the south african media have been telling stories about change. they may have been talking about themselves. >> the site of a strong frame is fixed in my gaze. >>> a message for the editor turned poet in beijing - don't quit your day job >>> israel has a global image problem. and the state under binyamin netanyahu is blaming the media. over the past month foreign journalists have been called before the knesset to defend themselves, particularly around their coverage of protracted violence in jerusalem and the west bank. there has been a tightening of controls requiring news organizations and journalists and blockers to run stories about national security past military sensors. military censorship is nothing new in the country. the extent is. in parliamentary systems like israel, prime ministers will take on a second portfolio. some double as minister of defence and finances, depending where political priorities lie. binyamin netanyahu's decision to double as minister for communications provides an idea of how he sees the news media and how importa

still to come, accusing the south african president, mr.f corruption after he used public money on his estate, and they are looking to see if he violated the constitution. we will have that and more later on the show. plus, helena would be here with ethnicities, and were member, you can always go to "dw news" on the go, and you can download the app from the app store and get push notifications for any breaking news. you can also use the dw app to send us photographs and videos. we will be back on the other side of a 60-second break. ♪ announcer: you would like to study in germany, in you still have lots of questions? you will find all you need to know about studying in germany here. information on courses, admission requirements, modifications, cost, and much more. dw.com/studyingermany, the first port of call for anyone wanting to study in germany. brent: welcome back to "dw news" live from berlin. sources are plenty human error for the cause of a crash with scores injured in what they're calling the worst train accident in years. and they

here at pretoria and the african national congress and rulingly party says it's a call for all south africans to come together and stand for democracy and a united country and the vast majority of people yet if not all are anc members, they are here to support their party. >> we are here today to warn those who are calling us with names like monkeys that no one plays games in africa. >> reporter: the anc uses the opportunity to rally support ahead of a local government election later this year. and views the opportunity to get people to register but also to

racial tensions high in a south african town as white farmers stand accused of killing black workers.meet orphans caught up in the fighting in eastern ukraine even though there is supposed to be a ceasefire. >>> sports story this friday six months ahead of the rio olympics one of the most successful countries kenya could find itself ban from the games. ♪ right now it's only an agreement on paper and won't result in a complete ceasefire or an end to russian bombing, following a marathon meeting in germany world powers have settled on what they are calling a cessation of hostilities in syria beginning in a week's time. one priority is delivering food, medicine and shelter to besieged towns and cities and james base reports from munich. >> reporter: 19 delegations the sponsors of international peace efforts in syria gathering in an effort to get things back on track. but the most important meeting happens several hours early on the 15th floor of the same munich hotel, this is where russian foreign minister sergei fedorov and u.s. secretary of state john kerry came face-to-face. and if yo

racial tensions high in the south african town as white farmers stand accused of killing black workers meet orphans caught up in the fighting in eastern ukraine even though there is supposed to be a ceasefire. ♪ right now it is only an agreement on paper, it won't bring a complete ceasefire or an end to russian bombing, following a marathon meeting in germany world powers have settled on what they are calling cessation of abilities in syria beginning a week from now. one of the priorities will be delivering food, medicine and shelter to besieged towns and villages, our diplomatic editor james base reports from munich. >>> 19 delegations and sponsors of international peace efforts in syria gathering in an effort to get things back on track but the most important meeting happens several hours earlier on the 15th floor of the same munich hotel. this is where russian foreign minister sergei fedorov and u.s. secretary of state john kerry came face-to-face and if you look at those faces you can tell from the very start this was a difficult meeting. the russians proposed a ceasefire from marc

one in four south africans are unemployed. labour unions play a significant role in the mining industry. they say they are determined to save as many jobs as possible. >> in the mining industry we have to think do we preserve the jobs here, and what do we do with the skills trenched in the mining industry. is there a way in which those skills can be put back into the economy. what are the sectors that can take mining skills and use them. >> the mining and related industries in south africa employ 1 million people. it's a large contributor by value to the policy of black economic empowerment. >> despite the job cuts. the government maintains the mining sector has a bright future. it hasn't done enough to transform the sector, and aims to create opportunities for women and black south africans. it's using the conference to attract investment in its ailing mining industry. >> africa has a third of the world's natural resources. experts don't predict a change in demand, leaving little room for commodity prices to increase. the que

