what does that mean for south africa? it means a lot for south africa. it also means immense for the continent of africa. so when south africa takes over his chair, it will carry the cap in aspirations of 1200000000 africans. so when it looks at its agenda, it would look at the interest of south africa and how south africa can play a po, the role in pushing an african continental agenda. so south africa from there would expect investments. i'm sure we are going to be looking at technology. we look at our new forms of infrastructure investments. south africa is lucky in the sense that it has developed a diversified economy. so it's a very good bass to bounce from and get into africa. so i, since south africa as a vehicle into africa is phenomenal. i think we will be looking at how we could play a role facilitate that role in africa. we see more more countries wanting to join brakes. is this actually going to happen? we'll fix allow other countries in saudi arabia wishes to join bricks, argentina, you've got iran in you, but other countries that are looking

in south africa in brava? i would imagine the audience understand the political dynamics that 2 prisons of africa pre democracy, pre 1984. but in a nutshell, most of the agricultural land, the land that it is available and or suitable for fleming, is owned by white commercial farmers. so that is if a, on some issue is it a significant at most of the farmers are light? i think it is significant in the sense that it is not the result. so it creates an uncertainty. so when you are not sure what would have been the next life, yes or next to yes. and agriculture or activities in nature? ah, capital intensive, you put money on the ground. expect ingle 15 years lead. but if you don't know what will happen the next 2 years, you wouldn't put your money on, on agricultural activities, be planting trees, or putting fencing or any kind of capital. you'd rather go somewhere where there is that assurance that in the next 5 or 10 years, you will still be working on that. so the uncertainty that is created by this, ah luck of

and also in cape town, the executive director of corruption watch south africa. have you with us. let me start with you. with all of the scandal that is surrounding the anc and president ramaphosa, what do you expect out of this congress, what do you hope will happen, and are those two things the same? [laughter] >> thank you for having me. um i don't expect anything that dramatic at this stage. the big question for this conference is whether president ram impose that will be elected for a second term and nothing seems to indicate he will not get that so i think he is fairly safe, and the interesting thing is who else will be in the top six office bearers of the anc and whether they are supportive of him, and this is important because it gives us a sense of whether president ramaphosa will continue to be president and for how long he will continue to be president. i certainly think that with all the problems, mistakes, scandals as you rightly point out, despite all of that, i still believe at this stage that president ram impose a is the best of the -- ramaphosa

and also in cape town, the executive director of corruption watch south africa. have you with us. let me start with you. with all of the scandal that is surrounding the anc and president ramaphosa, what do you expect out of this congress, what do you hope will happen, and are those two things the same? [laughter] >> thank you for having me. um i don't expect anything that dramatic at this stage. the big question for this conference is whether president ram impose that will be elected for a second term and nothing seems to indicate he will not get that so i think he is fairly safe, and the interesting thing is who else will be in the top six office bearers of the anc and whether they are supportive of him, and this is important because it gives us a sense of whether president ramaphosa will continue to be president and for how long he will continue to be president. i certainly think that with all the problems, mistakes, scandals as you rightly point out, despite all of that, i still believe at this stage that president ram impose a is the best of the -- ramaphosa

and overall the crime in south africa. um, but it hasn't been like a fiscal response or a diploma. she put it to go, or any kind of support, but to be fair, i'm not so sure is this south african government or the police in particular have requested help in that? so the west has not responded in any way or form as far as weigle. and yet, at the same time, we saw rush of responding to the point that we have up to 15000 south african farmers actually in russia who are busy farming there. in your opinion, why do you think russia came forward and offered help? i think um, one of the things that the, the south african farmers have been doing in, in the very last 25 years or so is that they've been moving many across the continent are for, i mean, in as far as in west africa garden, i, julie had been but majority in south africa, zambia and there are number of reasons one been that i think the south of them from us are still doomed to be, you know, some of the most experience, some of the most skilful on the continent aiming at you can judge by, you know, south africa's performance enough

for south africa. it's an ounce that has no funds left to acquire diesel until april 2023. how big problem is that? how much is it going to cost people's lives on the economy? yes, so we have access to electricity in south africa. we will remain constrained by fiscal inefficiencies and ramp and corruption as come. now insulin that they have run out of funds to acquire diesel, it will be, be dropped in and will lead to block college becoming more frequent and more intense over the following month, with low shoving levels for becoming a common scenario in the country. we see that the company uses the filter on some of the big through the area plan activated during periods of pick consumption or emergencies, which will leave me at the capacity of the company to react to unexpected circumstances. will expose companies from the operating in the country, it through electricity, cars or will for them to invest in deriving their own energy and the band and the these allegations of corruption against president

