanges and at the head of these countries, a group of you name it. i wish to see the creation of a different currency, the dollar, so that we can use it to sell our products to other countries and buy the goods we need from them. brazil, russia, india, china and south africa are composed of half of the population and 28% of the economic power are at their dis

a french newspaper reported a request for a place to attend the bris summit in the city of pretoria , south africa. 20 includes brazil, russia, india, china, and south africa. it includes 30% of the gross product and 40% of the world's population, and the united states has become a nightmare for the united states and the west. referring to the location request, they said they never showed it to 2011 , and probably france to the title of one of the members of the group wants to enter the nose in the role of a transparent horse. 13 countries, including iran , sent an official application for membership in the group. similarly , the official application for membership has also been submitted . china's foreign ministry said, washington said, criticizing the performance of the united states regarding the 93 explosion. an explanation to the intercommunity the international community is indebted to these statements and it has been suggested that the american media reported that the american spy agency was already aware of ukraine's sabotage plan in nord stream, and these reports made it poss

to be dominated by the war and ukraine, germany wants to south africa to drop it's neutral stats. pretoria has abstained from un resolutions condemning moscow early while cooling for diplomacy and dialogue. sierra leone lines. president, julia smart, a, b, o has been re elected for a 2nd to the west african countries electro commission. this is the president secured more than 56 percent of the fog, but the opposition has disputed dot accusing the electoral commission of fabricating results. for the us president donald trump can be heard discussing secret st. documents and acknowledging he had not d classified them in an audio recording from 2021. now this is being cited as evidence in the current case against him, but trump is quoted and exoneration. earlier this month, he pleaded not guilty to mishandling us state secrets. we're going to win and monitors in chicago deemed that cds a quality to be the worst anywhere in the world. on tuesday, drifting smoke from home going wild fires across canada is creating 2 things of high impact. all of the central and eastern you with people with under

the bbc reporter reports that it has become very difficult to get drinking water from pretoria, the capital of south africa. it has caused the water crisis. the water of the city of johannesburg, the economic center of south africa, is doing this. it also supplies water to many provinces in this country , but it is 100 kilometers away from the communities that need this water . sometimes these communities can not need water to supply itself, we have a water transfer system on the horn, which transfers water to other areas , and is also a source of electricity supply. if there is no water, it is not possible to move the turbines and generate electricity . many people dig wells and put tankers in their homes. families want to supply water themselves. now the demand has increased greatly and wells cost a lot . a well bore costs seven thousand dollars . many people in africa the south does not have the ability to provide it, they cannot they hope that they will continue to provide their own services due to water scarcity, and it has caused us to increase its activity, solve these problems , on

she sent us her assessment of the price conference in pretoria to germany and south africa see each other as very important partners when it comes to tackling global issues such as the fight against the climate crisis such as the attempt to gets to wants more green economy adjusted economy more equality also for women, but a lot of trusts was damaged. last year, when south africa refused to join west and supporters of ukraine and did not condemn russia's actions in ukraine, quite as openly as the west would have hoped. so this is a message coming out of the bab sneezing with a south african count of pa to you today at least talks of being resumed. again, at least one side is willing to listen to the other. the positions might differ, but there is a joint willingness to bridge those differences. gemini says it's support, south africa's attempts of helping to bring about peace. now working on these documents on these concrete piece plans is already something that's gemini, says it is looking forward to doing together with south africa. maybe that will help overcome some of the differences t

. >> a police patrol drives through the townships of pretoria. the police chief is on a night patrol, which is mostly meant to show police presence. no cable thieves are not caught tonight but an illegal bar is shut down. crime has risen as the power outages have. >> it does have an impact. in particular, burglaries in commercial buildings have increased, criminals take advantage of the darkness. south africa's government is overwhelmed. after three decades of autocracy, trust in the legacy of nelson mandela's once-proud liberation movement has been destroyed. corruption is widespread in the ruling african national congress, the anc. former politician themba maseko says people in state-owned companies are misusing public funds. companies are contracted that are not suitable for their tasks, and the clients then expect bribes for this. in the end, very few resources are left to actually deliver the necessary infrastructure. >> as a whistleblower, he put former president jacob zuma in the dock. declared an enemy of the state, he had to fear for his

with the efforts of environmental activists, the supreme court of pretoria ruled that the air quality in the areas is a violation of human rights and gave government officials 12 months to think of a plan to reduce emissions and improve the air. there is a connection between heart, lung and nerve diseases. air pollution also leads to attacks and heart attacks. the biggest polluters of the environment in the country are face and esco companies. it is a government scan and i think the government wants to fight with itself to change this situation. not much work from environmental activists life is not possible. political will is necessary for this. they say that parents here are raising sick children. thank you very much for your attention . bushehr does not have underground water sources. it does have sources. in any case, underground water is drinkable and wearable from ancient times until now. there are us who, unfortunately, have already been dragged to the same ground in the eight years of the previous government, lack of planning, lack of credit, lack of motivation for such issues