to the south african bush. >> in the pitch black of the south african bush, these rangers can only listen and smell for any sign that'ss near. >> if they're not quiet, they will pick you up first. >> they hunt forery night. >> we need to protect them from being shot. >> tonight our patrol has eyes in the sky. we're on the front lines of a modern er an ancient animal. the future of the rhino is in the balance. according to the world wildlife fun, in south africa alone,g has skyrocketed 9,000% in just 8 years, fueled by a growing demand for its horn. ground up and used as a in asia. more expensive than gold and some say more desirable than cocaine. with the millions made from the illegal trade, now ma controlled by criminal networks, the plight of implications. in the oldest south africa, they're trying something new. this is command central for air shepherd. a pilot project where ft are being deployed to help park rangers in their fight. >> nighttime operations has always been very, very difficult for thesed besides meeting one the poachers you might be tracking, the danger to the animals.

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there are black south africans who believe it is one sided in that they have had to make concessions around uniting the country and a push for south africans to move forward and forget about apartheid and many say it can't be forgotten >>> thank you for that. the police in zimbabwe's capital has used tear gas to disburse protest yoers. many of the protesters support the country's vice president who is himself a veteran. the e.u. leaders meeting in brussels today. the u.k. were set to top the agenda. angela merkel has wanders a deal to keep britain in the e.u. won't be easy for some member states to accept. david cameron has said there will be a referendum later that year. >> reporter: the president says some progress had been made during these long hours of the negotiations but a lot more needs to be done. he long with the european commission president and david cameron taking part in a series of bilateral meetings with the french president, the belgium prime minister and also the czech prime minister. he is a leader of eastern block countries which has been resistant to measures tha

this is might be true but the fact of the matter is that the large majority of land owned by south africans farmers and farmers are the ones who produce the food in south africa so the fact you say that they should be deprived of land for the sake of redistributing land to the black majority does not make economic sense because america's economy is suffering at this stage quite drastically due to jay sob zuma's decisions and minister of finance and pushing through the bill will just create more uncertainty for foreign bases trying to invest in south africa and it's just detrimental to our economy. >> you can't escape there is a major income and wealth gap between black and white south africans as well and many blamed the policies of past white minority governments and says this is what jacob zuma has to deal with and are you in favor of addressing this economic imbalance? >> well, the fact of the matter is when you talk about ex appropriating land for public interest and public benefit and so forth you still need to in effect consider what impact you will have on other sectors within your s

the south african rand has dropped to an all-time low. people have decided enough is enough we saw also the formation last year of the "zuma must fall" movement. people will no longer stand back and watch jacob zuma turn the country into a banana republic, to quote one person that i've talked to. shona: let's take a look at our headlines once again. changing of the guard -- francois hollande has reshuffled his cabinet. a lot more green party representatives. the big surprise is the return of jean-marc ayrault, the former prime minister, who is now replacing laurent fabius as the foreign minister. o change is expected that the imf, however. christine lagarde is the only candidate for her succession. she has the backing of several countries as well as the u.s. treasury. chasing after migrant smugglers .n the aegean sea three warships are being deployed. turkey is trying to the suspected smugglers involved in the death of -- trying to double suspected smugglers in the death of aylan kurdi last september. time now for the business news with k

to demonstrate ourselves as south africans that we can put a package together. our plans and financing are terrible, but sustainable, and viable. i think we have managed to do that. caroline: global news, 24 hours a day, powered by 150 news bureaus around the world. ecb needs to be very careful to avoid a counterproductive effects when it decides on what action to take at its march meeting, according to the again governing council member and the president of bundesbank. i spoke to him yesterday, and here's what he said. >> what matters for us is that we don't produce counterproductive. effects we want to have a transmission of our monetary impulses on prices at the end, and if through the effect on the stability of banks our measures produce the opposite of what we want, it what and be smart to break in the first place. hans: let's bring in our guest this morning, the ceo and cio of capon investment, managing more than 2.5 billion pounds in assets. no one to better parse a central banker's words. policy getting ouat at there? >> the issue was because their econo

