yeah the group has will do larger corruption fighting in south africa for quite some time. and i think that really as far as from a poser is concerned if we can see the good because inside a south african courtroom facing charges pushing their version of the events which they've always claimed they've never been charged for and they've been tried in the media repeatedly if we can see them inside a courtroom uncertain to those charges defending those charges that would certainly be a real cherry now on top of the corruption busting efforts but i think that in terms of where would we are right now run oppose it does seem to have started the relatively low hanging fruit that these so our public officials whom the president can't just dismiss the constitution empowers him to reappoint some of the tougher ones are certainly going to be the people sitting alongside him in the african national congress people who he relies on for his political influence both within the n.c. and within the national government and i think that those are the much much critical everybody has to figure

from south africa carry. out in accordance with the country's laws we cannot comment on possible customer relations for reasons of competition and in part due to contractual obligations. seems to use its foreign activities to circumvent german regulations we spoke to the industry federation. of the federation of the german security and defense industry. our first priority is german arms exports which keeps us busy and will do so in the future. we have issues with the previous government and we expect to have them with the next while. in other countries where companies operate either alone or as part of joint ventures have other rules i can't tell from here whether they exploit that. is also president of the federation he declined several invitations to take part in an interview for this report. a presentation on the strategic targets of the arms of munitions division reveals the thinking behind the overseas activities one stated goal is to free the company from german export regulations and ensure profitabili

there's been about two farm attacks every day and two farm murders every week in south africa. he book, i highlight actually ten different reasons why we believe the south african government is complicit. it stretches from reasons including -- the fact that as these attacks have worsened, for example, in 2007, it was a 25% increase in these attacks and the south african government responded saying we are not going to release any more statistics about this. then also, which is very concerning, is the hate speech in south africa. i that's the title of the book as well. "kill the boer," which is a very popular songh which is still being sung in south africa. it was sung just the other day. it is sung at political rallies and of course boer referring to a particular cultural group in south africa. we have songs like "shoot the boer," which is a different song. there are a variety of ways in which --. >> tucker: wait, i thought that hate speech was now a crime punishable by prison time in south africa. i are any of the people who say this arrested? >> there's a bill on the table to h

who should own the land in south africa?l in italy, the euro tumbles to a near 6.5 month low as another new prime minister tries

now justice for mine is in south africa at long last thousands of south africa mine is being compensated for lung disease the settlement is the result of years of campaigning and is worth around four hundred million dollars seat covers workers from several big mining companies employs between nine hundred sixty five and today many of them contract to tuberculosis after inhaling silica dust while drilling for gold and other metals the families of those who died will receive compensation as part of the settlement . and with me now in the studio is stephan murtha who's normally in johannesburg he's going to be back there very shortly thank you for stopping off to come and speak to us here in berlin now we're talking about the largest class action settlement in south africa historic day sadly some of the claimants are no longer alive tell us about the conditions that they were working in. i think you know especially in the south african case you have to realize that silicosis is not just a normal epidemic it's a racist demick because it used to be the case black mineworkers were intentionall

it's been one hundred days and several rounds of posts have became south africa's president he took office after his predecessor jacob zuma resigned under pressure of the corruption scandals post a promise to clean up south african politics but his government is now battling corruption allegations of its own malcolm webb reports from johannesburg. they called its rama who are the reaction of many thousand for kins went through i'm opposed i became president in february. things have gone from bad to worse for his predecessor jacob zuma his eight years were blighted by a series of corruption scandals. last year people protested calling for him to step down eventually resigned under pressure from his own party to run opposed he's been promising to clean up ever since this is the year in which. we were. in our public institution thanks he began with a cabinet reshuffle some of the controversial ministers of the zumiez white house but other states including this man. now minister of home affairs leaked documents linked him to major corruption scandals he denied involvement but it seems from a p

is that progress or not the south africa does without. qualities that are. that listeners certain of. malema were stepping into some of the grassroots political space that the n.c.a. same to have neglected and while many people were suffering fresh corruption scandals emerged involving president zuma and eighteen million dollars of public money spent on upgrading his private family residence in income. all of this was ammunition for malema. two hundred fifty something menu on one. year in soweto digital. really using dead danced which were given to them by our but they did you till today. you ask yourself how many dance can two hundred fifty something million by my name it's been used wrongly. my family's been undermined. even by the very honorable members who don't ask you don't ask as to what actually happened. and i feel very aggrieved i must tell you for the first time. i've been convicted had. painted black. called the fence class put up to me on facts that are not tested. i took it steps. in kansas kind of came to worldwide attention when the public pr

