just very briefly getting back to what you wanted to say before about saudi arabia wanted you south africa as a gateway to. to africa indeed as south africa office you know fairly stable political climate and also a good infrastructure sold to invest here in south africa is is probably a good move by by saudi arabia to ensure a future market for its products all right stefano there d.w. business correspondent talking to us in johannesburg thank you so much. asian stock markets rallied today after u.s. president on a trump said he was postponing a new round of tariffs on china scheduled for march third investors are increasingly confident that a comprehensive trade deal between the world's two biggest economies could now be within reach. the shanghai composite closed up five point six percent marking its best day in almost four years shares in china have gained over twenty percent for the year now officially trading in a bull market that after u.s. president trump said he would postpone a march first deadline for a tariff hike on chinese imports he says recent trade talks are going well eve

and mismanagement isn't limited to south africa as several other african countries find themselves on a new e.u. black list of the world's most corrupt countries. this is business africa. as well thousands of south africans have been taking part in strikes and demonstrations to protest the country's high unemployment and what they consider government inaction to fight is the congress of south african trade unions called its members of the strike which increases the pressure on government the government of cyril ramaphosa as the country gears up for general elections in may south africa has a near record twenty seven percent unemployment was the month with the mining sector in particular shedding jobs in recent years. is in cape town to enjoy joins us now are these strikes just about high unemployment or against the government in particular in general. well for a long time to have been kind of a general unhappiness with the government the naming of government park anything and seeing that they haven't done enough to dress unemployment issues that end inequality i think the main critiqu

an inspirational figure but the beginning of real and compassionate black african government, south africall over the continent. >> anthony: black south africans fought hard for their freedom in their country. as i understand a lot of them are pretty pissed off about, "hey, we're just getting our -- together," and whoa all these congolese and nigerians, well you know, they're coming in. >> sanza: of course there's gonna be that giving and taking, you know. and then people say, mandela's gonna die, they're gonna take all these people away, you know, that's not what our people are all about. and then now that's when i took, you know, the tour of food. because that was the first was to engage. >> anthony: sanza has no formal culinary training. he's completely self-taught, picking up bits and pieces where he can, often from the women in the neighborhood. so you're plucking the best of everybody's culinary culture. >> sanza: everyday. every day i learn. the smell. the color of the broth. what are you eating? where are you from? i've been taught by some men, "that's not how it's cooked at home,"

manufacturing in the country so eskom is finally getting the bailout it needs let's check in with our south africa for us from the fund joins us now as it will this bailout help and what consequences will it have for the south african economy. slash for the south african credit rating and will it also help ramaphosa sway voters. well there was a help to keep the lights on i mean in a hospital we have seen that blackouts are in south africa that basically has come couldn't deliver the electricity any more so it is important that as they are obvious they are also a minister said this is not a bail out we're just supporting them and ask them need to retain a money back but it is important of course to at least not get so that freedom's upset that they don't have electricity now also to get investors that as you said the credit rating agencies have been very worried i mean as a finance and as well that they have to have very difficult talks with them and that he hopes that the classes are not how will reassure at least the rating agencies but the photos they have forced me want to hear from the minist

thank you we'll come back to you in just a moment to talk about south africa's national energy company as calm because on monday it imposed pottage is to stave off a national black college in africa's most industrialized economy that affects businesses as well as ordinary citizens as comes applies more than ninety percent of the country's power and is laden with more than thirty billion u.s. dollars worth of debt and crumbling infrastructure that the situation at eskom now threatens to derail the government the government plans to lift the sluggish economy. is the factory manager at bottle princes one hundred thirty person strong industrial plastics and glass printing company in johannesburg. already navigating a recession in africa's most industrialized economy he must now contend with the load shedding mass blackouts that have returned to south africa after an absence of several years. the second time it's a protest this week because a major problem a production line basically outcome becomes a granny all for four hours. state power company s come blames the current situation on a ba

