look how they disrupted cyril ramaphosa's state of the union address. on what basis?was about personal issues of all party matters. it wasn't about the ideological direction of this country, south africans are starved for an alternative. if the eff is not an alternative, it's basically a socialist leftist organisation, which is fundamentally just a militant version of the anc. but he's tapping into a mood that is popular with many particularly young south africans, for example, the student protests about fees must fall in 2015, he... they are not eff orchestrated. no, they aren't, but he has captured the mood there, whereas you tried in october of 2015 to go to the university in cape town to show your solidarity with the students, what happened, there were boos and chants, you were told to leave. this was a bunch of people from one of the unions in the university. they were arguing a different case. i want to reiterate what the starvation in south africa is for a vision of a nonracial south africa, which the eff has not and the anc has long forgotten that view, it's a

you're adviser to president cyril ramaphosa. of afrophobia? it is criminal, it is where there is a fight resources. and there is a fight resources. and the black majority was repressed and they will be the first ones to feel there are scarce resources , first ones to feel there are scarce resources, absence of jobs, and so on. you give reasons. does the government accept that there is... you know, the question is, why would the south african government not acknowledge that there is a strong current of afrophobia? you won't acknowledge it. no, i won't acknowledge it. all right, so what would you say to dr khulu mbatha? i would have to agree. i think the government is in denial. i do think that there have been attacks on african nationals, and they... i think it's quite frightening and disappointing that they're not acknowledging these attacks. applause. let me say this. yep, do respond to her. yes. we — south africa is the only country in africa with a constitution that allows and gives rights to all people who live in south afri

unemployment are just some of the challenges the country is facing the pressure on president cyril ramaphosa who came to power on the promise to kickstart the economy is rising the outlook is getting darker for south africa months of rolling power cuts have left bakeries homes and factories without electricity blackouts top a growing list of problems for africa 2nd largest economy the government announced a soaring deficit at a recent budget presentation unemployment is stuck at an 11 year high and now another recession the 1.4 percent contraction in g.d.p. and the 4th quarter was worse than expected followed as 0.8 percent contraction and the 3rd quarter electricity cuts from utility company are to blame crumbling power stations and malfunctioning equipment have forced eskom to cut electricity around the country repeatedly nearly every industry is suffering among the worst hit are the agriculture transport and construction sectors all shrink and the 4th quarter miners beverage makers and even wal-mart's local unit have announced plans to slash thousands of jobs jobs are already hard to find

africa the last one being the latest to confirm the disease as a rival south african president cyril ramaphosa says it represents a national crisis health officials say a man who arrived from italy has tested positive for covert 19 post says it's spread will have a huge impact on travel and the economy south africa fell into recession this weekend is already struggling with high unemployment and rolling power outages. the w.h.o. has repeated its warning that some countries are not doing enough to fight the virus uganda in east central africa has stepped up precautionary measures in the hope of protecting its people and sluggish economy it attracts considerable foreign capital from china. the riving is and to have a international effort in uganda is not the end of your journey next you have to traverse the medical screening process that's been put in place to keep coronavirus out of the country. hundreds of people have already been put into isolation after passing through the checks some of them within moments of landing everyone isn't a road has to act fast even the airlines normally somebody

president cyril ramaphosa said the alternative was a human catastrophe. highest number of cases in africa, with 402 cases. our africa correspondent, andrew harding, is injohannesburg. a limited number of cases and no deaths, but the government is determined to clamp down early? i'm sorry, i thought we might get an due at the last moment, but i'm afraid we haven't, we will try to get back to him later if we can. the iranian government is strongly advising people not to travel within the country, as people are still celebrating the persian new year, or noruz. iran is struggling to contain one of the biggest outbreaks outside china, with one person dying from the disease every ten minutes. more than 1,800 people are confirmed to have died. rana rahimpour reports. ignoring the warnings — over the last four days, more than eight million iranians have been travelling to visit family members and to celebrate the persian new year. that's according to iran's red crescent, who've been screening people for the virus at checkpoints across the country. many thousands