the situation is very dire in south africa.re is still a process that has to be followed and that's why we are in the united states. >> tucker: what i find so striking is the response from everyone else around the world. there's almost normal snow covered the american media. the deserve it because of what their ancestors did. the international community is similarly silent. have you met with any government officials here in washington about what's happening in your country? >> that's why we are here. we are about to meet with some government officials and it's very unfortunate, the situation that you've just mentioned. especially in south africa if there's a hierarchy of recognition. some people when they are the victims it's all over the news and you hear about it frequently and other people, especially farmers in south africa, white farmers in particular. they will be tortured to death and it receives very little news coverage and that's unfortunately the situation abroad as well, which is why we are very grateful to be havin

south africa. picked a target as director general of south africa tourism and he joins us from durban good to have you with us how much of a problem does this pose because the play the pace the place in malcolm's piece is not the only area in south africa where we're seeing mining and tourism coming into conflict. if indeed it is not the only side with it but i've said what we should just look at is how does it come up that we've got these existing fellow initiatives that are not quite in our money with each. and what that becomes the role of the switch. just making sure that we are in a position to get. some of these development activities to be in line with sustainability principles. now in the county what we have a system of regulation that allows for all development activities to go through environmental impact assess. how these environmental impact assessments are able to ascertain whether their particular initiatives should proceed or it should not proceed such licenses once they've been issu

so growing up in south africa, where football, by in south africa, where football, rugby union, and cricket are keen, what led him to unleash his fighter‘s spirit in the pool? —— —— are king. and chad le clos, welcome to extra time. i mentioned your approach to swimming in the introduction. to finish the quote, i will add the more i believe, the moro fight. that is the way i swim. so how did you that mentality? thank you for having me on the show. it is interesting to me on the show. it is interesting to me know. when i was younger, i have

to step down over all delivery of public services frequently recurring issue in south africa. another key issue is land since apartheid most of it still belongs to the white minority many black people the landless on the pressure from opposition in february opposes he supported a motion in parliament to try and amend the constitution to allow government expropriation of land without payment historically the a.n.c. is rhetoric has been radical with politicians promising redistributions of wealth but in practice its economic policies are centrist in that respect in spite of the talk of land redistribution things haven't really changed much on the run opposer he's been on the boards of several corporations is widely seen as a friend to big business with presidential elections due next year rahm opposes performance in the months ahead will determine if the a.n.c. can still win the majority it's always enjoyed malcolm webb al-jazeera johannesburg south africa. is a political analyst and author of the book when zuma goes he says has restored confidence in south africa. there are hig

so growing up in south africa, where football, by in south africa, where football, rugby union, and cricket keen, what led him to unleash his fighter‘s spirit in the pool? —— —— are king. and chad le clos, welcome to extra time. i mentioned your approach to swimming in the introduction. to finish the quote, i will add the more i believe, the moro fight. that is the way i swim. so how did you that mentality? thank you for having me on the show. it is interesting to me on the show. it is interesting to me know. when i was younger, i have this mentality, i think south africans, the harder and hit, the harder comeback. —— iron hit. iwas comparing to the movie southpaw, i do you see that. i came from that kind of programme, where the harder i was hit, the harder i was hit comedy hurricane i came at you. and with a change of not mentality but harnessing my skills now and be more technical, and learning how to box cleverly, as they say, the more... will come to that later, but you mentioned the south african mentality. but what about the personal element of this. reasonable, i'd like an idea out o

can still win the majority it's always enjoyed malcolm webb al-jazeera johannesburg south africa. political analyst and author of the book when zuma goes he says so all ram oppose has restored confidence to south africa. there are high expectations as to what he could have achieved within the first hundred days what is the correct list there when you look into government institution you look at the key ministries that is national treasury such as the state on entities where corruption was beginning to actually sit in your strange leadership in those situations and i do think when it comes to actually people going to jail for corruption do courses being followed we have seen higher level investigation in virus programs is where people are being investigated so i think when it comes to confidence there is generally thought of pretty leave for months out of the gains that we've done now they have a president with us for what is wrong and what is our eye but of course you do take . the lead us your present job the most administrators in eight years of corruption will not be undone in