south africa is full of highly experienced people. t, they have had much more severe problems in the past. i think good south africans will have to stand up, businesses will have to stand up and stabilize the structure. particularly in the next fortnight. business leaders, government leaders, former activists will have to help manage the crisis. dani: not just domestically, it was not that long ago that he was around. he was at cop 27. what does that mean for south africa standing in the global community? colin: he was a very respected individual globally. i would say, south africa is full of leaders. should something arise, these are very competent people. i'm not concerned that we will suddenly find south africa immune in the world. but, he was a special leader and official type. it is not certain that he will resign. we will have to see today what they decide. is i say, i think is important in south africa. dani: we will have to leave it there. inc. you for joining us. colin coleman, former ceo of goldman sachs for sub-saharan afric

in terms of the challenges that face south africa. and they are enormous, they will always enormous and they haven't reduced in size. they most probably have grown for example, one of the biggest problems we currently have as impacting very negatively on our economy and on just social and economic welfare is, is in general is of course our problems with our electricity providers. and those are not problems that are going to go away quickly and they are largely through the making of, of the amc government. and so is the a and c government equip through, to deal with it. and it's a bit of a yes, know, lots of for me, i don't know if anybody else is much better equipped to deal with it. but the challenges i huge is going to take time and, and it's not something that's going to pause in the next few years for us in south africa. all right, well just briefly malesky and becky in the, in the less than a minute that we got left big problems in south africa right now beyond just allegations of corruption is you have confidence that this gover

and in the next few years for us in south africa. all right, we're just briefly malesky and becky in the, in the less than a minute, we got left big problems as south africa right now. beyond just are allegations of corruption is, is you have confidence that this government can deal with it. well the government has been in power since 1994. and with that 144 percent unemployment of africa and has been and as i mentioned, the electricity supply. ready the backbone of employment creation. it has been erotic for the last 15 years the government been able to solve the problem. so they answer for me. no, i don't expect the, the government will be able to solve the major economic problems so that our faces. ready the company 10 years since it couldn't solve them in the last, merely put it on that. now we're going to have to leave it. thanks very much to all 3 of you, melanie forward, malesky and becky and kat am saying thanks so much for being on inside story. and thank you. as always for watching around me, you see this problem again, any

says that there was an unfortunate fare being incident and the sentiment that is really grabbing south africa on twitter and other social media platforms is why was the word unfortunate used as part of that statement of the 729 years in prison for killing south african communist parties. general secretary chris honey. the countries highest court has grunted parole to polish immigrant. yeah, new swallows. one of the issues at the knob of were, loses released from prison is that he must serve the rest of his parole conditions here in south africa. and was given a permanency residence by the minister of home affairs in order to keep him here. part of the deal is that he cannot use his polish passports or his identity in order to leave the country. chris honey was considered by many as the natural successor to nelson mandela and a radical who would have brought much need a change to south africa. that judgment has seemingly opened up old woods cause i know for us you will never die. because i never presented aspirational with people's liberation. he was a fighter for our people who have rolled ou

south africa is teetering on the edge of a social and economic precipice. and the pandemic is only partly to blame. south africa kept extending its locked down period because the material vaccines available in the country to enable low and middle income countries to produce their own vaccines. in the future, the world health organization is promoting the transfer of knowledge with an m r n a hub in cape town. sheesh, how is an m r in a vaccine produced south african scientists explain the role dna plays in the process to visitors from an indian pharmaceutical company with all the links that you are a non degree. that's exciting part of the changing of perceptions and the building of capacity. so don't forget contribute to the knowledge base of exist on entering the rest of the world and not just a receiver. this program will allow companies who have the capacity. you actually start to produce very lucky that means an outbreak next time of it, of a different virus or material. but it's happened in front of me. nevertheless, the companies will have the capaci

