our task as south africans. is to see this this moment and not to pour cold water on this moment our task is to seize this moment of hope this moment of renewal and to work together to ensure that it makes a meaningful difference in the lives of our people this year we will be initiating measures to set the country on a new path of growth employment and transformation we will do this by getting social partners in our country to collaborate in building a social compact on which we will create drivers for economic recovery in our country we have to build on that collaboration with business and labor to restore confidence and to prevent and investment downgrades once more tough decisions will have to be made to close our fiscal gap. we have to step allies our debts and restore our state owned enterprises to much better health thank you. and the center of our national agenda in twenty eighteen is the creation of jobs especially for the young people in our country. we are going to embark on a number of measures to ad

disagree with his name does not fall marches that happened in april when unprecedented to never have south africans imposed democratic south africa marched against a sitting president and they cut across hours at what it what if one of the biggest two that you know buildings they were attempts prior to that main event and that's why is that it was a it was a success it cuts across racial lines and class lines i think what has happened is that the criticisms have been amplified but in my view doesn't in any way diminish the fact that this was an unprecedented move and what was the criticism well it was more that white people in south africa never much they only march when their comfort is disturbed and disrupted the criticism was that we have what we call service delivery protest and protest by poor people who just want basic services like we're tending to tricity and you don't see white people date perhaps that criticism was deserved there was a piece in a call while the white people in the middle class they never there when real issues i think to pass that is to make criticisms but that movement w

officials led by south african deputy president. on monday to discuss his fate at zero correspondent for me to miller reports from johannesburg. well this meeting has been going on for a couple of hours now and the expectation is that the national executive committee will come out to push jacob zuma to resign all indications so far is that his resisted that unless even through talks with the president of the a.n.c. so remote was a over the last few days where they were trying to come to some sort of solution some sort of exit plan to get jacob zuma out it seems that those talks collapsed there were a number of demands from jacob zuma which the agency as a party even though the governing party can't necessarily meet around around prosecution related to these poor corruption charges and and even the state covering the cost of legal fees as well as security for his family you know these reports around what the president may have wanted he's not stepped down yet and so the expectation is that this is the sea meeting does come up with a

to invest in the country and so when markets welcomed so ramaphosa coming into office a lot of south africans took that to mean that this person is going to be the president that will be creating the jobs and of course tekken corruption so hope for a new start for south africa christine was thanks very much a surprise we're turning now to the u.s. state of florida where a community is in mourning at this hour after a gunman killed seventeen people in the latest school shooting to shake this nation the suspect is a nineteen year old former student at a high school north of miami former classmates of described him as troubled violent and obsessed with weapons. children fleeing for their lives students and teachers tried to escape the high school campus in parkland florida swat teams pulled into the area where the shooter initially feared to be still at large the school day was drawing to a close when the attack a struck reports say he set off the fire alarm in an attempt to draw students into the holes he then opened fire twelve people were found dead in the building three more outside two died

south africans south africans are not poor nor south africans to open the our hearts to open their own divers as well to open the underworld come visit us from all over the world let us make south africa out there rio how of tourism in the whole world. you've been listening to south africa's new president cyril ramaphosa giving his first state of the nation's address from parliament in cape town sworn in on thursday after the dramatic resignation on wednesday of jacob zuma under a cloud of corruption allegations mr m. opposes a dress warmly received by parliament he said it's time to put behind us an era of discord disunity and disillusionment that has somehow engulfed our country it was clearly an address intended to inspire a new dawn is upon us he said a wonderful dawn has arrived in a south africa belongs to all of its people let me bring in from of the military is standing by listening to that address outside parliament in cape town and from a it was striking to me that there was a lot of content from mr m. opposer about how he intends to revive and regenerate the economy lots of

the country that it is now on the right track i think one of the most pressing things for for south africans all the most pressing painful signficance would be the economy we know that plus of africans are getting even poorer that's what the numbers are telling us that the country is pretty much stagnating there was a bout of recession in the last financial year those are the pressing challenges a lot of south africans without work we also are being told that the business community has not been investing in the economy because of this in the presidency the corporate seek to saying we don't trust the policies of the chicken soup administration and we're not going to invest in the country and so when markets welcomed so ramaphosa coming into office a lot of south africans took that to mean that this person is going to be the present that will be creating the jobs and of course tekken corruption so i hope for a new start for cells africa christine one what thanks very much a surprise monica is here now to take a closer look at the south african economy. well that's right brian and as we just he