i want to educate the youth of south africa.mongst the black population? absolutely, yes. we opened a centre in cape town. we are hoping to open another six in the next 12 to 18 months. chad le clos taught me. of the world, and certainly in south africa. chad le clos, thank you for your time. hello, good morning. but the general weather pattern remains the same. but the chance of more storms. tuesday was a day of extremes. very heavy rain in a short space of time, closed the m2. particularly treacherous in kent but also some flooding in london. of man and in the highlands, scotland with 27 celsius yet again. it's drier towards the north—west, wetter in the south. closer to lower pressure and the spiralling bands of cloud. into the south—east and east anglia. england, the midlands and across towards wales. and maybe see some late sunshine. thundery rain and more cloud the eastern scotland. lovely day for northern ireland too. this rain will continue to drift its way northwards. showers perhaps heading toward scotland and northern

allowed to create a new south africa free of corruption but after one hundred days in office has still run up to his promises. well again we have some showers to contend with across the far south of china and into indochina seven northern vietnam could be quite where there can be some flooding around and oil and up into the mountains further south your showers across much of laos a mere mars looking very wet the moment i would like to see quite a night to system developing towards the top of the bear bangle certainly drawing in more heavy showers here running into that time of the year when storms really do become prevalent for other parts of eastern china there are some showers of food issues and also across in taiwan really see some showers but also some brighter weather into south asia and certainly for german kashmir we've had issues with forest faras in recent days mostly very dry weather ahead of the monsoon itself but elsewhere we've certainly got plenty of cloud sharp some storms across from the eastern areas some heavy rain down through more western areas and more showers comi

and the article went on to talk about how she was not doing enough to end apartheid in south africa.s the queen's press secretary, michael say shay, who was lured into speaking just a little too freely. >> south africa, a member of the commonwealth, was the place where in 1947, the then princess elizabeth spent that formative trip with her father and pledged that her whole life -- >> whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service. >> she went to south africa as a girl but then steadfastly refused to have anything to do with south africa until apartheid was over. >> pressure from member states causes the nation to withdraw from the commonwealth in 1961. 30 years later, international and domestic pressures forced south africa to abandon apartheid and their place in the commonwealth is ultimately restored. her majesty returns to the country in 1995 for the first time in nearly 50 years. >> my memories of south africa are part of me. and i have wanted to return to this magnificent country. >> certainly one of the best, if not the most successful state visits during my seve

and black south africa. no question about that is just too much bitterness that if you get to be a white suburban african it has to be a black south african and that gap is one of the biggest problems in the country and the land issue is a symptom of that of course people say it's the prime root cause and it's very difficult to argue with that as a great element of dealing with this economic disparity but i mean the state is an instrument which the a.n.c. wants to use in its own words to drive the developmental gender for south africa into inclusive growth and to bring black south africans into the mainstream economy in significant numbers and a failed state or a state that is dysfunctional as it largely became in the last two years under president jacob zuma is no good to be one so clearly wrote those has got to both fix the state and narrow the economic gap between the haves and the have nots with just the largely split along racial lines grant masterson thank you and we like grown so much is going to be a

leader zuma went on to become south africa's president in two thousand and nine. both malema and zuma working class made popular with the poor majority. but zuma was dogged by charges of raping a colleague's daughter and by serious accusations of corruption. malema stood by him throughout his two thousand and six right trial and subsequent to quits and . even when he was accused of corruption zuma was called the people's president. then you want to come to. europe i know mine. was nowhere near him. what we've got to cut really. really broke to take on our chat with someone very little. but the people's president didn't deliver undeserving of the gap between rich and poor why didn't even further south africa that was looking at some of the worst inequality in the world. and two years into xoom his presidency malema his relationship with the president began to deteriorate the radical use league leader was a constant thorn in the leadership side we took up boat walk with. we thought the beat up all told what we believed of what we had to look at this way because we k

her last performance in south africa was in a play called golden boy.ng lady who would later become a familiar face on british television in the sitcom one foot in the grave. she wasn't a well girl. and this is important because it was part of what i gave to the defence when they came out to see me. i saw her faint during rehearsal. i knew that she went blue. i knew nothing about medicine, really. but they said, oh, this is a heart condition she's got. when she went blue, how did she go blue? round her mouth. really? yes. and what about her hands? yes, she bit her nails and her hands went sort of blueish. i don't know... i remember this. we shared a dressing room and she was very kind and warm and friendly. but this was somebody who knew about travel and knew about being with important people and so on. and she had older boyfriends. i remember her having a big argument with mike abel. and accusing him of making her pregnant. doreen originally wanted to come to england to help the defence team by giving evidence about gay's poor health. but her father ta