some south africans worry the government could one day take over private homes and businesses to build houses and other facilities for the poor. >> i think about the homeowners and business owners who would be exproper rated under these circumstances. >> they want to correct the balance of ownership between black and white south africans. >>> a pakistan international airlines employee has been killed in karachi. police opened fire near the international airport. water cannons and tear gas were used to disperse crowds who were demonstrating against proposals to privatize the international airline. >>> alphabet, which owns internet search giant google topped the list of companies after releasessing a fourth quarter earnings report that showed huge growth. alpha belt is now worth $568 billion, while apple currently has a value of $535 billion. >> a reminder that you can keep up to date with all the news on our website, nationals and features, the address, aljazeera.com. >> tonight is a victory for courageous conservatives across iowa and all across this great nation. >>> cruise to go vict

. >> and still ahead on the program, how falling commodity prices is threatening south african mining jobs. find out when a leopard wanders into a school in southern india. >> even though we're in here, we're still human. >> how harsh conditions affect people on both sides of the bars. >> why did scott take his own life? >> the jail. >> some people might be scared to speak out but i'm not. i'm telling the truth. >> the turkish prime minister said that 30,000 syrians are at the country's border after fleeing a russia-backed defensive on the northern region of aleppo. the crisis requires global help. >> trying to surround the city of aleppo to cut off vital rebel supply lines. and at least four people including an eight-year-old girl has been rescued from the rubble of a highrise block in saturday's earthquake. >>> a high level u.n. panel has called for urgent reform at the world's health organization warning that the next pandemic could cause thousands of preventable death. meanwhile the u.s. president barack obama is asking congress for $1.8 billion to fight the zika virus. the white

the south african story is part of the global story. as to do with low demand from china, where a lot of south africa's agricultural and commodity exports were going. fedas to do with the changing their policy. i think south africa is really subjected to the global headwind, more than underlying micro trends. anna: if markets start to become more confident in a few rate hikes from the fed, how does that change the emerging markets story? it could go either way. it depends what the fed is being more hawkish. they could be positive for emerging markets. >> that is true. if we see global demand increasing and the fed saying, well, let's raise rates, that is good for emerging markets but that is probably not what we will see. we will face stagnation on global growth. the fed will probably say it is time for study rate hikes. that will not be good for emerging markets, that erosion or the lack of revenue from low commodity prices. arabia is that a $100 billion in budget deficit this year. they need to find ways of plugging these holes. commod

he is not there as south african president, but as an individual who did something wrong with the money. >> reporter: exactly, which is why this is huge. africans are saying this is the first time it happening, a sitting president called to account by the public protector. zuma wants this to end and he will pay it back and they say it is too late. they say it's not so much about paying the money, about corruption. why should an individual, even the president, get away with using taxpayers money for their own personal needs. he says he is not guilty. he is only paying back the money determined by the finance minister just to end this matter, but they're seeing this showing the democracy in south africa, they want him to be health to account. -- held to account >>> back to that breaking story, two trains colliding in southern germany leaving several people dead. our correspondent domestic neckache kane working that story for us. i know it's early days, but as far as we know what happened here? >> reporter: what we understand is that about two and a half hours ago two trains crashed head o

an outflow is violence, crime and security issues that affect all south africans. >> reporter: whether in latest incident was something that began over argument as wages >> translation: i want them to pay >> reporter: or was criminally motivated, it won't bring her son back. she said he was a farm worker and wants someone held accountable for his death >>> south korea has cut off power and water supplies to an tril complex in north korea. the jointly run industry park is the latest flash point as the relationship between the two neighbors deteriorate >> reporter: as of midnight, south korea cut off the electricity supply that having a knock-on effect of cutting off the water supply. north korea says it is turning that industrial complex, that very important symbolic joint venture between on north and south korea into a military zone. also cutting off the military and civilian hot lines. the defense ministry here in south korea saying it is possible that north korea might wish to turn the zone into a full fledged military base. that is something that they are watching out for. they have

