very clear in calling for calm and restraint from all sides in zimbabwe he's confirmed that the south african government is sending on boys to zimbabwe but also to angola angola because it is currently the chair of the. committee of politics defense and security south africa sending its minister of defense and veterans and state security to both of those countries he confirmed that he has spoken to zimbabwean president robert mugabe who told south african president jacob zuma that at the moment he is confined to his home but that he was fine no other details given there but that would be extremely reassuring to too many zimbabweans and also an indication of the need the desire among the military at the moment as we understand it to maintain peace and security there and also said that the south african government was currently talking to the zimbabwean defense force as well in an earlier written statement the president had said that they would not want to see an unconstitutional change of government and that he hoped that there would be an amicable resolution to what he describes as a politica

well, south africans are completely glued to their screens. er, south africa is hosting millions of zimbabweans who fled their own country of birth because of the economic crisis there. they have come here, seeking job opportunities. it will be those people, certainly, that following development closely. 0rdinary south africans, because what happened in zimbabwe has a direct bearing on their daily lives. there has been competition forjobs their daily lives. there has been competition for jobs between zimbabweans, willing to take lower wages compared to south africans, who have been fighting the apartheid system for higher wages when there was a racial segregation, which was legislated, as you know. now, the south africans are following development quite closely. president zuma said two envoys to harare to try to get a fact—finding mission, i suppose. and then on tuesday he is heading up to angola, to meet with the president. they will be looking at it from a regional perspective, from the sudden development community perspective, as to how they

what more do we know about this south african delegation that arrived in the cup. well we know that they are in talks with members of the army the mugabe is and some officials in the rulings on appear positivistic elation they're trying to negotiate an exit package for the president mugabe and make sure that he has some guarantees from the state that he and his family will be safe there's also speculation that this delegation will try to push for us to additional government to be led by the former vice president emerson and other leaders from other political parties but this is all speculation at the moment is at the moment calm and quiet the government is telling people to go to work all civil servants have been told to report for g.t.e. shop owners have been told open their businesses and schools have been told to function as usual so it is calm and quiet but people are just be watching waiting to hear what comes out of these negotiations overnight the the youth wing of the president's zanu p.f. party apologized to the military what do you make of that. well it c

we did that through the south african government this afternoon. so there are many efforts at home.as been involved in the negotiations between mugabe's residence and the military had offers. so there is a lot of stuff happening on the ground but we're hoping that the sadc intervention, but also the international community, i know that the western met yesterday to discuss the zimbabwe situation, and i also know that they are recommending a government of national humidity. —— western ambassadors met yesterday. which involves everybody, the other political parties as well. i think they were all shocked yesterday with they were all shocked yesterday with the statements which suggested that this was an internal issue of zanu-pf. i think the this was an internal issue of zanu—pf. i think the solution is to have them transcend the zanu—pf factionalism and have a national dialogue and national process which includes everybody, at least as a transitional authority, towards elections one or two years hence. that is interesting. yet a signal failure of you to mention mr changi wright and the

let's start with a south african rand.he rand rallied, today amid relief from last week's assessment by credit rating companies. a did not deliver the deathblow that some anticipated. this is dollar rand. earlier today, the rand is rising. the dollar is declining. the fall has been unwound, today. the rand is rallying by 2%. a bit of a move. -- moody'sratings warned it may do the same, leading to a re-waiting -- re-weighting. this is a chart that abigail showed earlier. it twice on bloomberg markets, because that coin is showing no signs of slowing down, blowing past $9,000, less than a week after shopping $8,000, quickly closing in that $10,000 figure. this does not show you the price, just the ounces of gold to buy a bitcoin were up to 7.45. some wonderful stats out there. gratz -- novaah tz.tz -- novagra he said that coin would in the year at $10,000. do you think he changed that tune given their recent surge? 54% ines plunged by november. share plunge has been on debt concerns, also sparking options in the market. keep

the south african court doubles oscar pistorius' jail term. original sentence of six years for the murder of his girlfriend was found to be shockingly lenient. rescue fade in argentina. the navy now reports an explosion occurred in the same area where one of its submarines went missing. 44 people were on board. itit is time for our business update. start with the most american of concepts, something i don't mind, a holiday devoted entirely to shopping. >> that is right. black friday is finally upon us, the official start of the holiday shopping center when retailers supposedly bring out there is discounts of the year. export ofming another consumer culture with black friday specials throughout europe and the u.k. sales are predicted to hit $682 billion in the u.s. for november and december alone. the importance of black friday has been diluted by online shopping with only 35% of consumers who say they will shop during thanksgiving week on friday itself. some analysts think black friday maybe slowly fading toshopping t that does not mean it is