there is being gold mining in south africa for one hundred. the lawyers say the case is silicosis because it's like the old miners since the one nine hundred seventy s. we can just do a little something to hold these companies that are still here to hold them accountable to change this account to root this culture of impunity and to bring some relief. to music terms who are still alive today thomas might be eligible for about twelve thousand dollars for his lung damage he says he'll invest it in his small farm he says the mining company took his health forever. now he might get something in return malcolm webb al-jazeera the secretary six critically endangered black rhino are on their way to chad from south africa black rhino were wiped out from chad nearly fifty years ago because a wide scale poaching the rhinos will be released in the country's national park. itself a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera a high level u.s. delegation is in china trying to resolve the dispute has pushed the two countries close to a trade war the mee

who should own the land in south africa?he governing anc is under pressure to confiscate white property and hand it over to the black majority. with all that political turmoil in italy, the euro tumbles to a near 6.5 month low as another new prime minister tries to form a government. and in the business briefing, our very own theo leggitt sets off to solve paris‘ air pollution problem. hello. a warm welcome to the programme — as we brief you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. and you can be part of the conversation. we're asking today if you've started reducing your dependency on plastics, cotton buds, cutlery, straws, you name it. the european commission's looking at a ban on all those products. are you ahead of the curve? if so, what lengths are you going to to save the planet? just use the hashtag, #bbcthebriefing. a consultant who treated poisoned russian ex—spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia has revealed he did not think the pair would survive. both have been released from hospital now, b

and gold companies settle south africa's biggest class action lawsuit yet with my nose who contract a deadly lung diseases. that are u.s. president donald trump has changed his story about how money paid to a porn star who claims she had an affair with him more than a decade ago trump tweeted that he knew about a one hundred thirty thousand dollars payment to stormy daniels after one of his lawyers revealed it in a t.v. interview but he said it was a retainer fee for his lawyer and the money did not come from his election campaign funds catching a president who has the latest. donald trump has admitted he's aware of the hush money paid to former porn star stormy daniels the president hansen not knowing anything about the payment but now he appears to be changing his story on twitter he wrote the agreement was to stop false and extortionists accusations about the affair and he says money from his presidential campaign was not used his tweets follow an interview with rudy giuliani that may have backfired against trump giuliani recently joined trump's legal team he says the president kne

he worked in gold mines in south africa for more than thirty years we met him here at his home in the mounting kingdom of list otoh he told us conditions were bad and worst on the report i'd. there's been a lot to how there was a lot of dust i wouldn't be able to see a person standing right next to it not that they were not struck just to go and i mean it was thick it's who try to use the water to listen that we had no choice it was the a part of it there are a few jobs here in the thirty that's why thomas traveled to south africa to look for work many millions from neighboring countries of them the same and his story is typical of many of those he worked in the mines when he became too thick to work he lost the job he called a myth one could be sent to replace him so he came home and he's lived here ever since. a rock from a blast blinded him in one eye that's what cost him his job he already had tuberculosis. doctors since told him the t.v. was because of his work and that he also had silicosis permanent lung damage caused by inhaling silica dust now he might finally be compensated.

louise stafford is director of water funds at nature conservancy south africa. as a local, she's acutely aware of the water shortage in the region. louise: normally where we stand would be water. and these are desperate times, and it's a result of climate change, population growth, and it's a reality that we will see in africa and in south africa more and more. and the big question is, when you look at this, you think how is this possible, and will it ever rain again, and if it rains, will it ever fill up this dam again? reporter: even the water withdrawal points have been left high and dry. they need to be filled with the help of pumps. otherwise, the pipes would remain empty. cape town is around 100 kilometers south of the reservoir. water scarcity is a fact of life for the city's four million residents. restrictions on water consumption have been in place for months. residents are limited to 50 liters of water per person per day. in the inner city, many people get their supply from natural sources of water. but hundreds of thousands of people also live on the

to see them getting a job opportunities on the table ten delis coal mines one of many cases in south africa and across the continent where mining conflicts with conservation and the tourism it brings extractive industries make up about thirty percent of africa's g.d.p. but four times as much as tourism campaigners say the sectors blighted by corruption and benefits far fewer people back in the park people working here with the mining don't drive the wildlife away and with it the tourists and their jobs. market. south africa. these are the top stories i mean he is the primary. dressing supporters after being elected by parliament after weeks of anti-government protests the mass demonstrations were sparked by the decision to appoint ex-president as prime minister the outcry for south sounds resignation last month the protestors didn't leave seeking the appointment of their leader as prime minister. the phase of the iran nuclear deal hangs in the balance with donald trump about to announce whether or not the u.s. will pull out iranian president says iran will stand on its own feet regardless o