with platinum chromium gold and diamonds south africa's one of the world's biggest mineral producers but its mining industry is in decline as easily accessible reserves are depleted the cost of bringing metals to the surface is rising. hundreds of thousands of jobs have been cut in recent years in the late one nine hundred eighty s. seven hundred sixty thousand people worked in south african mines by last year their number had gone down to just over four hundred fifty thousand which new technologies can make the mining sector fit for the future and what can be done about mining is devastating environmental impact those were some of the questions being asked in cape town at the african mining indaba the world's largest mining conference. gunness president called for more collaboration between companies and governments across africa africa may go all rich with. germs. and hoes or rob. just trying to reach a critical profit we may well have been. priced out to. drive us into this exciting project for the stable economic group. but some observers are skeptical about whether the sector re

amount and one of the most unequal societies on earth a worker in the manufacturing sector in south africa showed you how he gets by on just three and a half thousand south african rand amounts. thirty year old implement congo works forty hours a week as a packing assistant at a manufacturing company in northern japan as good. as an unskilled worker with a high school education he owns the newly introduced minimum wage which became so of african law in january of this. oh i just brought there at the spoke to the mission stay on printing stuff that's what i do it's a flow money. play live. when he clocks out every day he begins his one and a quarter hour journey home to tembisa township northeast of the city. as a keynesian now i'm pitching it checks it all is the only size but i can afford and that alone at that point five as a lot of doubt i get i cannot afford myself a car so now i have to spend a thousand rand on this kind of transport. he lives alone in a ten square meter rented room for which he pays nine hundred grand a month the cheapest he could find there's no way to chase eugene

and on the markets — in a few hours from now, south africa's finance minister tito mboweni will announcehe country's budget for 2019. many will be hoping the budget reverses the nation's economic fortunes, which in recent years has seen it overtaken by nigeria, as africa's largest economy. however many challenges still remain: the country's state utility firm, eskom, is currently $31 billion in debt and remains a major headache for the government. eskom is currently struggling to supply africa's most—industrialized nation with enough power and says it may run out of funds by april. the eskom situation is being closely monitored by ratings agency moody's. many analysts are predicting they mayjoin fitch and s&p, by downgrading south africa to ‘junk status‘ if the situation is not resolved soon. junk status means the cost of borrowing will be more expensive. however debt is not the only issue for south africa. the country is also trying to tackle a high jobless rate. last month the unemployment rate hit 27.1%, meaning 6 million potential workers were without a job. and the country's currenc

in professor to neagle malaya now he is a south african political analyst based at the university of pretoria professor it's good to have you on the news africa perhaps trot out professor by by telling us what was the overall message sort of a pulse ahead for south africans and perhaps make sense of the milk metaphor for us while you're at it. i think at the center of true speech. was the whole load of. the economy really it was a speech of art the south african economy and what needs to be done to revive. it it was full of issues that are made today economy that didn't need to fall and that it can invest learned that we made to the result of the gene that allows people to come in so we can boost our two lives in. a sector in the country and of course also large corruption but. over enough our it was about the economy and i think he wanted to say to south africans. there is a hope we can fix this if we work together i have a plan in fact i have several plans to seek to say to the south africans and in terms of what he meant with the milk metaphor is he speaking to the fact that south africans at this point in time there's a lot of disunity wi

south africa still gets 90% of its electricity from coal. but many big corporations are now selling off their mines to smaller firms, as coal's reputation continues to worsen. >> these small companies do not have the funds to rehabilitate so we are likely to see mines being abandoned when the coal runs out. and i think it's a big problem that these multinationals are basically getting rid of their liabilities in these sales. >> but south africa is continuing to build new coal-fired power stations like the massive kusile plant. 19 german firms are helping with the construction while a german bank is involved in the financing. the facility belongs to the state power company eskom. we wanted to ask about environmental standards at the plant, filter systems and how much water it will use. but eskom declined to speak to us. south africa's environment ministry is looking to phase out coal long-term in favour of renewables. in the meantime, the ministry wants german firms and banks to participate not only in building power plants but also in reduci

