they've been blown out of proportion through fear one thing is undeniable and most white people in south africa are fairly well off most black people are poor. and extreme poverty often pushes people into crime. this is the township of soweto on the edge of johannesburg. millions of black south africans live in townships like this one a legacy of the apartheid era. in the past black people were forced to live in townships now twenty four years on most of them are still here some may feel it's home but most are here because they can't afford to go anywhere else they live below the poverty line. after all these years under a freely elected black government many here have become tired of waiting for change . charles so that's why i was one of them. who. he and his wife and children live in a small hut made of corrugated sheets of metal his part time job earns him the equivalent of one hundred euros a month that's not unusual here but the irony in his case is that he helped fight against apartheid as a member of the underground organization spear of the nation with. he says the fight for freedom di

trade and investment in south africa. >> look at black people dying and suffering in south africa.sk why. drop bombs on no one. for some reason, black people have suffered at an extraordinary level all ovever e world. at this point, it is heightened in its intensity and south africa. i offer a proposal today, in no particular stick fashion, becaususe i am not doing it outf a missionary spirit, because i believe taking a stand against is as important to the healing and well-being of this country as it is to the healing and well-being of people in south africa. in 1986, congress passed his comprehensive anti-apartheid act but president ronald reagan the road the bill. then in a historic move, the house and senate overrode the veto. it was the first override of a presidential foreign policy veto in the 20th century. four years later nelson mandela was released from prison in south africa and soon traveled to the united states. dellums introduced mandela at the oakland coliseum. >> we made history. we went to make history, not to make headlines. we want nelson mandela and the people of

the leaders of brazil russia india china and south africa have gathered in johannesburg for the annual summit of the so-called brics nations trade and tariffs of course on top of the agenda as donald trump's continuous assault on free trade is giving the loose bloc a fresh impetus the leader of the biggest brics economy is also using the run up to the summit to further its own trade agenda on the continent. the chinese president xi jinping is traveling through africa and he's bought china's checkbook with him he has a little something for each country he visits on tuesday it was south africa's turn where she promised fifteen billion dollars in investments many companies are hoping they'll get a piece of the pie and that's boosting investor confidence. south african president so real ramaphosa has also been currying favor with investors since his swearing in in february. including china's pledge he secured thirty five billion dollars altogether. the bric summit is ramaphosa his first appearance on the international stage he's joined by the leaders of china russia india and brazil in joh

the continent all of a south africa i have had a really. amazing education i can vote. and i can use this we can use the same bathrooms you know the cysts definitely the struggle for freedom is definitely paid off in my life. he lives in south africa's most expensive city cape town it's a magnet for tourists anyone who can afford to live here in the center of the city has made it in south africa but even here the legacy of apartheid can still be felt . zolani is married to nicolas even twenty four years after the end of apartheid mixed race couples are still on usual and they often turn heads. but that's also because people recognize the lani and start singing her songs. objectively why do most people simply repeat it and also to give us some misinformation really about about other races you know so it wasn't just like you say you stay here but it's also like you better than they have. much worse than you don't don't makes you actually actively encouraged not to mix so it's only been a couple of decades and you know i mean that's going to take a long time for that menta

of south africa and some will say straight out they have no respect. for many others young and old and i suspect for the majority of south africans he does still as obama said he bodies the spirits of non racialism of doing good of liberal progressive ideals over all perhaps useful seniors as a positive influence but we aren't quite sure where that legacy might be going in the future could talking to thanks for joining us for the vet from a business insider in south africa. the united nations migration agency says almost fifty one thousand migrants across the mediterranean to europe so far this year as less than half the number that made the perilous journey two in the same period in twenty seventeen while the numbers are down plenty still dream of a new life in your state of these funny fish are the thoughts from tunis here many people who fail to make the crossing once vowed to try again before others there is no second chance hardly anyone visits this place on the tunisian coast on their descent here are during main so women children and young men t