the bbc reporter reports that it is very difficult to get drinking water from pretoria, the capital of south africa, and they are faced with the fact that it is transported through polluted water , worn out construction and the lack of water resources has caused a water crisis. the water of the city of johannesburg, the economic center of south africa, as well as the water of many provinces in this country, is hurting a lot, but it is 100 kilometers away from the communities that need this water, sometimes these communities cannot the water needs to be supplied by the transfer mechanism we have water that transports water to other areas, and it is also a source of electricity supply. if there is no water , it is not possible to move the turbines and generate electricity. the concern about the lack of water has caused many people to dig wells and put giving tankers in their homes, families want to supply their own water, now the demand has increased dramatically and wells are very expensive , one well costs $7,000 a week, many people in south africa do not have the necessary ability to

bbc reporter from on the face of the report from pretoria, the capital of south africa, it has become very difficult to get drinking water that you are facing and it is transmitted through contaminated water. dilapidated construction and lack of water resources have caused the water crisis. in the south , between hours, the water of many provinces is also included it supplies the country, it hurts, but it is 100 kilometers away from the communities that need this water. sometimes these communities cannot provide the water they need. it transmits and is also a source of electricity supply. if there is no water, it is not possible to move the turbines and generate electricity. worrying about the lack of water has caused many people to dig wells and place tankers in their homes . to supply water themselves, now the demand for water has greatly increased it costs 17 thousand dollars a week. many people in south africa do not have the necessary ability to provide it for themselves. i hope that the water explanation company will continue to provide their services and it has caused us to inc

at the brics summit in pretoria, south africa, according to a newspaper report, macron made this request in a conversation with the president of south africa. are included and according to the american niazbek magazine, moscow will become a nightmare for the united states and the west, referring to makran's request, saying that they never show goodwill to brics, and probably france will enter brics as a member of the 7th group in the role of a trojan horse, 13 countries including iran, they sent an official application for membership in the brics group. the poor man has submitted his official membership post . poisonous substances were found in the same blood samples taken from the residents of west tokyo. it was taken from the residents of the area to us excellent fluorine compounds have been identified, and about half of them exceed the permissible limit, according to the research, the source of this pollution is probably the local water supply network. these compounds are used in agricultural industries and industrial products. these chemicals are persistent in the environment and the

a french newspaper reported on macron 's request to attend the brics summit in pretoria, south africae president of south africa, the countries of the brics group, which includes brazil, russia , india, china, and south africa , account for 30% of the gross domestic product and 40% of the world's population, and according to an american magazine, newsweek , they have become a nightmare for the united states and the west. referring to the repeated requests said that they never had good intentions towards brics, and probably france, as a member of the group of 7, wants to enter brics in the role of a work horse. 13 countries have sent an official request to join the brics group. the secretary of the treasury of the united states called for the effect of the sanctions on the rise of the dollar in the world . the secretary of the treasury of the united states said that washington's sanctions against some countries will prompt them to look for alternative means of payment instead of the dollar, as reported by international media in the hearing of the finance committee. assembly the represe

with a police patrol drives to the townships of pretoria, the police chief is on a night patrol, which is mostly meant to show police presence. no cable thieves are caught tonight, but an illegal bar is shut down. crime has risen as a power outage as have it does have an impact. the big suspicion business previously. because of the take advantage of that document, south africa's government is overwhelmed after 3 decades about talk receive trust, and the legacy of nelson mandela's once proud liberation movement had been destroyed, the corruption is widespread and the ruling african national congress. the amc movie, former politician pen by mistake o says people in state own companies are misusing public funds. when you get companies wrong, companies appointed companies with the capacity to deliver service and services. and those who appoint those companies also expecting some kind of for kickbacks. and you find, but they're looking as us is, is in the end left available to deliver infrastructure project. because i was seen as, as a whistleblower, he put former president jacobs who might

with a police patrol drives through the townships of pretoria, the police chief is on a night patrol, which is mostly meant to show police presence. no cable thieves are caught tonight, but an illegal bar is shut down. crime has risen as a power outage. just have it does have an impact on the big suspicion business because of the take advantage of that document. south africa's government is overwhelmed after 3 decades of i'll talk receive trust in the legacy of nelson mandela's once proud liberation movement had been destroyed . corruption is widespread and the ruling african national congress. the amc lo, former politician, pen by mistake o says people in state own companies are misusing public funds. this is when you get companies wrong. companies are pointed to companies with the capacity to deliver service and services, and those who appoint those companies also expecting some kind of for kickbacks. and you find, but they're looking as us is, is in the end left available to deliver infrastructure project. because i was seen as, as a whistleblower, he put former president jacobs wh