negotiations and several thousand people killed in political violence nelson mandela became president of south africa he was seventy five years old. i think all for the future i think it's a good idea for self africa if i live there that meets we have set out to achieve as beach. thought it was a glorious moment. because it was peaceful it was accepted by the war the leaders of the world with their defeat on that day he saw it as the conclusion of these project that started in one thousand eight hundred nine. according to the terms of an agreement signed in one thousand nine hundred three mandela led a government of national unity assisted by two vice presidents kabul and becky one of his right hand men and frederick declared. so you have my it big enough of your father's and i live in. madison ordered south america. growing up by side. if a for the better public are full of it. so. i knew it was a sunday apartheid was overcome the last white president attending the swearing in of south africa's first black president. my overwhelming sense was a feeling of accomplishment yes i had questions and i sti

in south africa germany's. now it's. pack today's reports come from east west and south africa as well as you well before we get to that i like to say hello to my colleague from the b. in johannesburg hello there thanks n.t. and a warm welcome to all our viewers in africa and europe we've got a lot of interesting stories for you on the show today here's a quick look at just a few of them. will head to kenya a country aiming to operate on a one hundred percent green energy by twenty twenty. intel go we learn how a startup found success turning waste into reusable products. k.-i is one of the few countries in the world that has the potential to come a hundred percent of us an interesting needs using renewable resources with plenty of sunshine wind geothermal and hide a potential it has less need to depend on fossil fuels one of the major challenges facing the government is getting the entire population connected to the national power grid. because there's evidence that economic opportunity increases access to energy also i

negotiations and several thousand people killed in political violence nelson mandela became president of south africa he was seventy five years old. i think all for the future i think it's a good idea for self africa finally there that which we have set out to achieve as befits. the thought it was a glorious moment. because it was peaceful it was accepted by the war the leaders of the world with their defeat on that day he saw it as the conclusion of these project that started in one thousand eight hundred nine. according to the terms of an agreement signed in one thousand nine hundred three monday led a government of national unity assisted by two vice presidents tab on becky one of his right hand men and frederick declare. so you have my need to get enough of fathers and i live in. madison. growing up by side. a for the better public are full of it. so. i knew it was a snow day apartheid was over called the lost white president attending the swearing in of south africa's first black president. my overwhelming sense was a feeling of accomplishment yes i had questions and i still have it in my mind.

south africa's president. said there is no silver bullet to fix the crisis at state on power farm as call he wants to push a controversial plan to split the ailing company into three entities generation transmission and distribution he said this was necessary because eskom had not been properly managed in its current form unions fear the move could pave the way for privatization and job losses this fall misled the thirty billion dollars of debt following years of mismanagement outages and threaten to derail south africa's economy. that's all from me and the business africa. website for more. quadriga international talk show for journalists discuss the topic of. next week's the ballots in the host a conference on sexual abuse by clerics francis is trying to restore faith in his sacred institution. joining as we discuss the catholic church's darkest secrets on point. sixty minutes. and on demand. language courses. video or you know. any time anywhere. w. music terms. this is the news africa coming up in the next

south africa's president. said there is no silver bullet to fix the crisis at state on power farm as call he wants to push a controversial plan to split the ailing company into three entities generation transmission and distribution he said this was necessary because eskom had not been properly managed in its current form unions fear the move could pave the way for privatization and job losses as paul misled the thirty billion dollars of debt following years of mismanagement i'll see just how it's threatening to derail south africa's economy. that's all from me on the business africa team you can always go to our website for more let's. let's watch. once upon a time there was a young girl. with a burning ambition. to become a conductor. ever is a very curious child and very excited and in love with music and i would go to concerts with my parents and. yearn for being on stage with the musicians and being part of that magic it wasn't difficult from that first girl so she was told to become conductors but this g

negotiations and several thousand people killed in political violence nelson mandela became president of south africa he was seventy five years old. i think all for the future i think it's a good idea he falls over africa finally there that which we have set out to achieve as bigots. thought it was a glorious moment. because it was peaceful it was accepted by the war the leaders of the world with their defeat on that day a sword as the conclusion of these projects that started in one thousand eight hundred nine. according to the terms of an agreement signed in one thousand nine hundred three mandela led a government of national unity assisted by two vice presidents tab on becky one of his right hand men and frederick declare. so you have made it big enough local fathers and i live in. madison. growing up my son. very for the better public are full of it. so. i knew it was apartheid was overcome the last white president attending the swearing in of south africa's first black president. my overwhelming sense was a feeling of accomplishment yes i had questions and i still have it in my mind. whether we

