on one side and there were american and south african troops on the other. the whole peace plan was all of getting those foreign troops out. and that with the situation that we found ourselves in when we were attacked. and the foreign influence with massive there's no question. and i would guess if far as to say that when you need to went back to war illegally they were probably pushed back from war by various interests know to be the south africans. sierra leone was a completely completely different animal in the i don't think it was i don't the anyone even really knew or cared what was happening in sierra leone which. is as as bad or worse. but also i know that you were asked to help start the iraq war what was that all about and just how close are governments and intelligence services with mercenary soldiers well i wasn't. i wasn't paid. for that. i would i would argue that that wasn't a mercenary thing it was a it was a very strange thing and i was involved with a guy who is now actually. called david hall it was a remarkable character it was close to la

this is good... >> right now, the project is supported by the south african government, who are focusing on a more immediate goal-- reducing poverty. south africa's unemployment rate is officially 25%, but here, it is as much as 50% or higher. water shortages have reduced agricultural output and the jobs that depend on it, but planting vast areas of land with spekboom requires lots of workers, like team leader johanna swartz, who was unemployed before the project began. >> there's a great change in my life because all the things that i need and i cannot buy before, i can buy it now. i don't struggle with money anymore. there's opportunities that i want to grab, too, things that i love. >> living lands is the local organization that brought farmers, poor residents, private business, and the government together under an umbrella group called presence. >> we facilitate the process towards our goal, and that is sustainable land use. it all started with research done for how to plant spekboom, and that involved in this process where you have to look at the whole product-integrated way. it's n

, former south african president nelson mandela. in that video mark kirk said bowe bergdahl appeared to have difficulty speaking and administration officials used that as the justification. felt they needed to get good bowe bergdahl out of the custody of the taliban as soon as possible. and get him back into u.s. still questions and criticism about the administration's decision to do that. and trading five taliban prisoners in exchange for bowe bergdahl. stephanie, back to you. >> great. thanks, joe. >>> sergeant bergdahl's release has a number of republicans scrambling to hide their previous sport for his return. when president obama announced the prisoner swap on saturday, nevada congressman mark amodai tweeted best news i've heard in a time. nebraska representative lee terry put out a statement, sergeant bergdahl is a national hero. joni ernst, now republicans' nominee for u.s. senate in iowa tweeted thoughts and prayers go out to sergeant bergdahl and his family. all these comments have vanished from twitter or their websites. t

and also on the way for you a look at the strange world of online selling where even the south african president has been put up for sale price we go should. welcome and thanks once again for joining us my name is the harvey you are watching r.t. international. a cameraman for a russian t.v. channel is being killed in eastern ukraine into another t.v. crew came under fire in the don't yet school region they were in a bus close to a ukrainian army base which was also carrying mothers of soldiers on their way to demand their son's return home when gunfire came from inside the base. and as you could clearly see there bullets hitting the bus the driver turned the vehicle around to get to safety as the shooting continued and the cameraman was fatally wounded and died within an hour incident came just a day before a ceasefire between the ukrainian army and self-defense fighters expires another reporter from russia's channel one was also on that bus and here is how he described. the attack. in the room. when we got out of shooting range the driver stopped the bus to wait for other journalists

trade president zuma for someone with similar skills just cheaper to run and more clever many south africans have indeed been criticizing the president for becoming a bit too costly for the budget for instance he spent twenty seven million dollars just to restore his country house which was fixed with a new tennis court of football pitch bad and other high life accessories that's despite many in the country still not being connected to the sewer system while around thirteen million are thought to live on just two dollars a day even though trading humans is a legal this isn't the first time a living person has been put up for grabs on e bay recently a ten year old girl from england tried to sell her own grandmother describing her as annoying what could only the biggest bid reach twenty thousand dollars but was taken down shortly after while one australian man actually sold his own life a lot including his house his motorbike and a car his business and even his friends were separated with his partner and decided to start afresh his old life fetched three hundred five thousand u.s. dollars and

plus a look at the strange world of online selling where even the south african president has been put up for sale negotiate. welcome my name's neil harvey and you know what she. first this hour a cameraman for a russian t.v. channel has been killed in eastern ukraine and another t.v. crew came in to far in the done yet screeching. they were in a bus close to a ukrainian army base which was also carrying mothers of soldiers on their way to demand their sons return home gunfire came from inside with the. kids or didn't use it. and as you can see the bullets hit the bus warm fatally wounded the cameraman he died within an hour the incident came just a day before a ceasefire between ukrainian army and self-defense fighters expires our correspondent refer to as the details well we know that tenet told it cleland seventy year old cameraman of one of russia's main t.v. channels pay to be or the first died after he received a bullet to his toe mark while working in the city often ask in eastern ukraine he was nor to even at the frontline when it happened he was with his reporter and sound ass