one case against the government last year with the pretoria high court ruling that the air quality here was essentially the human rights violation and gave authorities 12 months to come up with a plan to improve admission as well. that deadline cost in march so far, little has changed. thomas was part of that case. he says the state owned power companies tried to cut corners by asking for extensions to comply with limits. we also need to understand that because for the tests in the countries festival and ask them and ask um being just a own entity. i don't think government wants to fight one of their own. she tells us the parents here are raising a generation of sick children. sometimes i even think of as maybe one day lose my child because of these ethical issues. there is little they can do to change their feet. that will take money. and ultimately, political will. stephanie decker or g 0. boom by longer providence, south africa. the tougher picture of the headlines here, this, the un secretary general, has condemned israel's decision to speed up the expansion of illegal sacraments in

for the residents of this sprawling township outside the capital pretoria, access to clean drinking watere here are now facing a cholera outbreak, which is spread through unsafe drinking water. ageing infrastructure and poor maintenance of water treatment facilities are partly to blame. but the community is also struggling with crippling power cuts, many south africans are without electricity for up to eight hours a day. and with no energy to power water pumps, homes are left with dry taps, sometimes for days. this is one of the main dams supplying water to the country's economic hub, johannesburg. it is also part of a larger system that provides water to dams across many provinces of the country. so it is quite important but it is many kilometres away from the communities that need it and sometimes there are problems with getting the water from here all the way to them. we have built these massive pumping systems that take water into the economic heartland. that is dependent on a surplus supply of electricity, which we no longer have. then of course every single drop of water has to be p

interacting and such for and this has to be in a push to try and keep you separate on on what this pretoria say in that instance lucas spies. victoria is concerned. we have had no pressure to participate or not to participate in in that assignment. and it just for that reason that they can assure you that the president obama pro site is already accepted the invitation to attend to the assignment. he will be there. no, he will be then with, without uh, any, uh, we are already looking at to the logistics of the delegation. is most delegation academics. and what have you, who would been st. petersburg that will happen. and something else with potentially huge relevant cations. the brazilian president is pushing for the creation of a common currency for bricks. countries. is it ops are a, is it a realistic proposal? is it something south africa would like to see on what could be the main stumbling blocks to, to that's coming in to be a look. number one in the meeting of the bricks, 40 minutes. those that took place in taped down last week. yeah. attended by lead, i ordered the breaks for him an

vladimir put the international criminal court has issued on the arrest warrant against a ball the pretoria has criticized for itself in june will be submitting the law in parliament, which will lay out the exemption of court to arrest and who not to arrest. we never thought that the i see that we have to date will be what it is. they never indicted tony blair. they never indicted george w bush for the killings of iraqi people. mandela would have said that the quality, the inconsistency by the seat is a problem. for more or less across large archie correspondents, around the boy to who's following the russian foreign ministers tour of eastern southern african morning to york santa. yeah. take us through then walks behind these proposed law amendments that as well. and you, ma'am, good morning, from cape town, this is famously a place where the atlantic and indian ocean means. then before i take you through all these complications of the south african politics involving the attendance on, not the attendance of blogging, their approach, and letting me just briefly explain the significance of,

but pretoria faces a diplomatic dilemma of the russian liter actually attends the break summits and johannesburg in august. and the international criminal court has issued an arrest warrant against him for the war. crime of abducting ukrainian children unless he could in theory be arrested upon setting foot in south africa. and the kremlin spokesman says moscow is still waking up in what way it will be represented at the summit prussia. russia thinks that development of this full months and integration is very important, and russia will take part in this summit on a proper level don't. we will fill you in on all the details later. as well, south africa's leading opposition parties as it is taking legal action to force the government to arrest flooding more prudent if he does indeed turn off for the brake summit. on tuesday, the democratic alliance parties said it launched a court application to ensure the government detains the russian leader and hands them over to the i. c. c. here's part of their statement. if president vladimir putin arrives in south africa to attend the break summit and upon

for the residents of this sprawling township outside the capital, pretoria, access to clean drinkinging a cholera outbreak, which is spread through unsafe drinking water. ageing infrastructure and poor maintenance of water treatment facilities are partly to blame, but the community is also struggling with crippling power cuts. many south africans are without electricity for up to eight hours a day. and with no energy to power water pumps, homes are left with dry taps, sometimes for days. this is the vaal dam. it's one of the main dams supplying water to the country's economic hub, johannesburg. it's also part of a larger system that provides water to dams across many provinces in the country. so it's quite important, but it is many kilometres away from the communities that need it, and sometimes there are problems with getting the water from here all the way to them. we have both these massive pumping systems, pumping schemes that take water into the economic heartland. so that is dependent on a surplus supply of electricity, which we no longer have. then, of course, every single dro