a south african delegation is in zimbabwe to mediate a way out of a political crisis that it's holding talks with members of the army president robert mugabe's family and his zanu p.f. party the talks aimed at. smooth transition of power with a catholic priest acting as middleman between the gobby and the generals the army seized control on wednesday and placed mugabe under house arrest but it denies staging a coup instead it says it's focusing on what it calls criminals within the president's circle it's thought that any new government could be led by the former vice president who was sacked by mugabe last week but opposition leader morgan tsvangirai has also returned to harare after being treated for cancer in britain and south africa. reports from. harare on thursday is calm and quiet the government has. to go back to work shop owners have been told to open the businesses and functioning normally there's a delegation from south africa in the country they're talking to members of the army officials and to the mugabe family. that they're trying to arrange an exit package for prison an

in attendance the heads of state of zimbabwe's neighbors not here though the south african and and golden president instead meeting in south africa for heads of state visit the prisons here today of u.k. representatives may signal a possible end to zimbabwe's isolation from the west seoul ever. this day is a whole about the people on and off has praised and thanked the bobbins for the role they played in getting rid of robert mugabe who was in power for thirty seven years but was the baldwins this is about more than gratitude it's about the promise of a new future one they hope the new president will make good on today i'm so happy because because there are three new president and so. it's going to be the first president homologues that was going to and everything is going to be good this change of up and do our floodgates for us up the german economy it's about was going to to be up there we're expecting the new change to happen and it's like what you used to live in all countries involved it's a very it's a full loving country and i'm happy because over this happened without violence. w

south african president jacob zuma confirms robert mugabe is a house arrest after the army seize power in zimbabwe. i mean how do we stay in harare where dramatic. waiting to hear what's going to happen to president robert mugabe and his wife grace. an act of aggression lebanon's president says nothing justifies the detention of the prime minister. in saudi arabia. and an expedition to the french alps where disappearing lacey is a seen as a major indicator of climate change. i'm sorry if small have all the day's sport including really have claimed their play for next year's world cup finals they don't do it three won in the second like their intercontinental player. zimbabwe's president robert mugabe is under house arrest after the army took control of the country the takeover is a coup the south african president jacob zuma has confirmed he has spoken to mr mugabe and says he's been confined to his home in an address on state t.v. an army spokesman said criminals around president robert mugabe were being targeted soldiers are patrolling the streets of the capital harare and the roads

a south african delegation has arrived in zimbabwe to mediate a way out of the political crisis the army seized power in zimbabwe on wednesday and placed robert mugabe under house arrest he's ninety three years old and is the world's. longest serving head of state the military was angered by the second year forgot his vice president last week but it denies that it's launched a coup instead it's calling it a bloodless correction it says it's focusing on what they call criminals in the president's circle side of the pressure on president mugabe a staunch supporter of his wife grace has made a public apology to the military president mugabe had been pushing his wife's for his wife to succeed him. reports from zimbabwe's capital. harare on thursday. and quiet the government has told civil servants to go back to work shop owners have been told to open the businesses and schools are functioning normally there's a delegation from south africa in the country they're talking to members of the army to officials and to the mugabe family this speaking nation that they're trying to arrange an exit pa

while still lots more to come in this half hour including south african a limpy an oscar pistorius has his prison sentence more than dump. from six to thirteen. and we'll tell you why thousands of american truckers are paying the price for the black. hello again weather across eastern parts of china looking fairly wet at the moment certainly from food issue through our hong kong and into the far south taipei also seeing one or two showers elsewhere not looking too bad shanghai draw and then once we get into indochina be still got some heavy showers across more central parts of vietnam but in northern areas fine for hanoi is fine across much of indochina generally and will stay that way as we head on through into sunday so a fine day in young gone there with highs of thirty three degrees you see the showers over vietnam still there why it's had some very heavy rain of last twenty four hours as you head across into south asia you can see the monsoon rain retreating but still sri lanka seeing some very heavy rain through the course of saturday further north looking dry so here to new delh

