narrator: in south africa, as in many african countries south of the sahara, the legacy of colonialisms still felt today. with the end of apartheid, the south african government made a commitment to redistribute lands to black residents who were forcibly relocated to homelands. but land reform is a complicated process that will continue for many years to come. for geographers, tools like global positioning system technology can help monitor progress and assess outcomes. africa, south of the sahara, is a region of great natural beauty and great human potential, but it also confronts overwhelming challenges. multiple factors like poverty, underdevelopment, war and political instability collude to make life expectancy this gion the lostworl in the easafcacounyofya, the hiv virus which causes aids, coupled withany of these ftors, has created an epidemic of devastating proportions. here, medical geographers study disease diffusion-- how disease is distribut through polations here, medical geographers sin both space and time.- in kya, we find that dfusion hd through gratn to urban areas, wit

the new south africa. we are in the heart of south africa's largest blacktownship. so where to is an apart tied -- atart hide sandreags that's why the people here became the nucleus against the white minority rule. we've come here to see whether the lives of the people have improved in the west since the end of apartheid. south africans throughout the country would tell you that lives have changed dramatically here. they scored paved roads. they have got clean water, electric tim. there are a lot more new houses. and hospitals and schools. but while all of that has been achieved since 1994, there is still a huge crime problem. and we are beginning to see that cancer of corruption looming in this country. a lot of has been achieved, yes, it's true, south africa has for example hosted successfully the 2010 fifa world cup. south africa has had democratically elected presidents, changing governments, the first with nelson mandela. and now, jacob zuma is coming to the end of his first term but will there's are huge problems of poverty skin equality. so 18 years since the

same was the case of south africa. it was not the compliance issue, but when south africa had dismantled its old nuclear weapons program and iaea verified that in '92. it went fairly swiftly when this was a cooperation. but then when the confrontation is taken like currently is the case with syria and iran and north korea, things drag. and unfortunately at the same time, the countries if they want to do, they can reach capabilities and they're closer and closer, higher and higher on the ladder to get the nuclear weapons capability if not capacity. and there is also a difference in my view what is the nuclear weapons capability. actually, you should not do this sort of research which iran has done. we should not cheer they stopped some of the activities in 2003 because the information is there. this part of the program should be dismantled. first establish what exactly took place, how wide it was. it should be dismantled or make unusual in a verifiable manner. and then there should be a long term monitoring in place lik

toyota aims to export 20,000 units to south africa each year. more japanese and south korean automakers with plants in india are positioning the country as their new production platform and increasing exports of cars made there. >> translator: we succeeded in remodeling india-targeted cars for south africa. i look forward to seeing more moves of this kind. >>> chinese researchers in northeastern china have unearthed fossils of an unknown species of large feathered dinosaur. the new discovery could provide clues to studying the evolution of the animals. the researchers say the fossils found in the province of lianing have been identified as a nine-meter long dinosaur species. these resemble the primitive feathers found on smaller dinosaur species. experts say it has been widely believed that large dinosaurs were featherless since they had difficulty controlling their body temperature. the discovery will be published on thursday in the british journal nature. >>> it's a beautiful sunny day in tokyo. sayaka mori joins us with the world weather forec

for several decades, brian, as you well know, the rhino has flourished in south africa.inging an animal back from the brink of extinction. but as we told you in february, the animal is under brutal assault from poachers. 448 animals were killed in south africa just last year. a gory record. and sadly we report tonight that the number will likely go even higher this year. a warning, some of the images you are about to see are quite disturbing. a beautiful private game reserve in south africa. we game here to tell you the story of dr. will fowlds, a veterinarian helping lead to fight to save the rhino. will was called here to treat an animal he had raised from birth and named gata. her face had been hacked off and before will put the animal down, he recorded the scene so the world could see the sheer brutality of the poachers. >> when you saw it, did you think who would do this? >> i couldn't explain why someone would do such a thing, but to be there with that animal, i just -- i just kept on saying i'm so sorry, boy. >> reporter: the rhinos are poached for their horns. an

the poachers who are after the rhinos of south africa. >>> welcome back.n poachers who are stalking the magnificent rhinos in south africa, and we heard from a lot of you after it aired. harry smith, who did the original reporting from south africa on the recent surge in poaching is back with us tonight with what he's learned from the people who met while over there who are trying to stop it. and when i learned you had an update, i've been guessing it wasn't great news. >> you know, as a matter of fact, it's really bad news. it's much worse news than what we reported even back in february. for several decades, brian, as you well know, the rhino has flourished in south africa. a brilliant example of conservation. bringing an animal back from the brink of extinction. but as we told you in february, the animal is under brutal assault from poachers. 448 animals were killed in south africa just last year. a gory record. and sadly we report tonight that the number will likely go even higher this year. a warning, some of the images you are about to see are quite