i'm femi oke a south african president jacob zuma political future is uncertain after days of negotiations between him and the country's ruling african national congress this comes more than a year before his second term is due to expire and today we discuss once there was a possible departure means for both the future of the a.n.c. and south africa's political landscape. and you're now in the stream live on al-jazeera and we do have a short send you send us your questions and your comments i know you have a lot to say and we are trying to get it into the show. social. worker minister. cabinet. president zuma has been at the center of several scandal since he first took office back in two thousand and nine or that he faces more than seven hundred charges linked to allegations of bribery and corruption denies any wrongdoing and maintain support among a segment of the n c but his scandals have been considered by others in the party to be a political liability ahead of next year's general election i made mounting pressure from within the party protests demanding zuma must go and see officials

south africa and that he wants to speed up the transfer of land ownership from white to black south africans you have a situation in south africa today where it is two decades after the end of apartheid that saw a brutal colonization that resulted in most of the land being owned by whites and still today most of the land in south africa is owned by whites now as you can well imagine this is a hugely emotive issue for south africans you have the ruling african national congress that has long promised to redress racial disparities in land ownership the motion itself was brought to parliament by a radical party called the economic freedom fighters party now it has eighty percent support in the parliament but its motion was backed by the a.n.c. which controls some two thirds of the south african parliament the leader of the economic freedoms fight his party julius malema had this to say. the time for reconciliation is over now is the time for justice we must ensure that we restore the dignity of our people without compensating the criminals who stole our land. now malema is a somewhat controvers

with zuma now gone many south africans are hoping things will change. major battles lie ahead for jacob zuma against the scandals hanging over him for the a.n.c. against south africa's economic hardship. idea of using christian men want to kill the monitoring that story for us and she's with me in the studio welcome again christy no south africa is reducing the dawn of a new era talk us through what's going to happen in the next couple of days first well in a couple of minutes we are going to see the national assembly saying the room of course that as the the president we know that the chief justice plane is in the house and he will preside over the swearing in ceremony we're told later today and then i guess more excitingly for south africans is to hear from the new president tomorrow the a.n.c. has sit on the porch the will give the state of the nation address tomorrow so no doubt there is a lot of excitement a lot of anticipation in south africa right now what will surrender porthos a lot of south africans waiting eagerly as he had actually been brief

that poor of black south africans can relate to it's unfortunate right now in the sense that if you look at the opposition scene the main opposition is still considered to be a white party a break away from the a.n.c. failed back in two thousand and seven and that was the moment a lot of analysts will tell you that was the moment to create something that blacks all evidence could feel like there was still not selling out nelson mandela stream so to say so that is a problem is of africa's political space that black south africans feel for them it's the a.n.c. or nothing at most what we could see is support slipping for the a.n.c. but we are not going to see an opposition party assuming the presidency just yet so tomorrow is the day should look out for when dangerous area is forms a christian would rather hew. ukrainian opposition leader mikhail saakashvili has said that he will continue his fight against corruption and to rally people against the country's authorities despite being deported yesterday he was dragged out of a restaurant forcibly detained incense to poland he says he wa

welcome to the program the leaders of south africa's ruling african african national congress are meeting to decide the future of the country's embattled president pressure on jacob zuma has been growing since december when he was replaced as leader by the country's deputy president cyril ramaphosa some to five year old zuma has been dogged by scandal since coming to power in two thousand and nine he's currently fighting the reinstatement of seven hundred eighty three corruption charges if he refuses to step down president zuma could face another no confidence vote in parliament or impeachment. double correspondent christine can tell us more christine what are we expecting is that so they're meeting now what are we expecting to in about three hours now and what are we expecting to come out of today's music we will know today if president jacob zuma is going to be pushed out of office or if he's going to jump essentially . has been holding talks and negotiating with jacob zuma and we will know today if those talks have yielded fruit if the two gentlemen have managed to reach an agreement a