zimbabwe's president mugabe has been holding talks with south african envoys, and the country's army chief following the military takeover. mr mugabe, who's under house arrest, is said to be refusing to step down. the un secretary general, antonio guterres, has told bbc world that he hopes there would be no bloodshed in zimbabwe. he also said he considers myanmar‘s rohingya minority to be the most discriminated against people on earth. london's old vic theatre says that 20 people have claimed they were victims of inappropriate behaviour by kevin spacey. he was artistic director there for more than a decade. and russia has vetoed a un security council resolution to renew the push of an international inquiry into chemical weapons attacks in syria. it's the tenth time moscow has used its veto to support its ally. and the top story here in the uk: the metropolitan police has announced what it says is a final figure for the number of people killed in the fire at grenfell tower, in west london, injune. officers say 71 victims have been formally identified. now on bbc news, all the latest b

south african mediators were there, to try to mediate.chool of thought says mr mugabe is trying to cling on to power, he's had power for 70 years, he's a wily fox and nobody would bet against him getting out of this. a lot of reports on the other hand suggest that what he is trying to do now is get some of safety a nd trying to do now is get some of safety and security for him and his family way he would step down in an orderly process and there would be a new transitional government with his former vice president, now his president and also morgan tsvangirai, the leader of the opposition movement, as prime minister. fascinating. what of robert mugabe's wife, grace. grace ‘s decades younger than her husband. she is really the reason this happened. the military was fed up with her, this is up power struggle within the ruling zanu—pf movement. it was a struggle with the former prior vice president, emmerson mnangagwa, that has brought this to a boil. the military side with him, president mugabe wanted her, it seems, effectively to take over

a consumer is not there but obviously this is a big big story for the south african government as well. oh very much so in south africa as the current chair of the regional body said played a leading role in trying to negotiate on a peaceful end and i think they'll be with many people ordinary citizens and many people in government as well will be really relieved that that no blood was spilled against all the odds going by the ring retold by andrew symonds there. the south africa's president jacob zuma as you said not there in harare for this inauguration nor is the other power player on the in this region the angolan president. there but here in the building behind me union buildings the seat of power in south africa because a state visit was arranged to come here to see zuma his first since coming into office only in september by the way you know succeeding that of the presidency of the same tools which lasted for thirty eight years and i think what we're seeing in angola where a lot in c.e.o. has replaced the chief of police chief of national security and fired just santos's daughte

zimbabwe‘s president mugabe has been holding talks with south african envoys, and the country‘s armye un secretary general, antonio guterres, has told bbc world that he hopes there would be no bloodshed in zimbabwe. he also said he considers myanmar‘s rohingya minority to be the most discriminated against people on earth. london‘s old vic theatre says that 20 people have claimed they were victims of inappropriate behaviour by kevin spacey. he was artistic director there for more than a decade. and russia has vetoed a un security council resolution to renew the push of an international inquiry into chemical weapons attacks in syria. it‘s the tenth time moscow has used its veto to support its ally. and the top story here in the uk: the metropolitan police has announced what it says is a final

yes, south africans are watching very closely what is happening in harare, because there are millionstter economic opportunities this side of the limpopo river. and the south africans themselves are concerned because if anything, africans themselves are concerned because ifanything, —— ifanything goes wrong in zimbabwe, it directly affects them. for example, issues of jobs and so on affleck south africans directly. so they are also watching very closely. politically, they are watching because here in south africa, we have the contest for leadership within the governing party, the anc, which isjust weeks away. between jacob zuma, party, the anc, which isjust weeks away. betweenjacob zuma, who is stepping down, his former wife and the current deputy president. so, people are watching who is going to ta ke people are watching who is going to take over from jacob zuma as party leader, and therefore eventually as president of the republic. so people are watching with very, very close eyes events unfolding over there. milton, what are your thoughts on this momentous weekend, seen robert mug

in that room as he was making that resignation or long as ignatius speech how do you think the south african leadership will side will they look to zanu p.f. who of oversee a close ties with for so long will they be swayed by the military saying well we're backing what the president's decided to do. i think south africa as other southern african countries will want this to be resolved obviously as peacefully as amicably as possible but as i said if they are following the structures the following the processes of the governing party which i have some similarities with the governing african national congress here then it wouldn't really i think be south africa's place and they have certainly been very hesitant today to make any comment on the matter we've spoken to them a couple of times with both spoken to the communications of said the south african government said we're going to wait till tomorrow before we say anything when that suppose a deadline will either pass with his resignation or as we're schumer now not and said well they said look we're not going to say anything until tuesday whe