the sunland big as a famous tourist site in south africa it was thought to be the world's biggest but in april twenty seventh seen the giant trees suddenly toppled scientists are alarmed but we're not talking about wholesale extinction of this we're talking about the inability for example to recruit at the moment. his climate change affecting these trees ability to reproduce for the first time the u.n. environment program is considering a plan to replant and monitor. ok and that's why we gave it from africa you can catch all our stories on our website and on our facebook page we need you now with today's pictures from nigeria where mamadou ari has been reelected president will see you next time i forgot. to. enter the conflicts are confronting the powerful. here on your security conference here in munich isn't just about the big names and well known phrases it's also about this for sure guys are our guests this week ben rhodes a former national security advisor to president obama after two years of trying to tell why. it was obama's legacy holding up a complex of ok. belgrade . people

the sunland big as a famous tourist site in south africa it was thought to be the world's biggest but in april twenty seventh seen the giant tree suddenly toppled scientists are alarmed but we're not talking about the whole so extinction of us we're talking about the inability for example to recruit at the moment. is climate change affecting these trees ability to reproduce for the first time the u.n. environment program is considering a plan to replant and monitor. ok and that's where we leave it from africa you can catch all our stories on our website and on our facebook page we need you now with today's pictures from nigeria way of ahmed jabari has been reelected president told see you next time i find out. every journey begins with the first step and every language with the first word published in the. week opens in germany to learn german why not come with a simple online on your mobile and free shop d w z e learning course nikos free german. go to the news your romance channel. host good morning stuart. with exclusive. the must see consuming sparkling culture to your right. to b

south africa's environment minister declines to be interviewed. and his office says that the subject is not his area of expertise. the ministry of health on the other hand is very interested. can't. believe a book. is director of the national institute for occupational health one thousand six. hundred mentally this is of great importance to demonstrate that the levels are so much high and that there would be negative health effects on the children and at least one of the real tragedies that the study said and why the money has not been prioritized we need to make sure that mines and other workplaces don't continue. to contaminate the living environment for communities and so on. you know would you like a copy or we would absolutely love to have a copy because you see we don't have this we don't have it in and then we can go in with our medical teams and perhaps have a sample of those who have got higher levels. of these different heavy metals and uranium and go in more physical examination do blood tests do urine tests and monitor their. the south

the sunland big as a famous tourist site in south africa it was thought to be the world's biggest but in april twenty seventh the giant trees suddenly toppled scientists are alarmed but we're not talking about wholesale extinction of as we're talking about the inability for example to recruit at the moment. his climate change affecting these trees ability to reproduce for the first time the u.n. environment program is considering a plan to replant and monitor. ok and that's why we gave it from africa you can catch all our stories on our website and on our facebook page we need you now with today's pictures from nigeria way of ahmed jabari has been reelected president will see you next time i find out. with different languages we fight for different things that's fine but we all speak up for freedom freedom of speech and freedom of press. giving freedom for us global news that matters. made for minds. what's the connection between bread buying and the european you. know guild motto d.w. correspondent and the baker crowd. turn to stay neutral about recipes for success strategies that ma

the sunland big as a famous tourist site in south africa it was thought to be the world's biggest but in april twenty seventh the giant trees suddenly toppled scientists are alarmed but we're not talking about the whole so extinction of this we're talking about. for example to recruit at the moment. is climate change affecting these trees ability to reproduce for the first time the u.n. environment program is considering a plan to replant. ok and that's why we gave it from africa you can catch all our stories on our website and on our facebook page we need you now with today's pictures from nigeria where mamadou body has been reelected president will see you next time i find out. hello there and welcome to the latest from arts and culture i'm karen help set and here's what we're in for on today's program. ali hundred and sallis inyati to the mexican director of the oscar winning films birdman and the resident has been named president of this year's cannes film festival jury. spies in the family the personal story of german author duke pounds is the stuff of a new novel and sheds light