the embattled south african president jacob zuma has finally said he has been compelled to resign as esident of south africa. he went on national television half an hour ago, spoke tojust on national television half an hour ago, spoke to just about half an hour, saying i have come to the decision to resign. this has followed weeks of intense political pressure from his own party to stand down. he addressed the nation a short while ago, let's listen to a little of what he had to say. it is now public knowledge that the national executive committee of the anc resolved to recall me as the president of the republic. i have also learned that before i respond to the initial decision, a new decision has been made by the anc, whose effect is that i have now been compelled to resign by way of a motion of no confidence, set down for tomorrow, 15th avery 2018. so there we are, we are talking about the final straw in this whole process that would have been a vote of no confidence held in the south african parliament on thursday morning. that was the ultimatum, if he didn't step down by the end of

that poor black south africans can relate to it's unfortunate right now in the sense that if you look at the opposition scene the main opposition is still considered to be a white party a break away from the a.n.c. failed back in two thousand and seven and that was the moment a lot of analysts will tell you that was the moment to create something that blacks will have to conclude feel like there was still not selling out in the data stream so to say so that is a problem is of africa's political space that black south africans feel for them it's the a.n.c. or nothing at most what we could see is support slipping for the a.n.c. but we are not going to see an opposition party assuming the presidency just yet tomorrow is the day to look out for wooden benches the area where it was a christian would well thank you. fellas take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world that of a palestinian teenager i had to tell me is underway behind closed doors in an israeli military court to maybe face twelve charges including assault and incitement to slapping and pushing two isr

if people see it as a radical many south africans see it asa radical many south africans see it as are equitable society. is challenge is how they will do it in a delicate way that still says to the business community come and invest in south africa and says to the average south african person we have your interests at heart. good to see you. thank thank you. let‘s take a look at some of the other stories making the news. european plane maker airbus has taken another $1.6 billion hit on its troubled a400m military transport plane. that takes charges on the troubled defence project to over eight billion euros so far. the news overshadowed otherwise upbeat full—year results. net profit increased 35% to almost $3.6 billion. amazon has announced it will create 2,000 permanent contract positions this year in france — its largest market in europe after britain and germany. the increase will bring amazon‘s total number of french staff to 7,500 in 2018. initial talks have been held on what could be the tech sector‘s biggest ever deal. qualcomm has confirmed it met with broadcom on wednesday

to his very own christine one dog reporting on this breaking news just to recap for our viewers south african president jacob zuma resigning as president of south africa heeding orders by the ruling african national congress to bring an end to his nine scandal plagued years in power christine thank you so much for putting it into perspective for us leftish there. well meantime the leader of the opposition in zimbabwe morgan tsvangirai has died of cancer at the age of sixty five the announcement was made by the vice president of his political party the movement for democratic change. was his party's candidate in the controversial two thousand and two presidential election losing to robert mugabe he later contested the first round of the twenty two thousand and eight election winning almost half of the vote claimed to have won a majority but mugabe held on to office until deposed last november. well want to turn to another breaking news story news just coming in of a shooting at a school in florida in the united states at least one person reported to have been killed dozens injured in the town

news live from berlin the pressure on jacob zuma to consign it increases the south african president's party the a.n.c. is meeting to decide his future as he faces multiple allegations of corruption. also coming up he used to be the president of georgia then mikhail saakashvili joined in crimea government he later became a protest leader and now he has been deported to poland we aren't kiev to find out why and kill or be killed the stark choice facing the hundreds of thousands of child soldiers across the world now aid workers in south sudan are trying to walk or at least some of them a new future. to. the leaders of south africa's ruling party the african national congress are meeting to decide the future of the country's embattled president pressure on jacob zuma has been growing since december when he was replaced as a against the leader by the country's deputy president cyril ramaphosa seventy five year old zuma has been dogged by scandal since coming to power in two thousand and nine he is currently fighting the have three in statement of seven hundred eighty three corruption char

calling the move a kidnapping we get the latest from the ukrainian capital and also coming up south africans power struggle the ruling a.n.c. tells president jacob zuma that his time is up but zuma who faces many corruption allegations has so far refused to step aside. and the obama make history again this time with the official portraits gracing the walls of washington's national portrait gallery. i'm on with a great to have you accompany you created an opposition leader mikhail saakashvili has warned corruption could ted the country apart if the you and especially germany don't step in he was deported to poland last night after heavily armed ukrainian border police stormed a kiev arrested all to detain him saakashvili a former president of georgia has described the move as a kidnapping ukraine says he's been staying in the country illegally. dozens of mikail saakashvili supporters braced the cold kiev night to protest his deportation there backing his call for president poroshenko to resign accusing him of corruption the ukrainian government says that she really is trying to stage a russia