itv news, karika park, south africa. >>> now here's your first look at how wall street finished up the day after trade on thursday. the dow closed at 13,060 after losing 14 points yesterday. the s&p was down a fraction. the nasdaq was up 12. >>> taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo the nikkei lost 79 points. while in hong kong the hang seng fell 1 7. >>> the markets close today for the good friday and passover holidays, so investors will have to wait until monday to react to the latest jobs report. when the labor department releases the march data, economists are expecting that the economy added more than 200,000 jobs last month. the unemployment rate is expected to hold steady at 8.3%. >>> facebook has decided to be listed on the tech-heavy nasdaq for its initial public offering under the stock symbol fb. >>> samsung, the world's top technology company, reports booming sales of its galaxy smartphone as it posted a record quarterly profit of $5.5 billion. >>> the warm weather was good for retailers with sales at the gap up 8% last month and target sales increasing m

versus the freedom and dignity of african people south africa which is a. logical first choice but wherever people are fighting for freedom you know that kind of what's my avatar to get my attention and moves my gosh you turn fifty eight of the end of the month which means you will have spent more than half of your life behind bars most people can't even begin to imagine that what is it like how did change your. point of fact i've spent most of my life. the bigger percentage of my life on death row and it cannot have had a profound effect on consciousness and on. the way one feeds and interacts with the world. i like to tell myself that i've actually spent a lot of the time. in the bars and in other countries and. in other parts of the world because i did so mentally but mental can only take you so far. the truth of the matter is i spent most of my living years in my lifetime on death row so in many ways even to this day in my own mind. if not in fact i'm still on your story has really become a symbol for many of us flawed justice system do you personally h

obviously they're in south africa. i know it is very much so not behind closed door when is we talk about this incident. people are protesting. they want a life sentence for child rape. what is the law right now as it stands? >> for gang rape you can get life in prison. also, if it is found that this teenaged girl is mentally disabled, that also ecarries lie so serious crimes and serious sentences. as i said before, the true minors accused in this case, they will not go through the trial. they will probably go through a diversion program designed for juvenile offenders where he this try to rehabilitate them and teach them really to become better people, brooke. >> it sounds like as you describe rape so much happening behind closed doors, family members preying on family members and brings shame and that's why so many people don't go public with this. beyond families, how big of a problem is rape and it sounds to me there is a need for just a culture change. >> it is huge. the medical research council estimates that onl

toyota aims to export 20,000 units to south africa each year. ese and south korean automakers are positioning the country as their new production platform and are increasing exports of cars made there. >> translator: we succeeded in remodeling india targeted cars for south africa. i look forward to seeing more moves of this kind. >>> average gasoline prices at the pump in japan rose for the seventh straight week. global crude prices remain high as tension over iran grows. the agency says that as of monday, the retail price of regular gasoline averaged 158.3 yen. that's about $1.90. it's up 1 cents from last week. by region, prices for tokyo and six other prefectures turned lower compared to the previous week. the institute said the increase in the national average was smaller because there hasn't been any surge in crude oil prices recently. >>> nissan unveiled a yellow cab for new york. replacement will start in the fall of next year. the new model unveiled on tuesday was developed jointly with the city. it's based on the nissan nv-200 minivan wh

the poachers who are after the rhinos of south africa.

whilst the president's body remains here in south africa marks lawy's future is clouded in uncertainty. britain's international development secretary, andrew mitchell, is among those urging a peaceful transition in line with the constitution. but whoever takes over faces enormous economic challenges in one of africa's poorest nations. karen allen, bc news, south africa. >> a concert has been held in sarajevo to mark the beginning of the civil war 20 years ago. the conflict led to some of the worst atrocities on european soil since the sedged world war. at least 100,000 people were killed across bosnia and half the population forced from their homes. today some of the physical scars healed. as matthew price reports, after two decades bosnia remains a divided country. 11,5041 dead. today, each of those killed in sarajevo had a chair set aside for them. picture those who should be sitting here, old, the very young. sarajevo today in the spreng sunshine is a modern european city. but it's hard in the balkans to escape the past. hard to forget the slaughter, the suffering. translator: nobod