south africa's ab de villiers is retiring from international cricket.n the sport, he played 114 test matches, 228 one day internationals... and 78 t20 internationals. the 34—year—old finishes his career with over 20,000 international runs... and has a batting average of over 50, in both test and one day cricket. i want to let you know that i have decided to retire from all international cricket with immediate effect. i've had my turn and to be honest, i'm tired! it's a tough decision, i thought long and hard about it and i would like to retire while still playing decent cricket. it wouldn't be right for me to pick and choose when and where, and in what format, i play. it is not about any more, i'm running out of gas and it's time to move on. everything comes to an end. for cricket fans in south africa and around the world, thank you for your kindness and generosity. and, today, for your understanding. the first of two test matches, between england and pakistan — begins at lords in london on thursday... for england, it's a chance to start afresh after a

they look beautiful movies trees a major problem for south africa. and that's why they have to be felt. well my look like wanton destruction is in fact helping indigenous flora. alien invasion trees like eucalyptus from australia wreck havoc on the eco system explains evil masters they have no natural enemies here so they grow rapidly very quickly and what especially if you kill a person is that you see behind me as well. the three year old trees can absorb up to ninety liters of water a day where they're full grown truth can take of close to a thousand liters a day of water the effects are huge you can see the the river and you can see the water line where the rivers are supposed to be and where the water actually is and there's a lot of these trees absorbing a lot of the water it's a massive problem for the drought stricken country another only one caused by invasive plant species there are about soon hundred of them in south africa. become petes with indigenous plants cos erosion and intensify the impacts of wildfires we're diverse stating effects

al-jazeera nativity south africa. don't forget much more as over on the web site you can find it a w w w dot al-jazeera dot com. and a reminder before we go of the top stories u.s. president donald trump is just hours away from announcing whether he will pull out of the iran nuclear deal with drawing from the agreement would mean renewing sanctions which were lifted when it was signed in twenty fifteen iran's president warns his country could face some problems in the coming months but stressed it will stand on its own feet regardless of sanctions. this government's plan from day one has been based on having honest good constructive and effective interactions with the world as we consider this a win win situation useful for others and for us as well well it may result that in some exceptional situations from time to time someone may take power in a country and cause an exceptional situation these kinds of things happen on the world stage and we will get past it we may have problems for two or three months but anyway w

in angs in i'very coast south africa are targeting british men for sextortion.hey trick their victims into sex activity online and the blackmail then. angus crawford reports. >> how scareu were yo the time? >> frozen. reporter: meet adrien, once a victim of sextortion,ow warning others abouthe risk. we set up a fake facebook profirst time. out of the blue, we get a friend request. she is ry pretty. flirty. in her ownords, naughty. the scam develops in minutes, live in front of our eyes. you're probably moments away from being scammed. >> yes, >> the tram sets, she's set to move from facebook to skype. >> she says i'm going to show you naked and you also. >> but she's not real, just a porn graphic video operated by a scammer, waiting to film and record us, their next victim. of course, we can't show you what would happen next. >> it might start with a girl slowly undressing and all that.t anythingo just basically show yourself, your face and your private parts. >> is it threatening? >> the next message was definitely threatening. it sd you know what this is? i'll

south africa. and you can find plenty more on our website address that wasn't just planes al-jazeera don't. go with us there are these are our top stories the face of the iran nuclear deal hangs in the balance with president donald trump set to announce later on tuesday whether or not the u.s. will walk away from its european allies have lobbied washington intensely not to pull out and serve some democratic party senators who've written to the president to stick with the deal. saudi arabia has admitted there is a disagreement over a yemeni island in the arabian sea and that they'll try to resolve it and troops arrived on thursday forcing local soldiers to leave their posts they say they're on the island to deal with the rebels but residents say there were no who sees the u.a.e. as part of a saudi led coalition supporting xology yemeni president. busy other diseases a senior saudi delegation visited the island of so-called and met with the prime minister of yemen and members of the local government