guy who we're hoping is going to clean up corruption that is the one thing he's been telling south africans i'm going to come in and clean up the corruption i'm going to britney brand this party so this is a very divided party we saw it when they emerged from the elective conference in december so i'm opposed to just printing the a.n.c. presidency. to show you just the extent to which things are not to get so of course it's a dawn of a new era in south african politics but also fraught with a lot of challenges for the new president let's not have a look at a portrait of the new president of south africa. he's made it a whole month of his campaign rallies. that's. why he. can still. earn to justice. or not they're not. suffer because new presidency were around poser also think that this would set him apart from his former boss jacob zuma but after nine years under zuma scandal ridden reign as south africa's new leader he faces many challenges ahead with a political career spanning more than four decades around oppose it was a close ally of nelson mandela and played a major role in the countr

he was elected by the south african people, not the anc. but precedent has it that he should step down, just as his predecessor did. rochelle: if we think about the was usingce magashule -- uncertainty, anxiety. spoke about wanting to restore the integrity of the south african people. this is an issue which is affecting the entire country. rob: this is the key issue for the anc, which has seen its -- it has seen its popularity being eroded over the last five years. the party was shocked by its performance in the local elections in 2016, where it fell to below 54% of the vote. with national elections coming up next year, there is genuine fear that because of the splits within the party, the cause of the declining reputation of the -- the association of the president with matters of corruption, graft, and nepotism -- that it could perform even worse in the coming election. it could split. the opposition will be in sufficiently strong position, at the very least, to press for a coalition government. that is not something the anc is prepared to

weeks ago he has said that he wants to speed up the transfer of the land from white to black south africans now despite the fact that a party ended two decades ago you still have a situation in south africa where most of the land is owned by whites this is a hugely emotive subject for south africans the motion was bought in parliament by the economic freedom fighters party now it did receive the support of the ruling african national congress that holds some two thirds of the parliament the leader of the affair had this to say. the time for reconciliation is over now is the time for justice we must ensure that we restore the dignity of our people without compensating the criminals who stole our land malema is a controversial and somewhat radical figure in south africa in the past he has said that he's not calling for the psalter of white people at least not yet in recent years there has been a spike in the killing of farmers in south africa now those who support the motion say it will go a long way to restoring justice but those who criticize or say it will do anything but there are those w

welcome back cape town the south african coastal city with a population of roughly four million people is on the verge of running out of water and people are talking about an apocalyptic apocalyptic sounding the day zero for like the zombies right it's april twelfth is the day and unless it rains a lot it will be gone all the water the local reservoir is nearly bone dry and there are already traffic jams and long lines to fill water containers but voluntary rationing hasn't worked as officials had hoped the cape town mayor's office released a statement which read we can no longer ask people to stop wasting water we must force them so today residents are limited to fifty liters of water just a little more than thirteen gallons each day residents are requested to take showers of no more than ninety seconds and some have resorted to recycling bath water to flush toilets last year's south african drought along with climate change generally and the growing population in capetown are said to be the causes of the crisis meanwhile the hope is for a long period of rain at this point but in the

face of the party you need to step away from it so we'll get in charge of things so we can go to south africans and say here is the new a new man in charge we change but certainly could be a turning point today christine we're waiting for an announcement on whether south africa's president zuma will resign from office there christine we're following the story for us thank you very much for your analysis as always this. ok let's switch gears and now to some sports and in football the german cup returned last night there was a chance for a fairy tale david versus goliath ending as byron munich visited third division potter born the last time the teams met it was in the bundesliga in two thousand and fifteen back then biron won six nil they were eager to let history repeat itself. there were no surprises in the david versus goliath clash had a bomb did have the ball in the net first but sebastian show was ruled offside after twenty minutes spying asserted their authority confusion in the box and kingsley come on took advantage one nil brian. come on turn provide a five minutes later robert leaven