re—engerizing south africa.ill the country's 2019 budget, due out in few hours, give the country's economy a much—needed boost? live from london, that's our top story on wednesday 20th of february. africa's second biggest economy has been rocked by recent power shortages, with the government under pressure to come up with a plan to keep the lights on. also in the programme. a warning from the uk's competition watchdog, who say the mega supermarket merger between sainsbury and asda could push up prices. european markets are looking like this. we'll look at what's moving those numbers and why. and we'll be getting the inside track on the lucrative hair industry. it's a highly competive market to break into, but we'll be speaking to a firm that's trying to weave its way into the industry. as a south korean firm launches a make—up range for 5—7—year—olds, we want to know — how young is too young? let us know — just use the hashtag #bbcbizlive. hello and welcome to business live. welcome to the programme. we start in

and mismanagement isn't limited to south africa as several other african countries find themselves on a new e.u. blacklist of the world's most corrupt countries. this is business africa. as well thousands of south africans have been taking part in strikes and demonstrations to protest the country's high unemployment and what they consider government inaction to fight it the congress of south african trade unions called its members the strike which increases the pressure on government the government of cyril ramaphosa as the country gears up for general elections in may south africa has a near record twenty seven percent of unemployment was the month with the mining sector in particular shedding jobs in recent years. from girl is in cape town to enjoy joins us now alice are these strikes just about high unemployment or against the government.

south africa.that tentative a position? goolam: the sort of damocles has certainly hung over south africa -- the sort of damocles has hung over south africa. i would be in concert with you with respect to that judgment. being one inch away from moody's, i would suggest moody's the other rating agencies have begun to look somewhat kindly on south africa, and there has been an enormous to reforms in the main that have been effected under his administration, especially over the last year. there is new leadership at the police services, the revenue authority, investigative bodies in south africa. the nuclear deal which was muted by the president's predecessor has also been linked. in that respect we've had what we call stage one reforms, institutional reform nation. stage two will be more tractable in 2019. it will be stabilizing public finances and then galvanizing macro economic reforms which will be the mainstay of the latter half of this year, especially after the may elections. nejra: as you allud

more people got killed in south africa between one thousand eight hundred nine and one thousand nine hundred four dunn were killed by a part of forces in the entire history of a part that there was a natural competition between the i have p n a n c u d f but it was aided and abetted by the former military and police people called it the third force. the two big black groupings fighting and a third force egging them on and fomenting more violence leading police teats and intelligence chiefs including military intelligence we're working with elements of the put to lazy party and the soft course was how the came to use that label and to. and to accuse the clerk of the statistics. one hundred thank you and. the national party has got that dab agenda for the negotiations process on the one hand. a talk about reform and change. that they still want to hold on to economic and political power he said you see you don't care about the life lives of blacks that tell us you have allowed that situation to develop and this is why these things have happened even after we had given you our commitmen

this is the news africa coming up in the next fifteen minutes the battle continues south africa's golden child cost us the man you know is in courts this week she is fighting for her right to compete without medication. plus the fisherman tackling greed invision on lake victoria but fish stalks dwindling kenyans and chinese imports. and. leaves if you want to have it. well don't worry these stylish lookin bob is all power you in the. junior welcome to d.w. news africa great to have you with us gold medal winning south african run our cost us the man is in court this week trying to face down the lead to govern body the. rules that would force athletes like cement not to reduce the at the still strong levels that south african governments are still in its weight behind the athlete sponsoring a case and launching a social media campaign on the naturally superior the landmark case has divided opinion. cast to cement his name and athletic skills have polarized the world of sports in the last decade she is hyper androgenic that means her body naturally produces high levels of testosterone but

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the believe here in south africa, it is notjust the government, south africans have come out in hugen social media to support semenya, including opposition parties that have been berating the government on local issues on the general elections. they have also lined up behind the government to support semenya, they believe she is being u nfa i rly semenya, they believe she is being unfairly targeted. ferrari have unveiled the car they hope will win them the formula one title for the first time in 10 years. they say it's not a revolution, but a development of last year's model, which came close to matching the mercedes but fell short after a series of errors by sebastian vettel, and the team. vettel is joined by charles leclerc this year, after his impressive debut season for sauber. i have always been looking at the red car, hoping to one day be in this car. so it is a very emotional day for me and i've also been part of the academy that has helped me massively to develop as a driver and with the final goal to obviously one day, is happening. so yeah, i am very proud. just over two ye

