sasol say there were only 195; 35; 55-1?ows of a other colour, it is about south africa as a whole. discrimination has to stop. but cecil has defended the decision —— sasol. they say it is about boosting black ownership in the multi—million dollar company. they want to redress historical injustices meaning that black people were left out in the cold. that solidarity maintains that this scheme is causing racial tensions. it puts pressure on sasol, they have a process where we will frustrate them. and it will frustrate them. and it will frustrate millions. they are taking a stand by withdrawing their labour. a lesson they are hoping to pass to future generations. we've had stories from japan, india, the uk and us. now back the states. in the us, most fraternities will no longer allow hard alcohol, unless it it is served by a licensed, third party vendor. that's after a near unanimous vote by north—american interfraternity conference, a national umbrella organisation. it said it was "an important, decisive action to enhance hea

to black workers white workers say that's discriminatory and racially divisive by their bosses at sasol say the moves been backed by shareholders and b. it's bulls designed for black economic empowerment part of a drive to reverse decades of exclusion for blacks and apartheid the company wouldn't give us an interview but on its website says it remains committed to engaging with all trade union partners to our guests in a moment but first for the miller report from secunda. the new shea scheme is infuriating sessoms white employees because it's only benefits their black colleagues they don't say we judge you on your contribution your lawyer your natural though we judge you on the color of your skin. these workers say they're being discriminated against brian fulton who's worked at tassel for thirty years agrees we brought as a company working shift works and doing night shift in sixteen hour shifts and. i think it's unfair as what people can be disputed from from the official says that is an afrikaans read skin color does not determine my worth but under apartheid skin color did exactly

to black workers white workers say that's discriminatory and racially divisive by their bosses at sasol say the moves been backed by shareholders and beats bulls designed for black economic empowerment part of a drive to reverse decades of exclusion for blacks and apartheid the company wouldn't give us an interview but on its website says it remains committed to engaging with all trade union partners to our guests in a moment but first for the miller report from secunda. the new shea scheme is infuriating sessoms white employees because it only benefits their black colleagues they don't say we judge you on your contribution you'll pull your black shirt no we judge you on the color of. these workers say they're being discriminated against brian fulton who's worked a tassel for thirty years agrees we bought as company working shift works and doing night shift and sixteen hour shifts and. i think it's unfair pass what people can be disputed from from the federal system that is in afrikaans read skin color does not determine my worth but under apartheid skin color did exactly that for decad

these workers say they're being discriminated against brad fulton who's worked at sasol for thirty years agrees we bought a company working shift workers and bring now here from sixteen hour shifts in an hour and. i think it's unfair past white people to be the critic from from the federal ban is an afrikaans read skin color does not determine my worth but under apartheid skin color did exactly that for decades excluding nonwhite workers from most jobs subtle says it's news she's scheme is not about what his benefits will pay it's about empowering black workers through a shoe a scheme that would allow them twenty five percent ownership but white workers here say the company's being racist and they want equality. critics say that since one thousand nine hundred five only an elite group of blacks have benefited from economic empowerment the world bank says south africa is one of the most unequal countries in the world with poverty persistently high among black south africans. the trade union federation cosatu says it will fight any resistance to transforming the economy. for the good of us

was tryingess sasol to be neighborly, not saying we are going to build on top of you and did not offer you an opportunity to leave. now, some of the property may just stay vacant. they may come back. i'm not sure what they are going to do with it, what they don't use, that my feeling and talking to mr. hayes and different ones, the first of all want to be neighborly. and you can see where their expansion is, within a mile of most people here. they didn't want to just come in and not be neighborly to people who want to get out of harm's way. here, this is what is left. our home had been here for over 80 years. fathersy mothers and that he was my mother's and father's property. in fact, that was my front porch. i lived behind my mother and father. i walked from here many, many days to school. , under thisrints up asphalt, because i was raised here. this is where i lived most of my life. we are approaching the mount zion baptist church, one of the oldest baptist churches in the parish. this particular church has been years.er 160 of course, this is not the original. but it's the museum yo

trade union say the share scheme will only worsen divisions between workers and the union says if sasol executives don't change their minds complaints will be made to solve africa's human rights commission and the united nations for me to al-jazeera sikandar south africa . india's supreme court has ruled that gay sex is not a crime. l g b t campaigners celebrated as the landmark judgment was delivered it strikes down a colonial era law which made homosexual acts punishable by up to ten years in prison this is about the freedoms of indian citizens in a democracy it is not just about sex it is about how we treat our own citizens and to my mind the government has no place in the bedroom the government has no place in the private lives of individuals are some of the bottle of that law today we gained independence before we were trapped in this country but today is our independence day the british fashion label burberry has announced it will stop burning unsold luxury goods after criticism from environmental campaigners the high end retailers says it will also stop using real fur in its prod

there's a new scheme that specifically benefits black workers people here say they are unhappy with how sasol is going about the scheme now we've also spoken to the cosatu trade federation here in south africa say this type of she scheme in dealing with black economic empowerment is a long time coming they've been pushing for this for years black economic empowerment was first implemented in two thousand and three and they say still not enough companies have implemented the relevant policies to ensure that there's a fair wealth distribution remember see one percent of south africa's rather one percent of south african told sixty percent of the country's economy and and most of those people are white this is an issue that continues to bring about a lot of debate in south africa people here say their calls need to be here heard this isn't necessarily about race but they say about equality. approaches has been held in the yemeni city of ties ahead of friday's un led talks to end the country's three year war the protest is urging the warring parties in the geneva meeting to address the plight of