president south african m.p.'s i suspect we're expecting that as well it has not happened yet and the motion has not begun in the process of being passed by m.p.'s inside the parliament building in cape town because what we've been looking at in the past fifteen or twenty minutes if you're just joining us here on al-jazeera is julius malema from the economic freedom fighters basically kind of filibustering with a small f e a saying look we didn't have ample opportunity first thing this morning local time to challenge the supposition there we are they are walking out m.p.'s voted into the parliament to represent an economic freedom fighters deciding to i guess exercise their democratic rights and leave the chamber julius malema saying that they didn't have the enough time first thing this morning the speaker of the house saying yes you did but now the business all this afternoon show joined this afternoon procedure is to make sure that is sworn in as president traditionally more of course something of a thorn in th

if you look at the south african south africa has generally been underweight in global emergency markettfolios given the challenges that the company has been going through. the particular leadership challenges. vonnie: we have to leave it there. we are going to go to the president of the united states. president trump: today i speak to a nation in grief. yesterday, a school filled with innocent children and caring teachers became the scene of terrible violence, hatred, and evil. afternoon, yesterday police responded to reports of gunfire at marjory stoneman douglas high school in parkland, florida, a great and safe community. there, a shooter was now in custody, opened fire on defenseless students and teachers. and badlyd 17 people, wounded at least 14 others. our entire nation, with one heavy heart, is praying for the victims and their families. , teacher, andt child who is hurting so badly, we are here for you, whatever you need, whatever we can do to ease your pain. we are all joined together as one american family. your suffering is our burden also. teacher, should ever be in danger

that poor black south africans can relate to it's unfortunate right now in the sense that if you look at the opposition scene the main opposition is still considered to be a wise party a break away from the a.n.c. failed back in two thousand and seven and that was the moment a lot of analysts will tell you that was the moment to create something that black south africans could feel like there was still not selling out in the data stream so to say so that is the problem is of africa's political space that black south africans feel for them it's the a.n.c. or nothing at most what we could see is support slipping for the a.n.c. but we are not going to see an opposition party assuming the presidency just yet so tomorrow is the day to look out for wouldn't enjoy their millions forms a christian well thank you. germany circle democrats are expected to appoint on their knowledge as their first ever female leader following the resignation of former party leader a candidate for chancellor but in shoals this comes amidst a deep party infighting and turmoil over a new coalition deal with i'm goi

and if it doesn't rain in the next couple of months south africans will be left high and dry. this is your business update i'm here at home free but it good to have you with us diana has just had its most successful year the german car maker sold more cars than ever before and chalked up its highest profit we're talking close to eleven billion euros the road ahead doesn't look as good though with warnings of stagnating profits due to the hefty cost of developing new tech to keep up and the company has another scandal on its hands the question of those tests on monkeys and humans. the boss of diamond detail had some reason to smile twenty seventeen was the best year in the company's history with sales of three point three million cars but this week's revelations of exhaust gas testing on humans and monkeys cast a shadow over the shining figures from the start of the press conference in search of tried to clear the air so much for such testing goes against our values a time where we're going to find out exactly how this happened. this took up based automakers together with other

from white farmers seized without providing any compensation artie's paulus clear reports the south african parliament has backed emotion that calls for changing the constitution and allowing for land exposed creation without compensation essentially white south africans will lose their land they will not be compensated this despite the fact that it flies in the face of the current constitution it follows the inauguration of the south african president oppose a two weeks ago he has said that he wants to speed up the transfer of land from white to black south africans now despite the fact that a party ended two decades ago you still have a situation in south africa where most of the land is owned by whites this is a hugely emotive subject for south africans the motion was bought in parliament by the economic freedom fighters party now it did receive the support of the ruling african national congress that holds some two thirds of the parliament the leader of the affair had this to say. the time for reconciliation is over now is the time for justice we must ensure that we restore the dignity

going to deliver the match anticipated state of the nation address this is when he talks to the south african public also talks to to the world watching we understand that leaders from across the continent it is around the world will be listening into that speech he's made a lot of promises about some of the things that he's going to say in that speech and so there is eager anticipation as to exactly what he will say tomorrow ok so a day into the job and he gets to write the state of the nation speech who is cyril ramaphosa take a look. he's made it a whole month of his campaign rallies we could do this live that's. why he called up here eighteen solo. also was. i'm steve from who are. on two just this. was not good enough you're going to want. some of because new president cyril ramaphosa had hoped this would set him apart from his former boss jacob zuma but after nine years on the zuma scandal ridden reign as south africa's new leader he faces many challenges ahead with a political coup. responding more than four decades from oppose it was a close ally of nelson mandela played a major role