importantly, the discovery of the beat of variant and the ami convent came from right here in south africa. on the other hand, the south african government did draw a lot of criticism over it's extremely tough lockdown measures these had a far reaching economic impact in a country already facing widespread inequality and high unemployment. and the effects are still being felt 2 years later. but professor abdul karim stands by the government's decision. you know, we were not directly involved in the decisions regarding the lockdown, but there was little question in my mind at that time. and i would agree with it even to this day, given the level of uncertainty, given our concerns about what we will see in italy in new york city, for how hospitals were being overwhelmed. that action needed to be taken. and it needed to be quite drastic at that time. another challenge presented by coping 19 globally has been the massive spread of disinformation. according to the professor, this is not only detrimental to science, but to his personal safety as well. for example, when i was advising that school

south africa must bend up. judged wild goose monthly lane on south africa as president faced his growing corruption allegations with the national parliament to consider whether to begin an impeachment process against him with sunday. and that means is the weekly hey on r c minus peter scott. and here are the top stories from the week just gone. welcome to the program. the 1st, let's begin with some of the latest news hungry is accused the you of economic self hom, by announcing a price cup on russian oil analysis. budapest itself remains exempt from the embargo. during the negotiations on the oil cap, we thought a lot for hungarian interests, and in the end we succeeded. hungary was exempted from the application of the oil cap. once again, we have managed to protect the security of our country's energy supply. that reaction came as the u. g. 7 states and australia confirmed intentions to introduce a $60.00 per barrel oil comp. most moscow, however, has repeatedly stated that it won't supply crude prices below market value. the cup comes into force on monday, along with an embargo on the

she's in cape town, south africa mosca cosa, is founder at mind. lab africa, mental health care, non profit. she joins us from kampala, uganda, and from jose nigeria, we have ruth tilley kado. she is a journalist in a mental health advocate. alright, avi way, i'd like to begin with you. and so you're sitting in south africa and yeah, 6 of the 10 countries in the world that had the highest suicide rates are in sub saharan africa. but 3 of those countries are actually within the borders of south africa. so i'm just, i want to ask you what's going on there, what's happening with mental health in south africa? so yeah, as you said, we definitely have a mental health crisis in south africa. the biggest challenge is that we have a challenge of avoidance. we don't have the right policies, and there's still quite a lot of stigma when it comes to mental health challenges and mental health as a whole. and we have 23 suicide deaths in south africa every day. and then $460.00 attempts of suicide deaths in south africa every single day. so at the moment it really is a crisis that we're in and we

also on the program to south africa. parliamentary inquiry finds that president obama post that may have broken the law. many expect him to resign, though his supporters are urging him to stay. ah, i'm phil. gail, welcome to the program. russian president vladimir putin did a bit more threats to ukraine this afternoon during a phone call with german chancellor left sholtes. according to the president to the kremlin president, putin told chancellor sholtes that the tags on ukraine's infrastructure are inevitable. the accused the west of pursuing what he called destructive policies. well, in says the chancellor urged the russian president to find a diplomatic solution to the war as soon as possible. earlier i spoke with d. w. 's, russia. alice constantine agate in lithuania and that political correspondent, hans branch in berlin. and hans outlined the details of this call. yes, the call was confirmed at last an hour, according to the germans and the german chancery says that german chancellor, all of sholtes, told 14 that the attacks on civilian infrastructure in ukraine should stop that g

says this lawyer boy made says uncovered, have gone in south africa. the economic decline is catastrophic. in the wake of what were some of the strictest locked downs in the world? an estimated 10000000 people are out of work. many have been left with nothing but the generosity of strangers to rely on now there's no work and i've given up looking. now i try to make money by dancing and begging, coven made things even worse. crime 2 is on the rice ramp and infrastructure theft is putting even more strain on an economy that's expected to grow. fight is 2 point one percent and 2022 in shall. 10 province, south africa, economic heartland, railway services have nearly come to a standstill. thieves and vandals, a remarking tracks and stripping railway stations, bare in johannesburg, local authorities are struggling to cope with the rise and cable theft, which has been leaving residents and businesses in the dark mid day of the supply is still been eliza because of the number of people who are unemployed and sitting at home with nothing to do fast, and vandal