that is why, while in pretoria, i also want talk about how south africa can leverage its weight to hell, bring it in to russia's aggression in ukraine and to preserve the un charter most of the listing agent. we are now coming home to try and make sure you just get the sweet most was couldn't you just start pulling into the africa becomes a thoughts to the wisdom countries or germany when it is not doing what they wanted to do. um, honestly i think i, i, i feel if they were doing what they want it, then we wouldn't be in this, but how they do it on i have the image earlier this. yeah. the us on buses a to south african accused the country of c, currently providing weapons to russia. not as a claim, of course that was certainly rejected by the all star. it is independence unless subject your son do believe the west is trying to pressure africa stands unable it come to know in particular to basic a sweet salsa hire and africa and the on demand or of instruments, including money for nation, including a bribery using for and dark investments as a couch that's being denver to that chain. the

and this comes as pretoria has adopted a stance of non alignment with the western block on the crate and conflict, it's abstain from un votes condemning russia. also refused to arrest cruelty and under a controversial icbc warrant. i continue seeking all that can military cooperation between the 2 countries. when we discussed the situation with the panel of experts . so look at the reasons why certain western partners are winning the alarm bells simply over south africa's neutrality on ukraine. to take all of this financial management organization making a statement that could affect political issues. basically, the less so that the we are taking on board be wanting that was issued by spend the mostly because it was similar wondering by the so that it could reserve bank that it for sees potential secondary impacts of sanctions. but it could be based on, so that's because of its position on the rest of your brain country. so the government describes it as a country between dresser and nature. and even though it holds a non aligned position, it has been quite critical of the method in

anna lena burbak said in the pretoria following the results of negotiations with her south african colleaguesinistry of south africa herself is a pandora. she didn't say anything of the sort. she stressed that the republic of south africa is in favor of an early end to hostilities in ukraine and the start of negotiations between the parties. mr. south africa noted that the recent trip of the african country's peacekeeping mission to russia and ukraine inspires optimism. well, a scandal in germany turned into a broadcast of a burbock press conference on one of the german channels. her without warnings were interrupted by footage of vladimir putin's address in the words of the department. moreover , without translation into german, the military formations that the dead pilots who repelled an attempted armed rebellion were from the pskov territorial garrison names were named today by the governor of the region. the very heroes of the pilots, whom the president spoke about yesterday in his address, among them were servicemen of the pskov territorial garrison. the crew of k-52 lieutenant colonel a

this comes as pretoria has adopted a stance of non alignment with the western block over the ukraine conflict. it has abstain from you and votes condemning russia also refusing to arrest without imprudent, under a controversial i. c. c. warren continued, mistaken. i'll make a military cooperation between the 2 countries. well, i think discussed the situation with a panel of experts looking good reasons why. so again, the professional partners in the west are ringing the alarm. bells of a south africa's neutrality is gonna take on this financial management organization making a statement that could affect the political issues. basically the less so the we all taking on boards. the one thing that was issued by spend the most because it was similar wondering by the so that a good reserved thing, that it will seize potential secondary impacts of the sanctions because it's based on so the because of its position on the rest of the country so that it is government that describes it as a country between russia and nature. and even though it holds a non aligned position, it has been quite cr

its relationship with south africa has come on the scrutiny from western powers. us as a cruise pretoria of supplying arms to russia, it denies that and says it's investigating. it's expected inquiry, it may take up to 6 weeks, so potentially longer to complete. some analysts a consent, so by africa's relations with the united states and the european union, it may be badly impacted if it has indeed supplied alms to russia. but so africa maintains its neutral on the issue, all of the ukraine conflict in a meeting with the russian foreign minister. so they lever off. so africa's international relations administer. now lady, bundle defended, holding military exercises with russia, saying they were routine. that's the strange relations with the countries important trading partner, the united states. it's a position that they have to negotiate very carefully and it is a balancing act. they need to be very careful because of course, europe remains still a lot because type partners. so you don't want to annoy your too much. then again, china and india together is almost double the amount of tra

well, in pretoria, i also want to talk about how south africa can leverage its weight to help bring it in to rushes aggression in ukraine and to preserve the un charter. it says that i've written government hasn't insisted that it pro site assume a new tool to, in regards to the plain concept. it has even presented a potential piece fine. but some possible has a to south africa to secretly providing weapons to russia. and while south africa has denies that, i accuse ation is funding and so on the cruise to the by western powers as well as live now in the but alas, jackie said that he does have i for the jackie, thanks so much for joining us here today. at uh, see about these folks that were originally set up for to talk about energy, about climate change, what it was quickly to, to uh, what was going on in euclid which is like a rose lead to remo, rose lead to the credit topic. what are your thoughts on this? is this was this done intentionally? absolutely. i think a of the west is getting somewhat impatient and more desperate. by the day. we also understand that there was some misplac