the south african president zuma facing a demand to pay funds to up grade his home and the case in johannesburght by oppositions and public asked to pay for his swimming pool and ampi theatre and we have more. >> reporter: for many south africans this is huge, a sitting president, never happened before, a sitting president being dragged to court told to repay taxpayers money, money saved to up grade his home in the province. people say it's about setting a precedence and dealing with corruption and they have one message for president zuma. >> we want to tell zuma to fight corruption because you can't fight corruption while you are corruption and when he is free of corruption he can fight with corruption. >> reporter: he says he wants to repay back some of the money but has not determined an amount, that is up to the auditor general and the finance minister but people are saying that is not good enough and should be held accountable and for the office of the public to take that, that is an independent body where will hold people to account and there they are people charging pay back the money, p

are racist and racism has come under the spotlight in resent weeks with prominentent rallying south africanshe racist incidents and the democratic alliance goes back to the international congress said they have not done enough through economic empowerment so this very much becoming a rallying point for political parties to gather support ahead of elections. >>> u.s. president barack obama flying to cuba at the end of next month and due to be the first american sitting american president to visit the communist neighbor in almost 100 years and the white house hopes it will be similar to when the berlin war came down ending decades of cold war hostility. prime minister in india for the first visit since he was sworn this and over the next six days he will discuss ways to fix ties damaged over nepal's new constitution. earlier this month the unofficial five-month blockade of the india, nepal border was lifted and one of the conditions before the visit, from kathmandu we tell you what exactly the napeles will come out of the trip. >> reporter: prime minister of the country and the aim is normaliz

the fact that south africa is a -- a business hub in that south african countries themselves are doingy well, those are the kinds of where you say it is not as bad as it could be. if i can be protected against inflation, that is a pretty good deal. is a bit of harmonic convergence. today, there was an option -- that was linked to inflation. todayafrican investors 2.5 times cover fo the acution. there was demand more than twice the amount that was sold. that gives you the idea of the excitement and interest in this instrument. brendan: when you walk me through this, i understand the silver lining. i understand the bet, but what scares me is that where there is yield, there's danger. this is a fundamental rule that we forget. what is the downside? that it allide is goes bad. thingsstop buying these and they plummet in price and value. we are a long way from there. in the meantime, hope springs some point, the , the currencyina ceases the fall. these investments actually look pretty good. on top of that, sub-saharan african people should recall the best emerging market in the world. thing

. >> still to come on the al jazeera, how many poor south africans are left with crippling debt after being targeted by loan sharks. >> fleeing the war. yemeni refugees seeking safety across the gulf of aden in djibouti. plus... >> i'm reporting from south korea where in a few weeks they'll hold skiing event. the industry is worried that the popularity of the sport is going downhill >>> a number of people have been arrested at a far right protest in the french port of calais. although the rally was banned. 150 demonstrators clashing with police. the group protesting. riot police used tear gas, and people were arrested >>> tonnes of far right activists hold a rally in the german city of dresden. it was held bay movement opposed to the islamification of europe. supporters are calling for tighter border controls and restrictions on immigration. the rise of them as an electoral force is part of support for right wing parties. when tens of votes - not enough to win, but a surprise result. in greece's election in september, the far right golden dawn party won 7% of the vote and secured 18 m

. >> south african's government said that this year will be a tough one. the job also continue into the thousands with plummeting commodity prices. we have reports from cape town. mine workers don't want to think about the future. the loss of profits for mining companies mean that jobs have been cut. >> we don't know how many jobs will be lost. >> it'sest maded 52,000 jobs are under threat in africa's industrialized economy. it's an industry in turmoil with frequent costs. many will feel the impact more. >> it would be interesting to see how they position themselves going forward. it is also the year in which they're determined to save as many jobs as possible. >> policy making in the mining, do we preserve the jobs that are there, and what do we do with the skills that are entrenched in the mining industry? is there a way that those skills can be put back in the economy. what are the sectors that can take mining skills and use them. >> mining and related industries in south africa employ 1 million people. >> it aims to create opportunities for women and b