there tomorrow only essential service workers will be allowed to leave their homes president cyril ramaphosa says that the lock down is needed to keep the number of infected people from swelling into the hundreds of thousands. some poor districts where most south africans live in densely populated quarters. roofs move a lot c it's one of them she has good reason to be fearful of the coronavirus because she into adults are infected with hiv. both take antiretrovirals but they could be especially vulnerable to the respiratory disease but the company's code 19 about 50 percent of south africa's hiv patients don't have access to and the hiv drugs. even more at risk experts warn that so. africa could be a ticking time bomb in the coronavirus pandemic poor jenny conditions are unavoidable in areas where many homes have no running water rows with lots explains that you can't afford protective gloves or hand sanitizer so the only option she has to keep her hands clean is to go to the public water pump and washing hands there. you have to watch why it losing a lockdown is a last resort with help from

the south african president, cyril ramaphosa, has declared a national state of disaster following the he said citizens from high risk countries would be denied entry and screening would be strengthened at all major airports. the czech republic has also closed its borders and introduced severe restrictions, banning people from moving around except for work, essential shopping and other necessary activities until march 24th. schools have also been closed. in france, polling stations have closed in the first round of local elections — a poll that went ahead despite lockdown measures to restrict public contact and contain the spread of coronavirus. but while france was voting, it was also announcing new coronavirus measures including a reinforcement of the border with germany. so far, almost 5,500 cases have been confirmed in france, and 127 people have died. lucy williamson reports from paris. bars, restaurants and schools are shuttered across the country. museums and cinemas are locked. the only places still open are essential services. grocers, chemists, newsagents and polling stations

the south african president cyril ramaphosa has declared a national state of disaster following the coronavirusigh risk countries would be denied entry and screening would be strengthened at all major airports. brazil's president, jair bolsonaro, has left self—isolation to greet pro—government supporters protesting against the congress. he was seen shaking hands and taking selfies outside the presidential palace in brasilia. mr bolsonaro put himself into quarantine after at least five members of his delegation tested positive for coronavirus over the last week. in china, for the third consecutive day, new cases of the virus that were contracted outside the country outweighed those that originated in the country. as a result, beijing's city government has ordered all international arrivals to go into quarentine facilities for 14 days. in all, china has now imported 123 cases from abroad out of a total of just under 81,000. here in the uk, the prime minister is stepping up efforts to keep the public informed about its plans for tackling the coronavirus outbreak, and how to protect themselves. bor

much more still ahead on the program a south african court has president cyril ramaphosa or misleading parliament about his election finances. and the netherlands history making apology when alexander expresses regret for the violence during the dodge colonise ation of indonesia. guess what there's more rain on his way to the british isles to to most of those in europe just to top up the rivers and increase the flooding it's mostly right because it's mostly coming fairly mild weather is 13 in london for example where there will be a change to stoke to get the high ground in scandinavia the rain does stay through france so it will leave the senate it's 4 meters above normal not make it any worse and snakes are eastern europe but still we're still talking about temperatures on the high side of normal that i tell you just as it's been the northerly chucky in here which means the snow comes far south as maybe denmark more especially southern sweden scottish highlands the high ground in england but looks let me sweep out all the way this is the color representation the temperature has to be

of course in south africa has cleared president cyril ramaphosa of misleading parliament about his electionances the anti corruption watchdog was investigating ram apostles' campaign to become the leader of the governing party charges roll the findings of the public protector were floored i made a 1000000 has more from pretoria. these are some of the words that the judge used to describe that report by the public protector incompetent illegitimate confusing and so essentially the court has thrown out that reports president. had sought a judicial review of a report by the public particularly that it accused him of money laundering misleading parliament and also had questioned some of the funds that he received always campaign when he was running for president all of the governing african national congress now the court had also gone on to say that the public protector hadn't laid down any evidence as to how she had found that the president. had been implicated in money laundering and also that there was no evidence that the president knew about where this donation came from essentially dismi