a south african delegation as it is involved in zimbabwe have sought to try to mediate a way out of the political crisis that it's speaking to members of the army president mugabe his family and his posse the military seized power wednesday and placed under house arrest and lebanon's prime minister saad hariri has accepted an offer by the president of france emmanuel macron to visit paris lebanese president michel aoun tweeted that he hopes the country's political crisis is over pretty announced his resignation in riyadh nearly two weeks ago. the new york times is reporting that the u.s. is increasingly concerned with the actions of the saudi crown prince saying they could damage american interests but he calling reports from washington d.c. . a less than flattering article about the recent moves made by saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon in the new york times the headline reads at thirty two he's begun a war and jailed his rivals what's next paints a picture a prince making rash moves and possibly destabilizing the region putting american interests at risk now oftentimes the way t

in the meeting was the south african envoys in the meeting was the south african e nvoys as in the meetingembers of president mugabe's cabinet. unsurprisingly too many people, the generals. and he appeared relaxed, not as if he was under any kind of duress, hands in pockets, chatting to the general, who was smiling. so right now, people are confused about what is going on. the army has said this is not a clue and that president mugabe remains in charge. —— this is not a coup. the photos appeared to push the narrative that president mugabe is still in charge. shingai, thank you. a 49—year—old man has been arrested by police in dorset on suspicion of the murder of gaia pope. the teenager, who has severe epilepsy, was last seen nine days ago. earlier, police found items of women's clothing in a field near swanage. a search is now taking place in the field and surrounding area — as our correspondent duncan kennedy reports. this is the cliff area above swanage where the woman's clothes were found. police have beenjoined by specialist coast teams from the coastguard and other units. 0fficers say

they already have two or 3 million people from zimbabwe working in the south african economy with 27%loyment. they would not want to see an increased flow of people from zimbabwe into their economy. smaller is a lot economy than south africa. stronger growth in zimbabwe will have more than a marginal effect to stimulate the south african economy. mark: great job and thank you for joining us. our african economist. coming up, we go to the close with some drags on the ftse over the last week as the index's wins and 28 -- index swims into a sea of red. this is bloomberg. ♪ bloomberg world headquarters in new york, i am julie hyman. mark: i am mark barton. time for the bloomberg business flash. squeezed bytting price more with walmart as profit margins at the discount retailer fell last quarter with target posting disappointing outlook. that was because in part of investments to lower prices and developing new brands. the biggest commercial airplane sale in airbus history. got an order from american investor indigo partners for 430 airplanes. the deal is that it and almost $15 billion. ai

in attendance the heads of state of zimbabwe's neighbors not here though the south african and and golden president instead meeting in south africa for a heads of state visit the prisons here today of u.k. representatives may signal a possible end to zimbabwe's isolation from the west seoul ever. this day is a whole about the people on and off what has praised and thanked the baldwins for the role they played in getting rid of robert mugabe who was in power for fifty seven years but was the baldwins that is about more than gratitude it's about the promise of a new future one that they hope the new president will make good on today i'm so happy because there are three new presidents and so. it's going to be the first president homologs i was going to and everything is going to be good this changes for britain do have floodgates for us up the german economy it's about was going to to be up there we're expecting the new change to happen and it's like what you used to live in all countries involved is a very loving country and i'm happy because over this happened with violence. was when i got

brought into negotiate --south african envoys brought in to negotiate.e is under pressure to resign. zimbabwe's opposition leader says the president, in power since 1980, should go quietly for the interest of the country and elections should be called. >> the nature and character of that mechanism be agreed upon by all national states. that there be comprehensive reforms for a free, fair and credible election to be held. correspondent: rumors have been flying about whether or not mugabe's wife is with him or if she managed to flee the country before the military action. grace's ambitions to succeed her husband are said to be behind the current turmoil. lastly, mugabe sacked his vice president. the army saw this as a chance for grace to take over. the army has put a stop to that for now. the vice president is set to head a transitional government backed by the military. an option the african union say they will not support. >> we in the african union are against any violent african overthrew --violent government overthrew. e -- overthrow. >> in no case wi