. >> from here we head to south africa. the region around johannesburg has already seen its own gold rush come and go -- leaving a toxic legacy. millions of liters of contaminated water seep out of abandoned mines every day. the profits from more than a century of mining gold and uranium are long gone -- along with those who could be held responsible. so, who will clean up the radioactive mess that is contaminating the environment? a local organization is trying to get some answers from the authorities. in the meantime cancer rates are on the rise and the people who live here have no alternative to their toxic surroundings. the tudor shaft settlement is a poor quarter in western johannesburg. it is also david ncale's home. he plants vegetables here. but his produce is tainted by heavy metals and radioactive substances. this is because david's dwelling sits atop a heap of mining waste. >> i grow my own vegetables because i have no choice. i can't afford to buy food. i want to move as soon as possible. >> this entire area is

the president's body has been taken to south africa. although there has been no official announcement of his death. joining me on the line from johannesburg is our correspondent. is there reason why this announcement is being held up at the moment? >> i think there is concern about what exactly will be announced. not only the death, but the succession issue. the vice president is the next in line. joyce banda. she was kicked out of the ruling party last year. and mutharika's brother, foreign minister peter mutharika, has stepped in also. a lot of speculation in malawi. the president was admitted to hospital where he suffered a massive heart attack thrfment were attempts to revive him that were unsuccessful. his body, as you say, flown to south africa, although we have no further details. this was largely to buy time and also to make preparations for a funeral. we are expecting an announcement in the next hour or so from the malawian authorities. >> thank you very much. >> the man once to referred to as the most wanted fugitive has gone

world's sixth largest economy and along with the other brics countries russia india china and south africa has set in motion a movement of backing away from the dollar as the world currency also making a lot of decisions independent of the west now truth of it is in many ways seen as the ambassador of bricks she's also this is also the first day that directors of the world bank. begin meeting candidates to become the presidents of the world bank now typically whoever is nominated by the us is the one that's chosen the thing might be changing there have been eleven world bank's presidents so far and they've all been americans but president obama of course did nominate an american he nominated dartmouth college president dr jim yong kim who also co-founded a non-governmental organization that focuses on getting hiv and aids treatments to some of the world's poorest now there's also jose antonio counsel a professor at columbia university the former minister fine of finance in colombia the dominican republic formally nominated him for the world bank position and then there is also the own go j

when he sees an ad in the paper for a trip to south africa, he makes a spontaneous decision and packss. >> i was going to pull out all the stops, the piece de resistance was this cage shark diving. >> a couple months after seeing the ad in the paper, he finds himself in one of the diving capitals of the world. 30 miles outside of capetown at the southern most tip of south africa staring at a shark cage. >> you're shaking your head, looking at it, thinking, wow, that thing is so small. if one of these sharks wanted to get into it, there was no stopping it. >> and as jerry sizes up the shark cage, he notices an even bigger concern. >> i kind of remembered noting that it seemed like there was a big hole. big holes around the side there. they had mentioned that they had removed a bar so a camera crew could swim in and out of it and they actually hadn't put it back. >> jerry thinks that that hole looks big enough for a shark to get through but captain assures him he'll be safe, so he nods cautiously and boards the boat. after all he didn't come halfway around the world to miss out on great

while the body remains here in south africa, the future of malawi is clouded in answer to the. mr. mitchell is urging a peaceful transition. whoever takes over faces enormous economic challenges in one of africa's pour estimations. -- poorest nations. >> there is concern about the millions of tons of debris floating in the pacific ocean following the tsunami in japan. the u.s. coast guard has already sunk a ghost ship. japan's tsunami debris coordinator in hawaii says that it is extremely difficult to track marine debris. >> immediately after the tsunami occurred, there was field of marine debris detected right off the coast of japan through aerial surveillance from search and rescue teams and also through satellite imagery. within about a month after the tsunami occurring, we could no longer detect those fields of debris because it was too dispersed, and because it is so dispersed and the pacific ocean is so vast, the debris is really difficult to detect. you're using ocean models that we have for other purposes and applying them to the debris to try to predict the movement of the

rape is almost tolerated in south africa to an extent that is shocking.horrific but the other stats are, too. >> the fact that this video went viral and garnered so much international attention has made it such a high profile case. most of these cases don't go to court and most of the victims are invisible and most of the time it is not even talked about. this in and of itself, the case, does bring up a very, very strong point. >> listen, how could these horrific rapes like this just be tolerated in the country. >> that's a great question. there is a lot of speculation as to why that is, right? there was a lot of violence that happened and a lot of that has been trickled down from decades of violence. that does not justify it or make it right why now are we seeing some 20 years later this violence continuing. when many of her attackers were younger. >> it's very different than american culture. >> that's a key point to mention. just this week we saw the president of south africa married a sixth wife. one died and one he divorced. the three other wives att