election coverag it's the first contest in the south for democrats in the south the african-american vote. night. clinton and sanders competing for attention with a republican candidate. our team has it covered. first to south carolina carolina. >> reporter: clinton campaign officials feel confident. they are hoping to match or beat senator sanders' win in new hampshire. that would give second clinton big momentum heading into super tuesday. >> thank you so much, columbia. >> reporter: secretary clinton coasting to an expected win in the first southern primary. for clinton, south carolina is a key part of her southern firewall. it's a test for whether she can reclaim what was lost here in 2008. >> i want to congratulate senator obama. >> reporter: after her defeat here in barak obama that all but ended her white house bid. >> i think what happened, she wants here in south carolina want redemption. there are thousands of voters here in south carolina that were planning on voting for her. then barak obama won iowa. they don't regret who they voted for, but now they are able to vote for

the south african government is set to adopt land redistribution policies aimed to end land ownershipween blacks and whites. >> reporter: this community has been leaving illegally on private land for 20 years. it used to be part of a farm in johannesburg. they think the owner lives abroad. and worry they'll be evicted. >> but the government says some landowners, their asking price is too high. it set up a committee to example a land bill. if it becomes law, it will give the state power to buy land. the government has to justify whyneeds the property, negotiate with the parties and agree on a price. if negotiations fail, a notice of intention to take over the land is issued. >> the final compensation offered by government. if you are not accepting that would then be paid to you on appropriation. you would have the right to go to court. the way in which the government is proceeding is administratively unjust. >> land is a sensitive issue in south africa, partly the reason for the increasing tensions. much of the land left to hand. some opposition parties should take back the land:. >> i

authorities say the money belongs to the south african bank. th e man is presumably a stowaway. by over 2400 journalists and 150 bureaus around the world, i'm rosalind chin. angie: welcome back. ui,ning me now, tai h juliette saly. another central banker, coming in, the calvary is here, waiting the promise of dollars or euros around. is he to be believed? are any of the central bankers to be believed anymore? >> if you look at their objectives and where the -- in terms of inflation. and as a result, they have to do something. the reality is the effectiveness is coming down. they are now resorting to negative interest rate policy, and the market is too afraid to know what it means for the global environment. we are still in the world of a lot of uncertainty in terms of where the central banks are adopting interest. >> i was looking at your notes -- you are saying we could be moving back into high-yield. do you think the likes of the rba are looking at this and saying, hm, i may need to be quicker than i would want, because what the boj did? >> i think so. if you look at central b

after south carolina, the race essentially is played out down here. you see a significant africann. hillary wants a big win in south carolina, get the biggest basket of delegates y. is this so important? let's turn offer the demographics for a second. take you back to 2008. obama obama obama obama obama. this is where the race changed. once we got into the state wrz the african-americans are the majority of the population, obama won south carolina with 55%. he came next door and won in georgia with 66%. he came over and won alabama with 56%. he won here in mississippi with 61%. and he won louisiana with 57%. so winning and winning by a healthy margin and as david axelrod and donna were talking about in the democratic districts you pick up big delegates. that is hillary's big goal. bernie says he's in it until the end. he's hoping after sk tonight she proves she can win the most african-american votes, carry the momentum through the south on super tuesday to convince bernie sanders, you're not going to be able to catch me. tone it down. that's her biggest goal. >> in addition to th

it aims to create opportunities for women and black south africans. it's using this conference to attract investment. >> experts do not predict a change in demand any time soon, leaving little room for commodity prices to increase. the question is who will survive what analysts call a blood bath. >> so many of the biggest names in the industry gather the here at cape town to give us on idea of how the delegates hope to chart a way forward in the climate. we are speaking to jonathan, the enjoying director. how delegates hope to start forward. >> when we look at the investor sentiment. we come in here, we see investors seeing the historical economy and sector, for the first time in a number of years we are seeing indications from the investors, the capital raised and sitting on the sideline is back into market. given how difficult conditions are at the moment. how do you attract investors, specifically where 18 billion is needed to develop the mining sector? >> we are looking at africa and the pan african opportunity, you look at the mineral health, pop