in person and twenty's me reaction yet from the south african government because they've been. sort of at the forefront of the talks around this departure which wasn't as quick as some had perhaps it would be. there hasn't been any reaction we did come. just a short while ago however that there would be a continuation of the visit and now. that south african president jacob zuma will still go to harare tomorrow on wednesday along with the end goal is president and c.e.o. that was something that was only announced just a few hours ago and they say that it will go ahead and that it said that they were greatly concerned by events unfolding in zimbabwe and that they were going to be making that visit to south africa because that is not only original power but its current. but she of said at the southern african development community we didn't know whether there was going to be delivering a message but frankly that's really all been eclipsed if you like by events of the last half hour or so and what was the experience. experience when he would presumably know. when god were quite we

now the south african president has confirmed the information and he says he spoke with robert mugabe who told him he is safe, but under house arrest. and the president of lebanon says nothing has justify the prime minister's c continued absence from lebanon, which means he is actually being detained. the prime mininister, haririri,e an announcement from saudi arabia declaring that he was retiring and has not come back cents. a record -- back since. and a record number of airplanes in a billion-dollar deal. and a victory for gay rights in australia, the country has overwhelmingly backed same-sex marriage in a survey held through the mail. live fromtop story, paris. ♪ we start with the military takeover of zimbabwe, the army moving in last night, the nine it was a military coup, but saying that the president robert mugabe was being held in a safe location. three explosions were heard in the capital and military vehicles seen in the streets. correspondent: as the military the streets were blocked to key govovernment buildidings with presidents muge under custody. safe and his family are

and even those who needed to think that they would have the predominant have in south african political life forever there will be some stage or another the. mechanics. of development will mean this is reform you will see you political configurations will emerge i mean mechanics are strong enough inside. africa i know there's a strong did it judiciary an independent media the state all those factors strong enough do you think to keep our balance because you don't hear. of those who think that another system will. respect or you hear people say. the presence. of but i think the attachment to. the values on the part on the penn democratic again i feel the strong and. proud of africa pan africa you know a strong africa when you see what's happening in countries like kenya the voting process the election electoral process that that seem to have gone through great difficulties at the moment south africans and maybe does it worry you. when you see that worry me out even though the same time for me i think the we. have the end of the bay also to be historians and to recognize that the evolutio

i don't think an intervention by the south africans is in the offing. ut as the head of sadc, south africa and the sadc countries will be looking to find a path for a smooth transition, and that is in south africa's interest. jane: ambassador, regardless of who gains control in the end, will any of this actually address the underlying issues that have plagued countries like zimbabwe? >> i think that is a key question and a key worry, because the expectations of the average citizen on the street will be very, very high, and how to address those expectations in ways that will keep people calm will be very difficult to do. anyone who takes over leadership of zimbabwe now has to start addressing the root causes of unemployment, poverty, and the other difficulties that average zimbabweans have experienced. jane: ambassador, thank you for joining me. >> thank you. jane: 50,000 children under age five are expected to die in yemen this year, according to the charity save the children. the crisis began in 2015 went when houthi rebels, believed to be backed by ira

just a reminder of the news from the south african president who says he believes that the african regioned to supporting the people of zimbabwe, and he hopes that the situation can be resolved amicably. air accident investigators are trying to work out what caused a plane and a helicopter to collide over buckinghamshire yesterday, killing four people. teams will continue scouring the area for wreckage — around the national trust's waddesdon estate, near aylesbury. we will head up to glasgow where the scottish labour party is announcing its new party leader after a bitter battle to succeed kezia dugdale. let's listen in. i will then give a total combined vote at the end. in each section i will read out the total number of votes cast for each candidate and displayed the percentage on the screens. the full details of the results will be available on the scottish labour party website following this event. the result of the election, but the leader of the labour party in scotland is as follows. the total numberof scotland is as follows. the total number of eligible voters is 35,000 309. the n

the south african government has announced that it is opening the country's remaining whites only beachesill lead to a black majority in this country and the destruction of the white civilisation. part of the centuries—old windsor castle, one of the queen's residences, has been consumed by fire for much of the day. 150 firemen have been battling the blaze which has caused millions of pounds worth of damage. welcome back. this is newsday on the bbc. our top stories: zimbabwean president robert mugabe remains under house arrest, but holds talks with a military general and south african mediators. the un secretary general has told the bbc he considers myanmar‘s rohingya minority to be the most discriminated against people on earth. let us look at some front pages from around the world. south china morning post reports on a repercussion in hong kong for the potential military takeover of government in zimbabwe. the paper says even if robert mugabe is removed from office, the new zimbabwe government can pursue a case that mugabe lodged over a hong kong villa worth over $5 million. like many ot