in personal safety and access to credit this is where you are supposed to those of us outside south africa who had such hopes for you this is one hundred years since nelson mandela was born in the twenty's since he stepped down as president how have life chances of black south africans changed certainly not so not that's universally recognized as. a lot of black south africans has not. at all underlined that the public wanted out today and he say to that it's quite astonishing that this day and age he has to stand up an ace say and i think he meant this to both the united states and south africa that people of all equal and that they have same in a deal of rights when they are all and that this does not seem to be accepted yet in south africa certainly we have that undercurrents the off racism we still have whites dominance of many industries and many professions that we have a land question that which is being fiercely debated at the moment because land reform has not be nearly fussed enough since the advent of democracy and these phony problems that seem to have no immediate solution. so

most blacks in south africa live in townships like this one. a facilitator is hoping that barack obama's visit here will show the world that south africa is still a developing country that feeling of yes we can it was like more t.v. deal everybody to give or you can. use the same applies to nelson mandela was around ten thousand people listened to obama's speech in a stadium in johannesburg. the tickets were free affairs managed to get one fellow came to embody the universal aspirations of this possessed people all around the world. their hopes for a better life. by many here affair says obama is a man after his own heart especially when he speaks about dashed hopes. it is a plain fact that racial discrimination still exists in both the united states and south africa that the accumulated disadvantages of years of institutionalized the pressure have created yawning despair. and that says inequality has to be eliminated once and for all he hopes that obama uses his political clout to help south africa achieve the. well as south africa marks the m

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he called the loss of shame among political leaders it was marking the scene of the birth of south africa's form of the nelson mandela. hello and welcome my name is christopher springer thanks for joining us u.s. president donald trump has made a spectacular u. turn on remarks he made after monday's hell think the summit with his russian counterpart vladimir putin having previously said he accepted putin's denial of any meddling in the twenty sixteen u.s. elections trump is. now saying he does believe the assessment of u.s. intelligence agencies that russia did attempt to influence those elections. except our intelligence community's conclusion that russia's meddling in the two thousand and sixteen election took place could be for the people also. a lot of people out. there was no collusion at all. went on to say that he made a mistake at the summit news conference when he said he saw no reason why russia would want to interfere his his explanation and a key sentence in my remarks i said the word would instead of one hundred. percent and should have been i don't see any reason why i wouldn'

country's future and whether the different races could live together but more than twenty years later south africa still struggles with the race and other challenges factions in the ruling african national congress threaten to defy the continent's oldest liberation movement millions of black south africans continue to live in shanty towns with little access to running water electricity quality health care nelson mandela's legacy of color and and reconciliation has been threatened by social conflict in south africa this country has one of the highest rates of inequality in the world the poor black majority said they want jobs and land some sort africans feel the promises of a better life for all made in one thousand nine hundred four haven't materialized in many areas of the country fifty percent of life. and are they going to see employment in their lifetime it's a question that needs to be arsed repeatedly some young people born after apartheid are starting to ask questions about whether mandela spent too much time focusing on reconciliation instead of improving conditions for the poor. and other

but obama in south africa, used the occasion to give a speech on the state of the world. and of course whenever obama talks about current events these days, there is an elephant in the room. which is fine, is he a south african citizen and he had every right to be there but i teurlly meant the other elephant in the room, donald trump. while obama never called trump out by name his subtweeting was sharp. >> we see the utter loss of shame among political leaders where they're caught in a lie and they just double down and they lie some more. and you-- look-- (laughter) let may say, politicians have always lied but it used to be if you caught them lying, there would be like oh, man-- now they just keep on lying. >> trevor: isn't it amazing that trump is such a big liar that you done even have to mention his name and everyone knows who you are talking about. even in africa you are like liar and they are like trump, trump, trump. (applause). >> trevor: but beyond his political commentary, obama's plin purpose in south africa was to pay tribute to nelson mandela. >> madiba's lif

there are many people in south africa which. share. for all his life. with it for a while i'm not so fortunate. i'm under lewsey in many other xandra also has a small budget for educational courses. and he means a lot because you have done a lot to us. policy you know but the process of all things to slow. it leads to the key to not paying school fees. that getting free education so we can see what i will have that. for one why do. they outperform the things on. this monday ask about the when when when it comes in the food the food you could feel the vibration it would feel about being the mandela micha our i. only xandra has its own claim to fame in may nine hundred forty one nelson mandela moved into seventh street in the township. there was no running water there was no electricity still he and his friend justice felt like they were in seventh heaven the braised city here and they met interesting people. and met with people like walk to school and realise what life was like for the whole of the south africa. he says vision of a different life set in.