in third place before producing one of the most memorable shots ever seen at the famous course south africa making a red double eagle albatross on the second hole only the fourth time that's ever happened in the event seventy six year history it shocked the west i was and i think of confidence that the transom are all from transpired for the most of what's in arthur eighteen holes the american how about did his rival in the ensuing play off the magnificent effort of the ten fold saving the day for the for a true old play mccarthy said with his jacket shots later the first time a drama now rises to the high world before. graduates i think this is like i said as a as a matter of golf this is what i want is the first major this is the biggest measure . this is the one major that plays the same place every year. as a beautiful four three that everybody loves a ploy for me this is a special time you know it's. he told me when you're walking to the green there he said well you guys you know you're in here every year the rest your life as long as you employ a lot probably be a tough one to a lot y

think first would probably be the anti-apartheid movement itself africa because of course it was south africa it was also global because it was the touch point of white supremacy versus the freedom and dignity of african people south africa which would be a. logical first choice but wherever people are fighting for freedom you know that kind of what's my appetite and it gets my attention and moves my passion you turn at the end of the month which means you will have spent more than half of your life behind bars and most people can't even begin to imagine that was it like how did change here. the point of fact i've spent most of my life. the bigger percentage of my life on death row and i cannot have had a profound effect on consciousness and on. the way one feeds and interacts with the world. i like to tell myself that i've actually spent a lot of the time. on the bars and in other countries and you know. the parts of the world because i did so mentally mental can only take you so far. the truth of the matter is i spent most of my living years in my lifetime on death row so in many ways even

we have the south africa example where sanctions did help get rid of the apartheid regime and that's usually referred to. we have sanctions because it's a substitute for war and substitute for diplomacy. people don't want to declare war in this country. i mean, even the congress, even some of the more gung-ho neo conservatives don't want to declare war. and so what do you have? you have sanctions. they've taken on a momentum of their own. this started under the george w. bush administration. our treasury department has become one of the most creative parts of the u.s. government in terms of devising ever more clever ways to destroy the iranian economy. i was at a session with ehud olmert, the prime minister of israel, where he basically bragged that when he was prime minister in his talks with the u.s. treasury department, they had already come up with the idea of expelling iran from the swift, which is the system that enables banks to do transactions with foreign banks. and he says this was an idea they were already talking about four years ago. so, we're good at it. we're good at s

he said, i'm here from south africa. i said, what are you doing from south africa?e said, i was covering all these christian bernard heart operations. "ap" decided they didn't like my byline and sent me over here. i said that doesn't compute, that doesn't make sense. what's your name? he said, justin payne. lest we all be continuing in pain, that's it for me. >> the fall of saigon. i went to the embassy roof, after the last helicopter left, there were 100 vietnamese standing there with their little bags packed. i didn't have the heart to tell them there would be no more helicopters. i was back in the embassy roof earlier this year with vietnamese. they were assisting cnn in our live coverage. so there was a life after the fall of saigon. to tell us about those particular days, a last group of witness correspondents, kevin delaney, george esper, bill plante, ron nessen, will you join us please? ♪ >> hi, i'm kevin delaney. you better hold that slide for just a moment, if you would. what does it tell us, anyway? yet another irishman out of control. and i think that --

western australia was one of 10 boats in the 11-month race that began in britain and took sailors to south africaouth america, africa, australia and china. and then on the way to san francisco, severe weather struck. >> wind-driven wave on top of the swell and went over the back of the boat. the back of the boat, the eye took the hit with 25 to 30 feet. >> meteorologists say there were hurricane-force wind gusts. >> this was another one in a long line of systems that has been battering the west coast. >> the coast guard sprang into action. late saturday a helicopter reached the yacht and also ran into rough weather and had to turn back. >> they dropped some medical supplies to the vessel but were not able to complete the jump because of the weather. >> tonight there are questions about whether the mostly amateur crew should have taken another course. >> the fact is the boat was sailing straight downwind, the most dangerous point of sailing and they got out of control. >> now the coast guard is waiting for the weather to improve before sending another helicopter. the latest race to save i screw st