about this is negotiations and environmental movements across africa, we're joined by kumi naidoo, south africanctivist and the former head of greenpeace. he is now the head of an organization called africans for justice, peace, and dignity. we have had you on as head of greenpeace international. now you're starting a new organization. talk about what is happening in africa and why you see the need for this group. >> firstly, people need to understand that climate impacts are already devastating the african continent. the difference with us compared to say hurricanes that have an or typhoons that happened in southeast asia, the main impacts of climate at the moment is climate intensified drought and -- these are not cataclysmic media moments like a typhoon or a hurricane is. but people need to understand that the terrible injustice of this is the people who are paying the price, the most brutal price with their lives and the livelihoods and her soil and water and so on, are those lead the most basic lifestyles. us what we're dealing with is a problem that is called climate apartheid. if you look

the last over the last decade or so there is a jet also mistrust of what the intentions of the south african government might be and they're wanting to try and restore. its power ride to sanford i'm under of some lazy news in harare the capital of zimbabwe thank you very much thanks. less arctic look at some other stories making news around the world lebanon's former prime minister saad hariri has accepted an invitation to travel from saudi arabia to paris that's according to the french foreign minister bernard rooted accuse the saudis of detaining her read it following his shock resignation earlier this month lebanon's president has said he hopes hurried his departure means the crisis caused by the resignation is over. human rights watch is accuse the myanmar military of widespread rape of women and girls the rights group alleges that for the past three months me and my security forces have used sexual violence as a tactic of ethnic cleansing targeting the muslim minority in the country i mean mars army has denied the allegations. the u.s. delegation of the united nations climate conference

for young south africans, prospects are bleak — nearly half of those aged between 15 and 34 were outrging from recession and growing by 2 and half percent in the 3 months to september. so two years ago, j&b hive was set up by the 268—yearj&b whisky brand, owned by diageo, and independents united to help south africa's budding entrepreneurs get free access to a workspace, computers, wifi and training. today, it has around 100 members. and a big part of its work is helping female entrepreneurs to get started. clare beaumont—adam is senior strategist at independents united. your extremely involved in terms withj your extremely involved in terms with j and your extremely involved in terms with] and b hive, tell us more about how this operates in johannesburg and who is making the most of the opportunity? as you said we we re most of the opportunity? as you said we were set up predominantly for 18-35 we were set up predominantly for 18—35 —year—olds, based in johannesburg. we have a co—working space which is free for members to use, camera and video equipment and importantly we run skills

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look i think there will be a private conversation with between south african president jacob zuma and. former president things you never thought you might say mugabe tomorrow because jacob zuma is still we understand going to take a visit to harare along with the angolan president a lot n.c.o. where the bet message is delivered we simply don't know and we really probably won't know because that really doesn't follow in the style of diplomacy traditionally the southern african development community of which south africa is the current chair is takes a pretty minimalist approach they would not want to be seen as overreaching their mandate and overarching and to be honest many zimbabweans we have spoken to here in johannesburg and we saw some of the n.t. said ak interference posters in that enormous historic march in harare on saturday buses and darwin's don't want sex help and don't want sex and to be ended because the fact of the matter is that for many years ascetic has in its worst instances turned a blind eye to the discrepancies in elections if i can say like that and particularly

president jacob zuma and south african president jacob zuma has issued a statement and he essentially dedication that discovery that is due to arrive in writing by the end of two days it is coming together with the number one indication for. a parent maybe in mediation between this elaborate defense forces and president mugabe and what do people there saying about the developments there a privilege we heard one person say in our report that was almost a relief that this is happened people are taking it is a relief indeed the same time they have cautious. relief in the sense is that what is been happening you know a lot of people will express concern with that factional fight this succession of better words that have been happening. there willing but these we are fixing. it do it now cascade into all national institutions where you have people working in offices. trucks your lines and then you have the same. people also question us to say if they used to remain in control they are weary about it being a military government. is opposed to a civilian government privilege it was funny in