from the paulson has sought to reassure anxious south africans that zuma is feet will soon be resolved. i say this congress. this course only you know you. want this man's out to be finally. you know you don't want closure of this fence up. over the years as you do one crucial we weren't doing so or can't be no one. on one is in their interest although you know after all we continue to deny that they. already faces a motion of no confidence in the south african parliament next week if he refuses to stand aside impeachment proceedings could also be in his future. for more i'm joined now in the studio by due to be a correspondent christine money good morning christine right what happens if. a refuses to go what can the a.n.c. do they see will be forced to take a message to parliament to way it is more than likely that they will table a motion of no confidence against president jacob zuma a date has already been set for that the favorite the sick the twenty second we know that off that marathon meeting will actually end in in the midst of that math on this hand at last night. if the presi

right now we are going to cost to the south african parliament where cyril ramaphosa is being sworn inry and get them back. mr zuma is under pressure from his own anc party to which told him to step down orface party to which told him to step down or face a vote of no—confidence. i think that we can go back to the parliament now. that's just listen infora parliament now. that's just listen in for a moment, parliament now. that's just listen infora moment, and parliament now. that's just listen in for a moment, and then hopefully cmb sworn in momentarily.” in for a moment, and then hopefully cmb sworn in momentarily. i am aware that such a motion has been submitted but it is not on the order paper. full for discussion today. members will be aware that these matters are discussed in the programme committee, which met today and yesterday. rather the chief justice has ordained visiting today for the purposes of electing the president. in the light of this, i must accordingly order that we proceed with the business of the day as it appears on the order paper. honourable speaker, by pre—empt

the new south african president, cyril ramaphosa, has been setting out his plans to end corruption —someone receives a bribe, there is someone who is prepared to

was pretty much made in his understudy and so the fact that he's also a wealthy man a lot of south africans think he's not in this for the money that he's not going to be interested in looting the state office. as as we have seen allegations leveled against president jacob zuma for doing just that so a lot of excitement across the board and just interesting listening to a.n.c. m.p.'s break out in song they taunted the song. to basically say rise up from a poll say your time has come oh wonderful because you were just looking at the pictures of us going to m.p.'s don saying in the past have been one of the big challenges do you think that. it's the economy. we have a situation in south africa way the unemployment rate has been sitting at a stubborn twenty seven percent a lot of that is young people in the country without the prospect of work we also have a situation where government state owned enterprises are not functioning while often needing to be bailed out and the economy rated growing at a sluggish rate and so those are the immediate challenges right now because plus of africans are g

they have to tidy up and make sure that they went back the south africans. sarah: the ruling party in south africa are meeting to decide the future of the country's embattled president zuma. a cook check on other stories that have been making news. former u.s. president has unveiled a portrait of himself at the national portrait gallery in washington. and honor given to all u.s. residents. -- presidents. the former president joked that he had tried to get the artist to give him less gray hairs and smaller hairs -- years -- ears. the $5 million award recognizes her efforts to try to rebuild the country. she left office last month after serving two terms. a train crash has killed one person and injured more than 20 others. one train hit the side of another in the station. the cause is being investigated. a top executive has resigned over allegations of sexual is conduct by some of its staff in haiti. the allegations center on seven employees said to have used prostitutes including, several under age while working in haiti after the 2010 earthquake. concern over

i think cyril is going to improve the dreams of south africans.eporter: his political career spans more than four decades. he was a close ally of nelson mandela and played a key role in the transition to democracy. later overlooked by mandela, he focused on his business interests, said to be around 163 million euros. now in the top job and vowing to tackle corruption, there are many challenges ahead. south africa is rich in resources, but many live without electricity or running water. health care and schooling remains rudimentary in much of the country. eight out of 10 nine-year-olds are illiterate. unemployment is alarmingly high. more than two thirds of young people are jobless. >> a lot has been lost, and it will take several years to recapture lost ground without a doubt. but hopefully under a new leadership, especially under ramaphosa, we will start clawing back some of that lost ground and then the longer-term, the sky is the limit for this country. reporter: the task of reconstruction has now begun. the change in the air, south africa's ne