in south africa unemployment has sort. jobless and destitute. people are everywhere on the streets of johanna's bag. crime is rampant. does science of a new prospect for the african country? in cape town, scientists succeeded in developing their own m r renee vaccine in just one year. but fast to china, since november protests have broken out against strict lockdown, dw reports out of hang showing li, explains why. oh, there they don't. the common, it's marteen sheeting things step down. this video, which reportedly shows protest is in shanghai has been watched over 2000000 times online. it's been decades since so many people in china risk repercussions by public key voicing the anger on the streets and on social media. i never thought that there would be a day where we could raise our voices like this. you're all so brave. please protect yourselves. for 3 years, people have the pressed their emotions. now they've reached their limit. your test is moon victims at a fire that broke out in or m t. they're also demanding a relaxation of cov, it res

something about germany's economics minister robert harbor, who's cargo on a visit to south africa as offer to support the south african renewable energy technology center at the university in cape town. germany's economics minister hoble habit himself a green party petition is visiting to promote the transition to cleaner energy production. amanda shy is one of the students here training to become a wind turbine service technician. so my favorite part of everything is just how everything comes together. for the renewable energy, part of things, and i think sustainability because that's where you see that no matter how it can be, am no shedding can be i think of the past load shedding means no power checking the load. shedding schedule has become a daily ritual for south africans. they currently have to cope with levels 6 power cuts, meaning up to 10 hours a day without electricity. often, even traffic lights are effect, as many businesses and factories are forced to close than those who can afford it, get generators or they improvise. the electricity crisis has been brewing for decad

south africa must bend up july while use mostly lean here on south africa as president faced his growing corruption obligations with the national parliament to consider whether to begin an impeachment process against him with thank you for joining us. this sunday afternoon, you're watching the weekly here on our, to international and peter scotts, and these are some, the top stories from the week just gone. welcome to the programmer. but we begin with the latest news we're hungry. has accused the you of economic self hom, by announcing a price cup on russian oil. just as budapest, his self remains exempt from the embargo. during the negotiations on the oil cap, we thought a lot for hungarian interests. and in the end we succeeded. hungary was exempted from the application of the oil cap. once again, we have managed to protect the security of our country's energy supply. for the reaction came as the e u. g 7 states and australia confirmed intention to introduce a $60.00 per barrel top on russian oil. moscow, however, has repeatedly stated that it won't supply crude prices below market val

the realities of that south africa is quite an unsafe country. all 3 things that settled, i'm up with us. government had promised to tackle the man was on an investment drive to try and bring much needed investment to the country in order to create job opportunities. terrible. if at 40 in pretoria, ah, well let's keep attention on the continent because nigeria, as president, has claimed that weapons used in the ukraine conflict have ended up being obtained by militants in africa. regrettably, the situation in the saw heal and the raging war in ukraine service, major sources of weapons and fighters that boasted the ranks of the terrorist in late chad, region. weapons being used for the war in ukraine and russia are equally beginning to filter to the region. washington has been key as main weapon supplier, but following the republicans recent taking over of the lower house and congress, both major us political parties now reportedly agree on the need to strengthen the monitoring of arms being sent to ukraine. some lawmakers say the current system i

b, i me, is south africa seat of power. the union buildings, particularly the west doing of which is occupied by the countries number one citizen. in this case settled, i'm a puerto but the question is for how long? following the report findings of an independent panel that was set up by parliament, the president finds himself against all kinds of damming allegations. the back story to this is that settled. i'm a pause. i had a robbery at his private game farm in limpopo, in february of 2020, the president failed to tell the south african police services about the fed. robbery was also alleged that there was an undisclosed amount of money that was stolen, which was mostly in foreign currency breaching the country's laws against holding on to lodge amount of current or foreign courtesy without declaring it to the reserve bank. and that is south africa. central bank. seldom up was a, is now facing an appeal. he is fussed losing friends and his enemies and opposition leaders. i just waiting to actually take advantage of the li

south africa favorite animals of africans from the crocodile to the crocodile from 100 g to a ton fire of passion love for animals at the restaurant grill incense of the planet earth incense perfume cheap and worse pleasant smells for all occasions incense with a wide spectrum of action will bewitch and turn away the big african five elephant lion hippopotamus buffalo or leopard in south africa they can be seen everywhere at every step, and in natural conditions and in large cities, the love for animals turns some south africans into rangers, and veterinarians into others into hunters they live in peace and harmony and often meet at the dinner table eating boners and elephant meat or crocodile cutlets to love animals in african style. the south african zoologist arena big believes stupidity if you know the habits of crocodiles and treat them. with respect , these predators are no more dangerous than snails for their words mr. big answers at the quena crocodile farm gardens, he has been communicating with these african reptiles in the closest and most direct way for 15 years. once a wee