but for south african artist athi-patra ruga, ¡utopian visions' is what art is for.work has reached audiences in europe and the u.s. and now has a permanent place in his own country. >> i feel those contradictions. i have 33 years of not having a museum in the townships. i grew up in the townships in the eastland. and there was very little art to look at. you had to travel quite a bit, to go look at art, or actually go to a library that's decent. so, has much changed? i think that i deal with that in my art. when i actually work with the idea of re-imagining a new world. for me access is the most important currency, you know? and i think that education opens up access. i think that imagination can act like that, give you access to wider ways of looking at things. >> brown: access, and ownership of identity. museum director mark coetzee puts it this way. >> africans want to define themselves according to their terms. they want to say, it's much more complex than you imagine. that's what i'm going to mark this institution on. who defines the language? who's the author

happening across the border with great concern and appealing for calm appealing for he says the south african government and defense force to reach an amicable solution and one that would not result in basically any unconstitutional changes of government in zimbabwe which he says would be contrary to not only said it but also the african union's position there are many zimbabweans here in south africa are also watching what is happening across the border which is still very unclear and still quite a fluid situation as well yet what sort of details are you getting about what is happening in zimbabwe at the moment i mean we still have no idea where them mugabe's might be. exactly the military and when that spokesman was broadcast live on state television after the military took control of said b c said that the president and his family was safe obviously not giving away exactly where he was his family right now we know from the visuals we have seen broadcast on local networks that of downtown harare that there are people going about their days if you like certainly less people on the street tha

the south african government has announced that it's opening the country's remaining whites—only beachesment in this country, and the destruction of the white civilisation. part of the centuries—old windsor castle, one of the queen's residences, has been consumed by fire for much of the day. 150 firemen have been battling the blaze, which has caused millions of pounds‘ worth of damage. you're watching the briefing. our headlines: the human rights group amnesty international has described the situation of rohingya muslims in myanmar‘s rakhine state as a form of apartheid. and our top story this hour. angela merkel‘s political future hangs in the balance after the failure of coalition talks. there could be another election. let's stay with that now. joining me now is german policy analyst, olaf bernke. a life, thank you forjoining us. —— olaf. what is your best bet as to the next step? is there anywhere left to go with coalition of them? that is on the cards, although nobody has that we are totally in a time of thing games here in berlin that there is still a grand coalition. it is kind of

calling for calm for all sides not as yet warning south africans not to cross the border and or to prevent any sort of trouble they are still as i said waiting to see how this fluid situation unfolds he was at pains to say that look any political problems in zimbabwe or any other country around this southern african region of which of the governing bodies that south africa is currently the chair that any political problems needed to be resolved politically and that said as a regional body would not recognize any unconstitutional change in power and watch very closely by the tens of thousands of zimbabweans living in south africa. absolutely there are many zimbabweans here we don't have a really reliable exact figure there are some one point seven million non south african nationals in this country according to the last census and most of them most likely to be zimbabwean and as reference there is that economic problem an economic situation in zimbabwe that has forced many people to cross the border and come to south africa looking for jobs basically many people here they say and most of th

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africa has played a leading role in trying to reach a amicable solution to what to what south african president jacob zuma describes as a political impasse he sent on voice to zimbabwe which have been photographed in these negotiations but i think on this day those negotiators really played a backseat role one of the things that really stood out for me and president mugabe's speech was this line he said that the country has a legacy of resistance and i think he is really living up to that legacy if you like and holding on resisting this really unprecedented amount of pressure for him to step down stephen shana's mugabe's biographer he says this is the end of this him bob leaders time in power. this is simply the old man going down with all of his guns firing. blank shots however because they can't have any real effect he's a gentleman who's going to have to reinvent himself he does not have the world's kindest pasta if i can put it this diplomatically is possible but i think he will try to reinvent himself so he can reconnect the country globally the task is very very much to forge so

people in harare and as well as the many people hundreds of thousands of not only zimbabweans but south africans who have close family connections to where into are now currently living in south africa the hearing from south africa we are waiting for official comment but in the meantime any word any response. they hasn't been in if anything official from government yet i think much like everyone else they are waiting to hear exactly what the situation is and also hoping to hear exactly where the president himself is i think that military statement that the president and his family are safe and sound was a little disingenuous perhaps on purpose there are some rumors that he is under house arrest but as you said we just don't know at this stage nor do we really know the exact whereabouts of the vice president in this among who he sect week or so ago which has led to this mounting tension and brought us to the situation here today having followed on from that of course the second of the vice president and the purging of senior zanu p.f. members we had that warning from the commander of the suburban