south africa of course has a new administration. ere is euphoria of a fresh wind of change coming in, very reminiscent of the early days of barack obama's term in the u.s. south africans seem to be relalating to him in a sense.. they see him as an i inspiratiol figure. a lot of what he said hit home with south african sedate. -- today. phil: and there were lots of not so veiled references t to donald trump. phillip: indeed there were. sometimes it w was hard to t tel whether obama was talklking abot south africa or brought the united states. we have many of the same problems. we h have issues of nationalism which seemed to be resurgent, issueses of xenophobia which he spoke out seriouslyy about. issues of fake news and politicians simply making things up. he spoke about social tools such as twitter, once seen as a force for good, now apparently increasingly dividing us. again, these are issues, as different as our countries are, these issues cut across both the u.s. and south africa. phil: thank you for joining us, phillip de wet fro

times as china and south africa. once the first. but it conflicts on contradictions may heaven. extremists a poison a new social climate. driving ranges where critics already exist. is reconciliation fail. again close up in forty five minutes. did brown really love at all for hitler. or did she love the life he provided for her. she was the dictator's mistress. only an insignificant concert at his side. who are pursuing her own ambitions. but certainly has no other woman got some close to. life and death with the future. starts july twenty first on d w. ten years ago an unprecedented earth quake shook the well the finance leading to the events we now know as the two thousand and eight financial crisis triggered by the collapse of the investment bank lehman brothers under a.

no other town in south africa has such a high incidence of assault burglary and great. unemployment and crime have slowed south africa's progress in the post mandela era was nelson mandela square and sent in as a pleasant place this is where the rich and beautiful meet along with those who aspire to join the elite club. the father of the nation is a source of inspiration his charm and presence electrified the masses feeding expectations of a better life. to them indeed. i can explain the way he is to me on the way out i look at him in net and name so many things from his day on he's not coming in any of my you know he has got the qualities of cut a whole site was the boss if i may say so. once things done it once and done as i know. madiba the father of the nation teaches his people the values of collective leadership respect benevolence and an eye for everyone's needs the our we with we would have been in big big trouble in south africa headed not being. at that crucial moment in in the history of our country he was at the head of. my need to mandela say that be a bett

we have restored that that didn't have to every south africa in this company. nelson mandela has said bridges roads and squares named after specially the well heeled suburbs of johannesburg such as how black liberation icons are all the rage . drillers lawyers officers and mentioned lined the streets all of them are guarded and fitted with security systems and that includes the nelson mandela foundation. wunderlist third wife michelle runs the foundation along with the director whether the grand old man still made any decisions is unclear i will work really revolves around it's called the center of memory and the expectation is that now liberate the country we have majority rule we should have houses for everyone we should have cars for everyone to have one and we forget that all of that is going to take a long long time jogging would be that we see ourselves as a catalyst for social change. the city of johannesburg can be a nerve wracking place to live. no other town in south africa has such a high incidence of assault burglary and great. unemployment and crim

taking his first steps into going to south africa. boy. determined. not to. miss not. into the. welcome back where at the queen elizabeth hall on london southbank today to celebrate the one hundredth birthday of a.n.c. president nelson mandela backed by russia and china mandela was a tireless activist in south africa but also in later life a powerful voice against the iraq war and sanctions on cuba he's remembered here at the nelson mandela santini exhibition one of the organizers of the exhibition is former labor cabinet minister and the apartheid activist mona hay new joins me now thanks so much for inviting us to this amazing exhibition tell me about the significance of an exhibition about a leader from a country now talking about as a leader of a brics country in the developing world and the emerging economies. of the south well first of all the exhibition is free it's been able to be said because of general sponsorship and we were thrilled that the the jew conductress of sussex opened this because that is in the. bulldust to attract younger people particularly to learn abou