its president, cyril ramaphosa, said people from high risk countries would be denied entry and that screening despite sweeping restrictions on public life. cafes, bars, restaurants and many shops have been told to close and schools will be closed from tomorrow until further notice. in ireland, pubs and bars will close for two weeks from this evening. in a statement, the government also asked people not to organise house parties. new measures in austria include banning gatherings of more than five people as of tomorrow. and germany is set to bring in new restrictions at its borders with austria, france and switzerland. our correspondent jenny hill is in berlin. what will change? good evening from berlin which is much quieter than usual following the closure of bars and clubs here over the weekend. the country's schools are due to close, most as of tomorrow and this evening we have heard from the german interior minister who has confirmed he is temporarily reintroducing controls on the country's borders with france, switzerland, luxembourg, austria and denmark. as of eight o'clock tomorrow morn

and south african presidents or ramaphosa has announced a national lockdown for 21 days from thursday he says the army will be to point to support the police number of confirmed cases across the country have surpassed 400 . well since the code 900. 15 percent to the range of digital tracking physical surveillance and censorship measures to slow the spread of the virus but they're all pretty concerned if their heart reports. police trains patrol the skies over france monitoring the streets below this is how some countries are enforcing look down to stem the spread of coronavirus the jones also double up as loud speakers get what he had so many calls national police see things in real time on the screen and going that assume those people hear the message they leap it's prevention not repression. but other governments have taken tracking people's movement a step further last week israel approved the use of spite acknowledged to track people's location all done using their mobile phones. now the israeli government services have used that database only in order to deal with terrorism and p

president putin of russia, king arabia,f saudi president ramaphosa of south moona, president of south korea, a country that we spend a lot of time in, south korea. we're working very hard on that. prime minister sanchez of spain. president erdogan of turkey. prime minister boris johnson of the united kingdom. president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen , president of the european council, united nations secretary-general antonio guterres, world health organization director, world ,ank president david malpass and the international monetary fund managing director c georgieva. group, but it is a great group. they were all there, every one of them. we talked about the problem. and hopefully won't be a problem for too much longer. the united states is working with our friends and partners around the world to stop the spread of the virus and coordinate our efforts. we discussed how vitally important it is for all of our nations to immediately share information and data, and we've been doing that to a large extent, but we will do it even -- iso and to inform our guess you coul

in fact, president cyril ramaphosa has urged south africans that at 6pm tonight, to indulge themselves that they were told yesterday, and this morning by the police minister, that yes, they need to stay home and that they will not be allowed to jog, they will not be allowed to walk their dogs and no sale of alcohol will be permitted during the 21—day lockdown and only restricted movements will be made when people go out to buy food and also seeking medical attention. a charity which supports people with anxiety issues says it's seen an unprecedented rise in calls to its helpline in recent days, because of concerns about virus. here's our social affairs correspondent, alison holt. these are difficult times. feel very panicked, short of breath... the way ahead is hard. a changing world is particularly troubling if you already have an issue with anxiety. if i don't have a plan or something to work towards, that is when i start cracking a little bit. she was sobbing her heart out because she was so worried. for someone like francesca with a history of heart problems, watching each coronavi

in fact president cyril ramaphosa has urged south africans at 6pm to indulge themselves in a two—minuteld be singing the national anthem. what has made south africans more upset for this lockdown is they we re more upset for this lockdown is they were told yesterday and this morning by the police minister that yes, they need to stay home and they will not be allowed to jog or walk their dogs, and no sale of alcohol will be permitted during the 21 day lockdown, and only restricted movements will be made when people go out to buy food and also seeking medical attention. nomsa, thanks very much. we will keep you up to date with all the numbers and the latest data coming through on the coronavirus across the world. the time now is 6:10am. a man has admitted murdering 51 people in a terror attack on two mosques in christchurch, new zealand, just over a year ago. brenton tarrant had previously denied all charges and was due to stand trial injune. shaimaa khalil reports. it was an attack that shocked the world. the small city of christchurch became the scene of new zealand's worst mass shootin