there's a new scheme that specifically benefits black workers people here say they are unhappy with how sasol is going about the scheme now we've also spoken to the cosatu trade federation here in south africa say this type of she scheme in dealing with black economic empowerment is a long time coming they've been pushing for this for years black economic empowerment was first implemented in two thousand and three and they say still not enough companies have implemented the relevant policies to ensure that this fear wealth distribution remember see the one percent of south africa's rather one percent of south african told sixty percent of the country's economy and and most of those people are white this is an issue that continues to bring about a lot of debate in south africa people here say their calls need to be here heard this isn't necessarily about race but they say about equality south sudanese soldiers have been sentenced to prison for the rape of five aid workers and the murder of a journalist in two thousand and sixteen a military court handed sentences ranging from four years to lif

and its leader it's unlikely many new parents would currently sasol the name donald for their son and while many often struggle to choose the right name and not always up to them to decide. the. promote the world's largest program by usa id ever created for female empowerment has been a failure in afghanistan less according to the head of the us watchdog agency in the country also john saw up close said usa id oversold the project and fly to american taxpayers when it started in twenty fifteen well back then the project was budgeted at two hundred sixteen million dollars and the organization also hoped to persuade other countries to contribution doubling the funding it was designed to help more than seventy five thousand women in afghanistan find job sound other opportunities to ensure that inclusion in politics and business a great promise for a new generation of afghan women. since two thousand and one the door has been reopened for afghan women millions of afghans have sent their daughters to school women join the workforce they joined the police the army and entered politics but t

trade union say the share scheme will only worsen divisions between workers and the union says if sasol executives don't change their minds complaints will be made to south africa's human rights commission and the united nations. al-jazeera sikandar south africa. let's bring in our panel joining us in johannesburg dirk herman who you just saw in the piece he is the c.e.o. of the solidarity trade union and from cape town via skype. lecturer of the university of western cape and author of turn can several save south africa also in johannesburg denis george general secretary of the federation of unions of south africa walk on to all mr herman what's wrong with suttles share scheme the house your anger and the shutdown. suttle had a previous game in the low in actually included all workers that scheme went and water and then they created a new scheme and this schemes name is an isa and him he's a suddenly exclude the white workers so we sit here with a past of inclusion and then a future of exclusion and that frustrates the world workers that frustrate them so that eighty nine percent of th

africa or in protest of what they say is their company's racist policies the petrochemical company sasol has a new share scheme it'll benefit eighteen thousand black workers but ignore the twelve thousand white colleagues a reporter from a timid us been speaking to striking workers in second. thousands of white workers here in sickened say they're being discriminated against they say that their years of service is being ignored and they want the company to treat them equally in line with this new scheme that specifically benefits black workers people here say they are unhappy with how sasso is going about the scheme now we've also spoken to the cosatu trade federation here in south africa say this type of she scheme in dealing with black economic empowerment is a long time coming they've been pushing for this for years black economic empowerment was first implemented in two thousand and three and they say still not enough companies have implemented the relevant policies to ensure that there's a fair while distribution remember see one percent of south africa's rather one percent of south

white workers at a south african petrochemical firm are on strike around three thousand employees at sasol sikandar plant around happy that black workers have exclusively been offered company shares south african law requires firms to meet quotas on black ownership and employment a protest has been held in the yemeni city of ties ahead of friday's un led peace talks to end the country's three year war the protest says urging the warring parties in geneva to address the plight of thais residents who've been living under siege for years. but that's our journey even before the start of the geneva talks to who claim they have the right to control and govern yemen their claim is rotten and puts pressure on the international community to deal with them what kind of peace can we have with such a group that does not believe in the rights of other people. the death toll is rising after a powerful earthquake in northern japanese island of hokkaido the six point seven magnitude quake struck in the early hours of the say sending items tumbling off shelves and leaving cracks in roads on the island's ma

federation consulted they say this type of protests specifically will only worsen racial tensions with in sasol specifically and they're worried about that sort of thing but there really is an increasing divide across south africa very much based on race and what people are entitled to we do know in south africa for example that seventy percent of the managerial in positions top positions in companies across the border held by white people specifically and the is this need to address that but the policies perhaps in the rhetoric we're hearing doesn't seem to be dealing very well with how individual racial groups in south africa are responding so to be clear them for me what this policy is aiming to achieve is basically to try to redress the imbalance is of the apartheid era which as i say ended what twenty four twenty five years ago . and even then martin you know the question by many is that this issue around black economic empowerment isn't necessarily as successful as policymakers the government would wanted to be here in south africa wealth distribution it hasn't impacted the african black

trade union say the share scheme will only worsen divisions between workers and the union says if sasol executives don't change their minds complaints will be made to solve africa's human rights commission and the united nations for me to al-jazeera second us of africa. argentina's sinking economy is starting to have a negative impact on one of latin america's most stable countries neighboring cheney has seen its presser slump in what's being called the tango effect on america in human reports. santiago's cost and that a center is one of latin america's largest and most modern shopping malls until recently it was full of arjen tines conspicuous because they'd come with suitcases to shop til they dropped now they're still conspicuous by their absence. in argentina represents fifty two percent of our tourism maybe we've been too dependent on them because when they fall into their periodic economic crisis the impact here is very strong. the fallout from argentina's currency crash has already reached chile arguably latin america's most stable economy. is a show at a five star hotel but. for

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