south africa scientist played a major role in the nursing the well to the 1st variance. and professor son, him abdul karim, became the government's top adviser on the pandemic. but his efforts hadn't just and him praise this building is at the forefront of south africa's h i v and aids research programs under the leadership of professor salim abdul karim. the durbin based facility has also played a vital research role during the covert. 19 penn deluxe. good. that's good. the pandemic emergency is now receding. we are no longer in a situation where we are concerned about hospitals getting overwhelmed. but one of the big concerns remains the level of uncertainty. in 2020 south africa stablished a ministerial advisory committee, comprising scientists, researchers, and doctors. it advised the government on its response to the pandemic. professor abdul karim was tasked by the minister of health to be it's chairperson. he hadn't consulted me, but he knew i would never say no that when i called upon by my country to serve in that way i was always going to say yes. so i lent at

i looked to the future where south africa re gains its prosperity. but recognizing that we need to be prepared for the next pandemic, abdul karim firmly believes that south africa's resilience can be a source of inspiration to all for more than 2 years now, global experts have been answering our questions about the cabana virus pan. dennis, what do they think are the most important things we've learned from is and how are we doing now? one of the things that we learned with the pandemic was that even the most, our born the well developed nations in the world are not ready to handle such a poly health emergency of this scope. and if something worse word come around, we would all be in a lot of trouble. it took a hugely heavy toll on our nurses and health care workers. and when we have no health, it's like a collapsing pack of cards impacting on our individual freedoms. our economies are set, safety and security. i would be, wow, we're the clinical trials. this is security in place for that the vaccine roll out sort of the vaccine development and rollo

he investigates one legit sites in south africa. there's no evidence of anything suspicious going on here. and the south african police have not issued a statement about this, or any of the 14 other chinese community centers around south africa with a very good afternoon see from a snow in moscow. my name is peter scott. take, you know, from nikki and i'll be here, bring you all the latest news. it's the welcome to the program. her chinese president, she's paying has arrived in riyadh for a summit aimed at forging stronger ties between beijing and gulf countries. saudi from principal have been some unwelcome the chinese presidents and according to unconfirmed reports she's visit is already bearing fruits. as 30. busy for investment agreements have already been signed. this continues an up turn in china, saudi trade, which has accounted for more than $300000000000.00 since 2017 shooting. ping's visits has already been compared to the u. s. president's trips riyadh earlier this year, despite joe biden trying to friendly and even doing

and staying with south africa recent prob reveals to the south african president ceramic, those a may have broken anti corruption laws, thus comes in the wake of a multi $1000000.00 money laundering scandal. and independent panel accused him of similar crimes. according to the accusations, the president aided in covering up a $4000000.00 saft from his farm back in 2020 some 58800000 of which was subsequently found beneath his sofa cushions. the south african leader has denied all the allegations and he says he earned money. legally. ma confirming a robbery took place. he said the amount stolen was much smaller than that alleged earlier. we spoke to south african locals who have mixed reactions to the story, who got a lot of tricks, which hush with every chin every month, my friend dinner. so the question is, how do i proceed? don't they don't get the tricks. you put the money in bees brought, you know his places. so why come from deadman? does the cushion sit over? i'm not personally thing that a priest in moscow. i test one day, the, our politics to over think what happened if there

not only in south africa, but beyond. and if south africa was robbed of nelson mandela by our politics, then you lose were loose and his co conspirators rubbed the country of its future cannibal. it had to have a lot of tea and join his book and cal stage off the supple well cup and cattle has just begun with one of the favorites, germany already on the way home off the failing to even make the rounds outside of a dismal performance. gym and play as attracted attention by covering their mouths during a teen photo. as the tournament began to suggest a protest against cats hurry, homosexuality lewis had been silenced. germany's interior minister oath claims council was responsible for human rights abuses. guests on guitar, his television with pictured waving the german team, good by aunt, mocking that original protest. although with food guitar fans also displayed pictures, a former german squad, platinum suit. odd sil, who quit the national team of the claimant. country was racist in his treatment of people with turkish ro