this is the second fatal shark attack in south africa this year. >> every time there is an attack, ita huge tragedy. however, it is something that we have come to live with because of the amount of white sharks we have and the amount of water uses there are. there are more people using the water, spending more time in the water, and, therefore, more chance of encountering a shark. >> reporter: a risk david lillienveld understood, his friends know at least he died doing what he loved. >> a terrible tragedy for this family, but as water sports continue to be ever more popular and thanks to the wet suit, we spend longer in the water than we used to, so, unfortunately, shark attacks are likely to become more frequent. >> thank you. >>> and still to come, we are going to check in with jenna in philadelphia and look back at her professional stint there more than a decade ago. >>> up next, should you use a fork or forklift? tips on how to deal with huge portions at many popular restaurants after these messages. ter these messages. just one glass equals two servings of fruit. very "fruit-riti

it is a revelation would move to south africa in 2004. people could not be more wonderful to us. but they felt pushed around by the u.s. government especially politics. maybe it is part of our detour but for us to the and in a place and not take over. africans have a lot to say almost everyone says i say this but people don't listen. the western response has been massive and wonderful wonderful, when i think of my tax dollars, i am glad they keep people live with aids drugs. more than other things. people come back from the dead, checking into a hospice because of the government providing medication, it is hard to feel bad about that. we struggle to be effective on prevention. not 100% disaster but the government has underwritten programs with did you are infected from giving it to their babies. that is good. but it is consistently hard for the u.s. government and throwing u.n. aids into the pot, bill and melinda gates foundation doing wonderful for a call so, but it is difficult to see the disease the way africans to. to bring their own ideas and agendas to the problem but we ta

the same was the case of south africa. it was not a compliance issue, but when south africa had dismantled if its old nuclear weapons program and the iaea and verify that in 1992. it was fairly swiftly when there was cooperation. but then when the confrontation is taken like currently in the case with syria and iran and north korea, things correct. at the same time, these countries, if they want to do, they can reach capabilities, and they are closer and closer, higher and higher on a ladder to get the nuclear weapons capability, if not capacity. there's also a difference in my view of what is the nuclear weapons capability. actually, you should not do this sort of research which iran has done. i think we should not share that they stop some of the activities including 2003, because the information is there. this part of the program should be dismantled. it should establish what exactly took place, how wide it was. it should be dismantled or made not usable in a verifiable manner and then there should be long-term monitori

even kenya in south africa. u.s. geological survey says the warning means there is a potential for a tsunami, but the warning does not mean that a tsunami is imminent. indonesia actually straddles a series of fault lines that makes the country very prone to quakes. you may recall back in december of 2004 a giant magnitude 9.1 quake triggered a tsunami in the indian ocean that eventually killed 230,000 people. we'll continue to watch the aftereffects of what is going on there and bring you updates this morning. >>> it is 5:03 right now. much closer to home, three men are behind bars in connection with san jose's seventh killing of the year. in custody, the men are accused of killing 22-year-old joson robideau over the weekend. he was beaten and stabbed to death. >>> this morning a local kung fu instructor is behind bars accused of fondling more minors and there may be more victims. 36-year-old mang ricky wong is accused of groping a 9-year-old girl and 11-year-old girl. he was an instructor in san mateo. police are sp

sixty six the largest economy and along with the other brics countries russia india china and south africa has set in motion a movement of backing away from things like the dollar as the world currency and also making decisions independent of the west. reserve is in many ways seen as the embassador of bricks and this is also the first day directors of the world bank begin meeting candidates who will who want to become the president of the world bank typically whoever is nominated by the united states is chosen they have been eleven world bank presidents and they've all been americans but this year things might be changing president obama did nominate an american dartmouth college president dr jim yong kim who also co-founded a non-governmental organization that focuses on getting hiv aids treatments to some of the world's poorest people but there's also jose antonio compass for a professor at columbia university and the former minister of finance in colombia the dominican republic formally nominated him for the world bank position and then there's an goes away lot the finance minister for

pakistan, south africa. how do we move forward, i just want to make three points. increment the progress is good. but the problem is big. you'll need leadership, buying, and the game plan. but we can expect in 2014, at the next summit, is that victory will be declared because it is defined as what is achievable. second, you need to tackle the issue of enforceable standards. this is a tough one. you might have to start out with more peer reviews, but you need to move forward to actually -- pakistan says it has excellent nuclear security. we would all i could have verification of that. third, i really agree with bob. we need to do more on plutonium in both the military and civilian sectors. if we win the battle on highly enriched uranium, that will be important, but it does nothing about the plutonium that is generated every day in research reactors. in closing, i would like to bring your attention to something that president obama said. when he was in korea at hancock university on march 26. part of the speech was a strong support for nuclear energy, but he also sai