face of the party you need to step away from it so we'll get in charge of things so we can go to south africans and say here is the new man in charge we change but certainly could be a turning point today christine we're waiting for an announcement on whether south africa's president zuma will resign from office there christine we're following the story for us thank you very much for your analysis as always. and for viewers just joining us we are awaiting for an announcement from a german party leaders on the agreement today wish on a coalition government we will be bringing that to you as soon as a statement comes to us for now though we're going to move on to some sports and the winter olympics that started this friday in south korea athletes have been arriving and john chiang ahead of the opening ceremony on friday but there is more than just sports on the agenda as international politics are once again dominating the olympics. musicians not athletes arrived at the south korean ferry port of mukoko on wednesday this one hundred forty strong north korean orchestra will perform. also in the so

in managing what has been a very difficult environment here. -- withcertainly ramaphosa and the south african well received at davos. the message of south africa being opened with a red carpet to investors was well received and many multinationals expressed interest in talking to the delegation and mr. ramaphosa about the possibility for investment. we are seeing renewed interest in cross-border activity, which had been absent in the south african dialogue for a few years because of uncertainty. i think getting past the budget next week and with the moody's should a good team be put in place, certain steps taken which would indicate structural economic reforms, we are likely to see moody's hold and remove their view on rating -- downgrading the outlook and hold on investment grade rating. that will moan -- maintain the momentum of a message to these international community and investment community that south africa is open for business, they will be returning to normal after years of underperformance and a cloud over the south african economy. there is a new dawn in south africa lifting and w

how will the south african economy respond to presidentjacob zuma's resignation? and what are the economic polices of his successor? and as us president donald trump cracks down on immigration, the spouses of thousands of asian immigrants working there could soon lose theirjobs. and on the markets... south africa's beleaguered president jacob zuma has resigned with immediate effect, avoiding a no—confidence vote planned for today. he faced persistent allegations of corruption and will now be formally succeeded by cyril ramaphosa — the new leader of the anc. markets have reacted positively to the prospect of a new president. since the start of december, the south african rand has been the best performing currency out of all of the emerging economies, here you can see the dollar declining against the strengthening rand. it rallied a further 2% on the news of mr zuma's resignation. many experts suggest that mr zuma was not committed to serious economic reforms. gdp growth has slowed over the course of his tenure, but analysts are now expecting a reversal of this decl

given our history when particular entrepreneurial particular black south africans. particularly blue collar workers a lot of families had been torn apart through migration and culturally we really needed to chime in cultivate a culture of i call it self employment you know we're almost one step back from entrepreneurship where you're not necessarily inventing the business you're executing a business and really trying to get that inculpated show women that they can create their own wealth that they don't have to rely on somebody else to create their wells and secondly try and get that message to the next generation because i think if you had a great role model in your life the chances are that you're going to aspire to being self-employed and entrepreneurial is much higher so we really put the two together. my business understanding my networks within the retail sector my understanding of my limited understanding at the time of the need and the demand for single mothers and my co-founder and i really had a cup of coffee we call it divine intervention the idea wasn't

south african politics have never just been about one single person.are talking about the anc, which is a party very deeply divided in terms of economic policy. i think that is the real pouncing at that the new leader has to take in 2018. it is between the hard-core of the party that is clamoring for stronger fiscal spending, free higher education with the desire of investors that want to see a lot less rhetoric on issues such as land reclamation. while i am positive on the south african story, just because zuma has left, remember, it is one person. the broader anc, the political party is still facing general election in 2019. that is the key question about how they are going to target their base going into the elections. what kind of policies are we going to see? will ramaphosa have any support for his reforms? tracy: if you look at south african assets, government bond yields thinking lower. the rand is surging. it feels like people forget that ramaphosa was zuma's deputy. how much is is going to change? jean-paul: it is a great question. it strikes

has sought to reassure anxious south africans that zuma is feet will soon be resolved. zuma already faces a motion of no confidence in the south african parliament next week if he refuses to stand aside impeachment proceedings could also be in his future. to israel now and a valid protest or a violent provocation the highly divisive trial of a palestinian teen is now under way in israel for palestinians i had to meet me has become a symbol of their struggle against israel's occupation in the west bank she faces twelve charges including assault and incitement it was footage of the seventeen year old slapping and pushing to israeli soldiers in her driveway last year that brought her story into the international limelight international human rights groups in the european union have criticized israel's handling of the teen's case. now this case is also ignited debate about what is and what is not a legitimate form of resistance to the occupation. this video went viral and december two young palestinian women heads to mimi and her clothes a newer slap and push two israeli so