the realities of that south africa is quite an unsafe country. all 3 things that settled, i'm up with us. government had promised to tackle the man was on an investment drive to try and bring much needed investment to the country in order to create job opportunities. terrible. if at 40 in pretoria, ah horner say on the continent, nigeria is present, has claimed our weapons used in the ukraine conflict of ended up being obtained by insurgents in africa. regrettably, the situation in the saw heal and the raging war and ukraine service, major sources of weapons and fighters that boasted the ranks of the terrorist in late chad, region. weapons being used for the war in ukraine and russia are equally beginning to filter to the region. one has been killed. main weaponry supplier has been reported that both major u. s. political parties now agree on the need to strengthen the monitoring of arms being sent to claim some law because of saying that the cause. this isn't adequate considering the claims, like corruption rate, but there's no consensus on how

in johannesburg, south africa. i come from a long line of activists. in fact, both my grandfathers, who political activists going back over a 100 years together with mahatma gandhi, the n c, was the vehicle of struggle for us. it embodied what we believed in embodied non racialism is he left me, i didn't leave the n c. it was one of the more difficult decisions of my life. we established democracy in this country after great struggles and almost a civil war. but what happened thereafter was rather sad. and there was a continual slide towards the situation. we find ourselves in the movement instead of swallowing billions, to keep the lights on this watering buzz billions to turn the lights off. how do you run an economy without electricity? how do you run an economy without proper logistics? it can get goods from a to be an expert, export them out of a port. how porch is to be the best in the world. they know the worst in the world, and in he cannot pull the wool over our eyes. any more. south africa is fixable. we have a glorious country here. we inhib

south africa's governing parties discussing president sil, rema, pulse as political future. an independent panel found he may have violated his oath of office for failing to report the effect of millions of dollars from his farm. and at least 2 people have been killed during an anti government protests. in southwestern syria, demonstrators stormed a government building in sweater and set it on fire. their angry because of rising by says fuel shortages and power out of a family of brazilian football saw police says he is not in end of life care. the legendary player was hospitalized on saturday with a lung infection. the 82 year old has been receiving chemotherapy as he battles colon cancer, police family. he says he will be well enough to, he's well enough to watch world cup games and he'll be released when his condition improves. while his day 3 of the knockout stages here at the walcott ben, japan face croatia in the 1st game of the day that match will be paid at alger new presidium. at 1500 hours g m t lay t later at 90 g empty 5 time champions. brazil take on south korea

the realities of that south africa is quite an unsafe country. all 3 things that settled, i'm up with us. government had promised to tackle the man was on an investment drive to try and bring much needed investment to the country in order to create job opportunities. terrible. if at 40 in pretoria or as the year south u. s. federal lawmakers have approved in the station to it railway letters from conducting and labor strike present. joe biden has by that decision as a nation wide railway protest could cost the u. s. economy up to $2000000000.00 per day. are these kinda molten has the story? well, essentially this bill would outlaw a potential upcoming strike. i would force the railroad workers unions. that's 4 different unions that represent 55 percent of railroad workers in america. they would force them to accept a contract that they have already reject it. now the onions themselves are saying that they will go on strike anyway, regardless of whether or not it is illegal. but the biden administration has long presented itself as a friend of org

but south africa will have to tread carefully. turning to china and to a lesser degree russia at a time of great geopolitical tensions between those countries and the u.s.. the emerging economies of brazil, and south africa, would not want to alienate beijing or moscow as they seek warmer ties with washington. during this summit, china will most definitely be the elephant in the room. >> china has meant -- has made many inroads in africa. >> china is africa's largest to a trading partner. in 2021, that value of trade hit 224 billion dollars. and while u.s. president joe biden is concerned about china's growing footprint in africa. officials continue to insist that african masons -- african nations will not be forced to choose sides. >> the right to make these traces belong to africans -- choices belong to africans and africans alone. >> in elgin -- in johannesburg, al jazeera. >> data from beijing shows goods worth $254 billion were exchanged with african countries last year, four times the value of u.s. trade with the continent w

not only in south africa, but beyond. and if south africa was robbed of nelson mandela by a pa tate, then you lose were loose and his co conspirators robbed the country of its future cannibal. it had to have a lot of tea and join his back. when he came to joining us here in our 10 national web back to 30 minutes with mol, ah ah .