plus we take a look at the strange world of online selling where even the south african president has been put up for sale the price negotiable. welcome and thanks once again for joining us a pleasure to have your company my name is the you're watching international. first for you this hour a cameraman for a russian t.v. channel has been killed in eastern ukraine he and another t.v. crew came under fire in the done yet screech and. they were in a bus close to a ukrainian army base which was also carrying mothers of soldiers all no way to demand their sons return home by gunfire came from inside the base. to dish it out. as you can see that bullets hitting the bus the driver turned the vehicle around to get to safety as the shooting continued the cameraman though was fatally wounded and dying to within an hour the incident came just the day before a ceasefire between ukrainian army and self-defense fighters expires another reporter from russia's channel warm was also bus and here is how he described the attack. in the room. when we got out of shooting range the driver stopped the bus t

per se look at the strange world of online selling where even the south african president has been hurt or assailed the price negotiable. welcome and thanks for joining us my name is the harvey and you're watching r.t. international. a cameraman for a russian t.v. channel has been killed in eastern ukraine and another t.v. crew came under fire in the done yet screecher they were in a bus close to a ukrainian army base which was also carrying mothers of soldiers on their way to demand that their sons return home when gunfire came from inside the base. yagami. of the book. and then the driver turned the bus around to get to safety is the shooting continued. to do. as you can clearly see there the bullets hit the bus the cameraman anatoly was fatally wounded despite the efforts of other passengers to help him and just to warn you may find the following footage of setting. you. can. like to play. catch. up. that you can. totally die within an hour of being filmed the incident comes just a day before a ceasefire between ukrainian army and self-defense fighters expires another reporter from r

prevent another maracana now just so our viewers know maracana was a wild cat miners' strike at a south african platinum mine in two thousand and twelve or forty four people were killed in violent protests what are your thoughts on that argument is this a good way to deter people from dying if. if if they're claiming that these are less than lethal alternatives to firing bullets into a crowd i think that's a wonderful thing but i think that a lot of these devices are going to be used to to somebody autonomously suppress the senate suppress legitimate labor organizing and suppress legitimate demonstrations if you know that you can send a fleet of drones with pepper spray or sting spray or markers into a crowd of legitimate demonstrators and bust up the demonstration you know the to that's a very seductive option you know why why deal with your workers why deal with legitimate political the sun when you can just crush it with the press of a boat so one of those tactics involves paintballs so as i understand it the operator what would have full control over each die marker so red dye could be used

spray and paint balls to deter protesters that's exactly what's being marketed right now by a south african company called desert will already have some whale customers one of them being an international mining company the unnamed corporation has purchased twenty five pepper spraying paint ball shooting flying drones for the said purpose of riot control the machine has been branded the skunk for its relation of course to a skunk spraying a passerby and has eight electric motors with propellers that can lift and carry four thousand pepper spray balls or other non lethal ammunition the device is equipped with four barrels firing up to twenty balls per second each which could equate to eighty pepper spray balls per second it's also fitted with strobe lights blinding lasers and onboard speakers to give verbal warnings to crowds needless to say there has been some backlash to this technology earlier i was joined by steven rambam see a lorry and or paraded i first asked him why a mining company would be interested in this kind of technology. private industry governmental agencies and especially l

>> south african breweries. this are pros and cons.y'd be interested in a soft drink company but i think a brewer would be foremost in their minds. they're not in ever africa so south african breweries comes up a lot. >> what about monster? you have a target price of $86. but isn't this a sector, the energy drink sector, that's kind of slowed down? >> it has slowed down. but it's still growing at a mid single digit rate in difficult times which is right now. i think that could reaction sell rate. within monster's current stock price we think there's $14 of value for the international business. $14 to $16, possibly as much as $20 of value on international. the rest of the business is trading not much higher than the multiple on coke which has no growth at all in the u.s. and swla lim somewhat limited outside the u.s. >> given some of the growth stats are any of these companies takeover targets? >> boston beer would be but it is not for sale. zpl well everything is for sale if it is public. zpl no. jim cook runs it. he controls it. he's

the chinese, the indians, the south africans would disagree with that. they would like to see the united states--nobody objects that the u.s. lead. but they cannot lead. people would object to that. it requires forces. we've seen in many cases where the u.s. could not lead. so i think of people that u.s. will lead in some areas, and let others lead in other areas. including like india and china. we didn't say that. to say that if we don't lead nobody else will, i think that comes down to an arrogant-- >> well, he was talking about the future of the united states military. but is there a country as prepared as the united states is to make a difference anywhere on planet earth where there is a problem. >> yes, leadership doesn't have to be in every area. so soon china will be the number one economy in the world. there are countries, including american allies, which are merely providing leadership like australia on environment, climate change. india creating multiry level constitutions. i think 9 thing for the u.s. to do is to help lead. >> i'm not in favor