also good things for south africa. we get there freedom. .>> peter, you were born in south africa. your parents were prominent anti-apartheid activists. you head to flea. you have written this amazing book. if andrew was there on trial by the white institutions, you are part of the white family of south africa and your family was fighting for justice. how did you feel then and how to feel today? >> by then, at the time of the trial in 1964, my parents were band and not allowed to attend the trial because of the orders of previously being jailed. i was only 14 and strongly in support of nelson mandela and andrew and the other comrades on trial but i parents were one of a tiny, tiny minority of the white community who took action and solidarity. alone amongst the relatives and friends and there was other people like them but they were a tiny minority. i am proud of that. >> i want to read something that you said at the trial. in ravinia you are convicted alongside mandela and they accused you of conspiracy and sabotage. the judge likened this to high crimes and treason. you said that

that many people in south africa which. i'm sure. it's yours. with fever and why not slim fortunate. the underland museum and xandra also has a small budget for educational courses. and he means a lot because you have done a lot to us. but housing you know but the prose is about things too slow. it can be used to take kids and not paying school fees. they're getting free education so we can see what they want their lives that are. worth it for one why wouldn't. they outperform if he's a. let's mundo ask about the when when when it comes in the food the food you could feel the vibration it would feel about being the mandela mitchell thank you our. alexandra has its own claim to fame i mean maybe nine hundred forty one nelson mandela moved into seventh street in the township. there was no running water there was no electricity still he and his friend justice felt like they were in seventh heaven the braised city here and they met interesting people. and met with people like walter sisulu and realize what life was like for the whole of the south af

donna reports from johannesburg south africa where the summit is underway. heightened security swarms of journalists and lots of vehicles with diplomatic license plates this is pretty much the city of johannesburg right now the south african host city for the twenty teen breaks summit when bricks was formed like about a decade ago it was formed with the goal of the member states accelerating their own economic growth which are they are already implementing secondly they created the new development bank but also its main purpose has been to serve as a counterbalance to more traditional economic powerhouses mainly the united states now with the president donald trump in charge in the white house he's been quite trigger happy when it comes to starting trade wars so now it is believed the brics nations they will be first and foremost they will be bonding they will be banding together so to speak to support each other in these times of when well basically they cannot rely on the united states anymore and secondly they will be trying to fill in the gaps for example

south africa marks the centenary of former president nelson mandela as book but all is not well in the rainbow nation we find out why many young people have lost faith in their country's founding myth. and refocus on reconciliation efforts in mosul where year after the so-called islamic state was driven out of the second city in iraq in an exclusive report you follow a district mayor trying to get everyone to live together in peace amid the ruins but he fears that task might take one hundred years because. hello and welcome my name is christopher spring eight thanks for joining us u.s. president donald trump has made a spectacular u. turn on remarks he made after monday's health thinking. summit with his russian counterpart vladimir putin the remarks provoked a political storm in the united states now in a bid to limit that damage trump says he made a mistake when he appeared to accept putin's denial russian meddling in the twenty sixteen elections. it was an appearance arranged hastily in washington facing heavy criticism u.s. president donald trump made a rant admission of error and

centenary how relevant is the contemporary south africa. it's a very interesting question at the moment there is something of a backlash against nelson mandela and his legacy there is a younger generation of people who would brand him a sellout who believes that he did not go far enough in the transformation of south africa leaving too much white power especially economically at the rain at the same time he is still the the full most rainbows the foremost figure of reconciliation in the country that requires that quite badly so it does seem that his legacy is makes at the moment we're not quite sure where it's going to go philip to that journalist with the mail and guardian thank you for weighing in. all right let's get you caught up now on some of the other stories making news around the world. relatives of those killed when flight m h seventy was downed over ukraine have marked the fourth anniversary of the disaster and in the motional ceremony in the netherlands each relative read out the names and ages of those they lost two hundred nin

he could there are groups we do not compete here with cities from brazil india china or south africa difference will it come to your support at the end of my presentation i'd like to thank our south african france the president of south africa mr rem of course an. enormous contribution into practical interaction in the framework of bricks and thank you for. paying attention to our idea to expand our cooperation in the community or in sectors sport. etc thank you for for your attention. that was the russian president vladimir putin speaking live there in johannesburg at me so i mean he did highlight didn't need the importance of the digital revolution in developing and improving bricks economy she also said that they would work to try and cut red tape to stick. trade between brics countries also when we are u.s. trade wars are on the agenda today of this year's tenth anniversary bric summit the russian president vladimir putin is just delivered that speech to be saw at the annual gathering the world's top emerging economies comprising of brazil russia india china and also south africa