the leftovers of south africa's most profitable industry. and within the mine some disturbing secrets. hunger. now in team led by french journalist must time to do has uncovered the shocking truth of exactly what's in the mind taps and just how deadly a maybe. sunrise america river basin. one of south africa's largest freshwater reserves. bridget corrigan is a botanist. and a specialist in the region's biodiversity. this is a very special catchment for a lot of reasons if it's a unique but a very city from not just the terrestrial but also the first one of our diversity is very special it's got about fourteen species of fish and a lot of really and demick species of invertebrates and quite insects that contribute to the health of the sort of this river system. there about two hundred trees species in america. that's seventeen of them. and about four hundred in the bed spaces. it is a national treasure and the north west doesn't have a lot of these river systems a lot of the systems in this province are heavily degraded. the crown jewel of th

we leave you now with these pictures of the golden child of south africa cost us imagine loves to when you next time buy for not. eco africa plastic waste has a productive future thanks to eco heroes your bear just moved from camera. she collects bottles on the streets of the capital gotten day. lots and lots of fun things and then she gets down to work making furniture from plastic. while the. next deal. mega-cities these concrete jungles are often posting up to see. their economic powerhouses get leave people with little to live. out of the world's population already lives in urban centers leaving planners with a huge challenge how can these monstrous cities be tests made in germany in sixty minutes on d w. up today don't miss our highlights w. program the online w. dot com highlights. from a. reliable. distance we're. going to. try. her and welcome to a new edition of our african european environmental magazine eco africa today we'll be taking you to morocco where pharmacies can have an insurance against the effects of climate change more on that in a moment and i will raise i have

making surfing possible and practical for disabled people is a growing trend across south africa pretty soon they'll be no excuses not to hit the way. and that is it from t.v. news africa for now you can catch all our stories on our website and facebook page because of all that surfing will leave you with images of people catching planes in south africa till next time i back. nichole africa. is celebrating nature where newsweek is taking place in tokyo. the my british environmental protection project has existed for fifteen years. it's all about using games to teach young people about sustainability and how to save the planet. next on. they live like god on the mount olympus a business. the top executives. the high flyers a high finance movers and shakers much. but a long move to send them into freefall and then what happens when the big winners lose big who ends up paying the price made in germany in sixty minutes. hey listen up. video game music sounded like thirty years ago. today's tracks take the experience to another level ok so i'm still a ham talk composer or a monster. featured

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it's december one thousand nine hundred ninety one talks to end decades of apartheid in south africa a faltering president f.w. de klerk has just blames nelson mandela's a.n.c. for a surge in political violence mandela responds. not to behave. often used to the cat here have been less and less. ever to have. an illegitimate. discredited. gene as he. has several models and it's. very few. what i have to deal with such as. when you responded to the clock was the closest we came to not having a negotiated solution i also think what he said is what mandela really thought about the clock he never said it publicly because he knew the kind of money is he knew he had to say i accept he's bona fide he's he's a man of integrity otherwise he's followers wouldn't do it but day he was and he was provoked and he was angry because he didn't he wasn't warned and and that was a scary moment and i think that told me everything i wanted to know about the relationship between the truckin and mandela it was a terrible one he was not only assured that he was fighting for that i'd for his people and what t

making surfing possible and practical for disabled people is a growing trend across south africa pretty soon they'll be no excuses not to hit the way. and that is it from news africa for now you can catch all our stories on our website and facebook page because of all that so we'll leave you with images of people catching planes in south africa have told next. let's. take a closer look at modern culture from. arts and culture. hey listen up. that's what video game music sounded like thirty years ago. today's tracks take the experience to another level ok thanks to him composer. it's. featured in many games his music is bound to. his fans he opens doors to. sounds good. oh sure that's so much more than just background music video game music starts february twenty fifth on d w. hello and welcome to news from the world of arts and culture i'm robert merrill we're looking at the following topics today. along with altering films the but also highlights often comic acting talent with its european shooting stars awards will meet two of this year's faces to watch. will also meet up and coming y

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