he is listening to the international south african singer and is influenced by harry belafonte he, drng, malcolm x. all of those things come in. he has a deep love of poor black people and a deep love of social justice. tavis: how much of his path, versus the path of king that we know so well -- and we will come of his pathow much has to do with his age? was dead at 39. bywas seen as old and passÉ the black power generation. how much of that has to do with his age and era? he is 19 when he is arrested and is a young man. by the time he is a revolutionary, he is 24 years old. he goes to africa in london -- and london and is hanging out with dr. king and dr. benjamin spock. he is having an amazing life. he becomes the leader of a youth movement that is not just black. students for a democratic society. stokely becomes the leading anti-war protester in the united states. tavis: in many ways, he pushes dr. chang in the direction of being warble will -- dr. kane in the direction of being more vo cal. >> the headline and enormous rally that is the most important rally in the 1960's. dr. kin

this has cost the south african economy billions. world's largest platinum producer and peers have agreed to raise wages 20% in three years, extra $94 a month. we'll keep a look another that. >>> and the changing face of sli sri lanka. huge areas of the city will be flattened to make way for high-rise residential blocks. in this bid for progress, families say this is changing. we'll look at what changes could mean for those living and working in the capital. lots going on. tweet me @bbc aaron. that's it with business news. back to you geeta. >> lie down now. >> i'm not that bad unfit. >>> i want to bring breaking news now from russia. it is being reported president putin has asked the upper house of parliament in moscow to revoke permission and right it granted for russian forces to intervene militarily in ukraine for russian speaker there is. the head of state has filed proposal to revoke use of armed forces on territory of ukraine. that would be a diplomatic step forward in the eyes of many global shifts, in the middle east at leas

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. >>> blade runner oscar pistorius is back in a south african courtroom this morning. if the past month he's been undergoing a psychiatric ee sal yags at a hospital to deermg if he has an anxiety disorder. but the doctors say he is accountable for his actions. >>> coming up on the "morning news," facebook under fire. the social media giant admits to conducting a psychological experiment with some of its users. this is the "cbs morning news." come to mcdonald's and play peel. play. olé olé. you could win exciting soccer trips, soccer themed prizes, and instant win prizes. ♪ ba da ba ba ba ♪ >>> a sea of rainbow colors on the streets of manhattan yesterday. thousands turned out to celebrate gay pride. the parade marks the 47th anniversary of the stonewall rising. it comes nearly a year after the supreme court struck down a law banning same-sex marriage. >>> on the "cbs moneywatch," crash payouts by general motors and facebook's new manipulation. jill wagner is at the new york stock exchange with that and more, the fumble is handled by kenneth feinberg. the company says t

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it was probably one of the most special moments in south african history. every day, there were six or eight in africa was all one. whether it be the begg areas on the streets. everyone will want to know it's by far a win i don't feel we have a legacy. and the fact that we are not competing in brazil is the tragedy. >> while we have controversy in brazil and a legacy that hasn't reach its pinnacle in savvy ka. we are looking at controversy. sepp blatter says he's running for a swiss term. is it time he stepped aside and allowed a presume to sweep through and somebody else to take the reins. >> no question. the time has come for fresh blood in f.i.f.a. i'm not sure why - there's unfinished business, i'm not sure what it is. it comes to a daj when the administrators need to get off the ped as talls and believe they are bigger that the beautiful game. it's an administrator, a powerful administrators that things that he's bigger than the game. i agree. i agree that say in that time andreas seppi blatter should stepdown. does he want to be 95 and style ruling th

>> well, i'm south african, so i'm conflicted. >> all right, well, very good.ine, thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> you just heard which stock our guest prefers. we want to know what you think. coke or pepsi. vote in our ultimate stock cup on our website, nbr.com. >>> and finally tonight, this year's world cup in brazil already has one claim to fame, the most expensive ever. the estimated costs for hosting the games is reportedly more than $11 billion. four years ago the same tournament cost south africa only four billion. but there is also a historical benefit for the winning country. the victor's economy has out-performed the world economy 4.5% in the month after the tournament. and why do the call it the world's most popular sporting event? more than 4 billion people are expected to watch. tyler, if you combined the super bowl, the world series, the u.s. golf open there is still more people. >> doesn't add up to this at all. brazil and croatia were winning. >> that is "nightly business report," thank you for joining us. >>> i'm tyler mathisen, thank