and social inequality in south africa remains a huge problem. you're a girlie there were eleven which is equal. to the other but practically speaking it's not. based in this are people who speak a certain that which is there to go. another day begins at the high court. this first appointment as a meeting with judge led while the kweisi declined to seeking damages but the doctors say that she sustained severe head injuries and cannot handle her own affairs. six retired lighter i am pleased. so what with what do i become the head of. justice from here where you must decline wants to deal with the case and her money alone with the judge has to rule on how the case should continue to put interprets from in the belly. to do your duty a womb the judge is saying that the money will be protected in a trust. it's still your money. but a trust will protect you and make sure that only you can have it it would live in their medical low enough pay in my life i would be a tough decision to send to you understand. these this is the yes i do understand but with

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a global trade war he's urging unity among brics nations that's brazil russia india china and south africa. has more from the annual brics summit in johannesburg. leaders from five of the world's leading emerging markets say they are united when it comes to trade they say protectionism which is being pushed by u.s. president donald trump should be rejected. what is constant is the flare up of geopolitical conflicts and the escalation of protectionism and you need actual is a better rickly effect emerging markets and developing countries. should. we must work together with the united nations the g twenty and the world trade organization to safeguard the rules based multilateral trading system liberalise and facilitate trade and investment and reject protectionism outright. it's the first time presidents from the brics trade bloc are meeting says donald trump threatened to impose tariffs on chinese imports economists say the trade could also hurt smaller countries some theer transplants will stifle global economic growth leaders at the bric summit say increasing global trade encourages econo

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going to them in a second with a six hour zimbabwe on swazi land and south africa. and they are certainly. thrilled to ride on. the tail. of this orchestra and celebrate mandela's legacy as artists they are really really interested in upholding sort of south africa's singing traditions which many people know obviously just just vocals very acapella . we should probably hear a lot of them from in the future but they came and sang for us the d.w. and let's just finish off with a little sample of what they did for nelson mandela's one hundredth birthday where you. were. going to miss. and on that musical. oh thank you so much karen time. right now it's a jury cue is have had since the dawn of time to soar through the skies like a bird for decades enthusiasms and commercial developers have been trying to make that dream an everyday reality with the use of jet packs and maybe just maybe they're getting closer take a lot for you know it's not just the man in a fancy jumpsuit with leaf blowers. it's the latest version of a long awaited dream for many the human jetpack the

with china also coming up following in shooting pains footsteps india's new render modi visit south africa turning the page on the dark chapter in his country's history with uganda. down the shovel with used wind turbines how the clean energy generators become an environmental nightmare and what to do about it. this is your business update on the home free in berlin glad you could join me now he famously tweeted that trade was a good and easy to win but it seems like president troubles protectionist policies might not be paying off after all the u.s. has said it will full count twelve billion dollars in emergency relief for american farmers hurt by president trump's trade dispute with china europe and other nations the plan which would use direct assistance programs already in place is expected to go into effect later this summer fall as of soybeans and dairy among other products have been hit hard by counter terrorists from the european union and china particularly each which were a response to tariffs already leveled by trump let's check in with our with a financial correspondent yens a

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country's future and whether the different races could live together but more than twenty years later south africa still struggles with the race and other challenges factions in the ruling african national congress threaten to defy the continent's oldest liberation movement millions of black south africans continue to live in shanty towns with little access to running water electricity quality health care nelson mandela's legacy apollo rents and reconciliation has been threatened by social conflict in south africa this country has one of the highest rates of inequality in the world the poor black majority say they want jobs and land some sort africans feel the promises of a better life for all made in one thousand nine hundred four haven't materialized in many areas of the country fifty percent are not and want. are they going to see employment in their life don it's a question that needs to be arsed repeatedly some young people born after apartheid are starting to ask questions about whether mandela spent too much time focusing on reconciliation instead of improving conditions for the poor. and o