can still win the majority it's always enjoyed malcolm webb al-jazeera johannesburg south africa. algiers investigative unit has exposed to match facts from an organized crime syndicate that claims to have bribed international cricketers to underperform he correctly predicted what players and to test matches for do at a certain point during the game david harrison has our exclusive report. al jazeera went undercover posing as wealthy investors to investigate corruption in cricket. that is how serious we are an e m a now is a match fixer from mumbai he told us we could make huge sums of money from betting on his information. both the allegedly fixed matches were played in india and involved in england and australia the governing body for world cricket the international cricket council said it was taking off findings very seriously and has launched an investigation into an intelligence sources confirm that menow works for a powerful criminal organization called the de company. it controls most of india's huge illegal betting market said to be worth sixty billion dollars a year from

let's talk about the impact that the new president is having in south africa.ng them to leave it unchanged. president cyril ramaphosa was a very successful businessman before coming into this role, so there is a lot of confidence about him which did not exist around the time ofjacob zuma. lots of ordinary south africans are happy with that. but the market is uncertain because president ramaphosa is going ahead land export creation. we are waiting to see what s&p will stay today. we are talking about the ratings agency standard & poor‘s. we will have to leave it there, but a big thank you to our africa business editor. we have been talking about gdpr, asking whether it is affecting your business, there isa it is affecting your business, there is a lot businesses have to do to make sure they comply and also whether or not people want to sign up whether or not people want to sign up as well. henry says gdpr is a fantastic move forward towards avoiding the possibility of dystopian society as depicted in 0 rwell‘s dystopian society as depicted in 0rwell‘s 1984. anot

there's been gold mining in south africa for one hundred years the lawyers say thousands of cases of silicosis recorded like gold miners since the one nine hundred seventy s. we can just do a little something to hold these companies that are still here to hold them accountable to change this account to root this culture of impunity and to bring some relief. to the victims who are still alive today thomas might be eligible for about twelve thousand dollars for his lung damage he says he'll invest it in his small farm he says the mining company took his health forever. now you might get something in return malcolm webb al-jazeera. bill cosby in roman polanski have been expelled from the organization that manages a prestigious oscars movie awards entertain a cause we was convicted of sexual assault last week oscar winning director polanski has admitted to having unlawful sex with a thirteen year old girl in one thousand nine hundred seventy seven the u.s. academy of motion pictures arts and sciences says the decision reflects its standards of conduct. al jazeera journalist mahmoud will

really not a practical outpost for military or any other kind of use gold mining companies in south africa have agreed a four hundred million dollar class action settlement with law firms representing thousands of miners who contract a fatal lung diseases and the researchers suggest as many as one in two have contracted diseases after hailing a kind of dust released in the mining process welcome webb has more from johannesburg. a group of lawyers representing thirty thousand gold miners who have silicosis which is a lung disease developed through breathing silica dust in gold mines those lawyers have announced an agreement with six groups of gold mining companies first to compensate the thousand clients secondly also to compensate any more cases that are found in the years ahead which estimates range through the hundred thousand three hundred thousand factories mine is in south africa now many of these cases originate from during the apartheid era we've spoken to mine is just a short while ago he told us that conditions then were very bad they treat the loss of dust was little safety equip

only david harrison al-jazeera london is playing one hundred days since cyril ramaphosa became south africa's president his predecessor jacob zuma resigned over a collapse in scandal and oppose a promise to clean up south african politics but his government is now battling corruption allegations all of its own reports from johannesburg. it's just so. they called it rama four yeah the reaction of many south africans when cyril ramaphosa became president in february things had gone from bad to worse for his predecessor jacob zuma he's eight years were blighted by a series of corruption scandals. last year people protested calling for him to step down eventually resigned under pressure from his own party to run opposed he's been promising to clean up ever since this is the year in which. we would turn the tide on corruption in our public institutions thanks he began with a cabinet reshuffle some of the controversial ministers of the zuma years white house but other states including this man by police he now minister of home affairs leaked documents linked him to major corruption scandals he deni

south africa earlier we spoke to victor tara gay the director general of south africa's tourism he said an environmental assessment is always part of any new development. when you have to concede a particular development opportunity you've got to look at the unintended consequences of the particular choice you've got on me and if you saw me that you're going to end up with something that will have an impact on the environment there will be a requirement that speech has to be says and whether that is going to be a permanent damage that may never be the ability to which may not even be ugly too by the authorities because the sussman that is done the peoples of that particular assessment is for us to be able to ascertain whether there will be permanent damage to that particular environment or not thanks if you're watching us on facebook a story about how easy it is to buy a gun in the u.s. state of virginia and would still ahead we'll find out what's got more and more people across africa interested in the rugby. text me with the sports now and it's all about the growth of rugby in africa