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the south african athlete is on trial for murdering his girlfriend on valentine's day. could face a life sentence if found guilty of the intentional shooting. >>> one of china's most senior generals is facing bribery charges. he will be the highest ranking army officer to go on trial for corruption. he's accused of taking money and property in exchange for promotions and other favors. the government said the former deputy policeman is to enter the officials has been expelled from the communist party to face corruption charges. we have the latest from hong kong. >> reporter: this is a very high profile political caught, and a reminder that nobody is sacred in the anti-corruption drive. 71-year-old, a former general in the people's liberation army, was deputy chairman of the military commission. one of the most powerful bodies in the land. the president himself is chairman of that commission, it's clear that the two men know one another. now xu was brought down for accepting bribes in exchange for favors. every day there are stories in the state media about government off

. >> reporter: south africans currently get 85% of their energy from coal-fired power plants. but the economy is rapidly growing, and demand is rising faster than supply. people and businesses have been suffering from chronic electricity shortages. so government authorities set a target of doubling the power supply by 2030. and they want nearly half that increase to be renewable energy. they say they've got the land to build large scale facilities and bring down the cost of renewables. >> the cost is very low. but the operational costs are very high because it needs coal, coal, coal, coal. you know, and coal is not an infinite energy source. >> reporter: the government's providing a variety of incentives for companies to enter the renewables market. they're offering tax breaks and state-owned utilities have to buy electricity from renewable sources at fixed prices. the policy has already produced results. more than 60 renewable energy projects have begun during the past three years. many foreign firms are grabbing the opportunity. officials hope the focus on renewable energy w

. >> oscar pistorius is back in south african courtroom after break for his mental health evaluation. experts have concluded he was not suffering from mental illness when he killed his girlfriend last year pistorius shot and killed reeva steenkamp in 2013, thought he was intrude nerve his home. >> time for check of business news. >> jill wagner joins us from the new york stock exchange, jill, hearing gm will announce plans to compensate the victims every those bad ignition switches. what kind of compensation are we expecting here? >> good morning, ceo marry bar says there won't be any cap on payments so eligible victims can take the money instead of suing the company. don't have any dollar amounts at this point. the company does say they there were at least 54 crashes, and more than 13 dents caused by those faulty switches. but, lawyers, say, more than 100 people died and hundreds more were injured. now, this funds will be handled by kenneth fine berg, administered the money given to the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. ukee, erika? >> i heard growing ankle fresh facebook users

airbase located in this country and immediately the cia and south african government began plotting how to get rid of what had just become another the war in their side so in one nine hundred eighty one after a failed plot ouster in a two years prior forty men disguised as a rugby team flew into the country in an attempt to overthrow the leader but once their weapons were found upon arrival a gun battle ensued at the airport and get this the men had to actually hijack an air india flight in order to get back to south africa papers all across south africa broke details alleging the cia had bankrolled the entire invading force although the u.s. of course maintains that the box operation was all an internal conflict there were days ruled was by no means democratic has decades long rule resulted in the country becoming the most of elop nation and africa according to human development index but if you think i've heard it all when it comes to the lane the cia will stoop to insure us in gemini even hold on to your seat because a failed plot in indonesia takes the cake sukarno the country's fir

trade president zuma for someone with similar skills just cheaper to run and more clever many south africans have indeed been criticizing the president for becoming a bit too costly for the budget for instance he spent twenty seven million dollars just to restore his country house which was fixed with a new tennis court of football pitch helli bad and other high life accessories despite many in the country still not being connected to the sewer system while around thirteen million are thought to live on just two dollars a day even though trading humans is a legal this isn't the first time a living person has been put up for grabs on e bay recently a ten year old girl from england tried to sell her own grandmother describing her as annoying what could only the biggest bid reach twenty thousand dollars but was taken down shortly after while one australian man actually sold his own life the lot included his house his motorbike and a car his business and even his friends were separated with his partner and decided to start afresh his old life fetched three hundred five thousand u.s. dollars and

about being called out at all because robots will be doing their dirty work yes that's right the south african company desert wolf is now finally orders for a disturbing machine called the skunk riot control copter the drone is equipped with four high capacity paintball guns to high definition cameras and a thermal camera for night vision along with paint balls the guns can be filled with plastic bullets or. pepper spray pellets and according the makers of the drone it can fire up to eighty projectiles per second wow these terrifying u.a. views are expected to be in the air within the next month and defense web reports that desert wolf will be delivering at least twenty five of them to the mining industry companies to deal with unruly protests and employees listen if we can't trust police officers to use force responsibly and person and how can we expect them not to abuse their power when controlling these skynet as machines because when police are allowed to crackdown on dissent by playing real life video games human accountability disappears at the rate that this country's military and its p