i think south africans will be looking at every twist and turn. during this whole inquiry and also as a my last question it's you know south africa was this model. if it were thought that it was going to be the shining example for africa what went wrong. i think that south africans are quite exhausted and overwhelmed by the corruption revelations that have been linked to the gupta family and have been publicized in those to leak e-mails this has been you know matter of public kind of discourse for at least the last two or three years and south africans are simply exhausted by the rhetoric that you hear over and over again is that people want as you raised yourself they want to see definitive action taken against people who commit these kind of acts of corruption but not just that they want to see people government officials actually being held accountable for a very wasteful you know mullet ministration where they're effectively treating the state money back it doesn't really belong to the people of south africa but rather to a political elite so i

south africa land and farm seizures and expropriations and the large scale killing of farmers south african government is now seizing land from white farmers research published by agra farmers organization in south africa found from the school year twenty seventeen to twenty eighteen the number of killings of farmers was at a twenty year low however some white africans believe farm killings are being under reported hate wilkinson a senior researcher at africa check says quote nobody is disputing that people living and working on farms and small holdings are the victims of violent and often brutal attacks and murders what is disputed is whether they face an elevated risk versus average south africans south africa's president announced earlier this month it would move forward with changing the country's constitution to bring about land reform the african national congress said in a statement a call to action to decisively break with the historical injustice of colonial apartheid and patriarchal patterns of land ownership and to build a south africa that belongs to all some right wing groups a

government is not just dealing with how south africans react but also the greater issue of the economy we know that south africa has had a very challenging past with regards to the strength of the local currency the rand and now there is a further speculation around what the street from donald trump means if they is the possibility of sanctions against south africa how it impacts the strength of the rant against the dollar and just what it means for the country so that the government really at this point is dealing with a situation that is quite complex a one that goes beyond land expropriation only and is issues with the constitution but also to be clear on that point donald trump had said that based on the fox news report that the south african government had changed the constitution to expropriate land that certainly isn't the case at that point at this point there is an ongoing debate there are public hearings there's a wide consultation around what exactly the government should do but the constitution is certainly not been changed in fact there is strong argument that the constitu

government is not just dealing with how south africans react but also the greater issue of the economy we know that south africa has had a very challenging past with regards to the strength of the local currency the rand and now there is a further speculation around what is the street from donald trump if the is the possibility of sanctions against south africa how it impacts the strength of the rand against the dollar and just what it means for the country so that the government really at this point is dealing with a situation that is quite complex a one that goes beyond land expropriation only and is issues with the constitution but also to be clear on that point donald trump had said that based on the fox news report that the south african government had changed the constitution to expropriate land that certainly isn't the case at that at this point there is an ongoing debate there are public hearings there's a wide council. nation around what exactly the government should do but the constitution is certainly not being changed in fact there is a strong argument that the constitution

the regime that oppressed black south africans and south africans that were not quite. -- white.on- whites and black south africans were economically oppressed. populatione black cannot say it is participating in the economy. there has been changes through black economic empowerment and there are ways to bring in more like people into the economy -- black people into the economy but there seems to be a feeling that and a need for more. what we do know is that the government has promised this will be done in a session that does not undermine the economy or undermine property rights. romaine: any sense donald trump or any other outside government is going to be able to put enough pressure on south africa to change course? though muchas consultation will still have to be done. the countries on a mentor committee has gone -- parliamentary committee has had public hearings to compare a report on the proposed changes to the constitution to possibly allow 20 expropriations of land without compensation. what that form will take, we will have to see whether the it is passed by lawmakers.

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the south african has fallen sharply against the u.s. dollar. the selloff on the turkish lira spreads to other emerging market currencies. the russian ruble is also under pressure today. south and north korea have reportedly agreed to hold a summit between their leaders by september. the news is citing a joint statement from high-level talks today saying the meeting will take place in pyongyang. that takes place as pyongyang and washington accused to drag each other -- accuse each other of dragging their feet after the summit in june. holdchina may temporarily shares through the winter to avoid potential tariffs amid the trade conflict. bloomberg understands that the buy from other countries or swap u.s. shipments with other nations in east asia to avoid paying additional tariffs. petrochina is a unit of the state owned company and would not comment. global news 24 hours a day on air and tictoc on twitter, and powered by 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. thanks very much for that. the turkish lira exten

i know it is of importance to south african heritage and ifi importance to south african heritage andace. this needs to be sorted out before it is lost. the bell has been on display in southampton, while authorities made a decision about its future. it's a local story for southampton but we have to look at the history beyond southampton and the wider meaning the bell has in other cultures and histories. the bell was collected by the royal navy, the first stage in itsjourney collected by the royal navy, the first stage in its journey to south africa where tomorrow prime minister theresa may will present it to the country's president. a second tribute to remember those killed in the grenfell tower fire will take place today on the second day of the notting hill carnival. the event is being policed by seven thousand officers today, the highest number for six years. yesterday the metropolitan police arrested 133 people at the event — and 16 knives were seized. 0ur reporter noel phillips is there and described the atmosphere at today's event. this is one of the biggest parties in europe, t

south africans are grappling with the difficult issue of land reform through an open process includingublic hearings, broad-based consultations, and active civil society engagement. president ramaphosa has pledged that the land reform process will follow the rule of law anda its implementation will not adversely affect economic growth, agricultural production, or food security." the state department does not mention that by following the rule of law he has changed the country's constitution to make it possible to steal land from people because they are the wrong skin color. in other words, nothing to seeit here, says mike pompeo's state department. it's totally okay for south africans to steal property for racist reasons because there are "a strong democracy" and held "public hearings." criminals take note, startt rubbing state department employees on the way to work, by their logic they will be okay with it because it's democracy. marian tupy spent a lot of time

i know it is of importance to south african heritage and if i handed it myself it might not go to theit could get lost. for most of the past year the bell has been on display at the sea city museum in southampton, while authorities made a decision about its future. it's a local wreck and a local story for southampton but we have to look at the wider implications, the history beyond southampton and the wider meaning the bell has in other cultures and histories. the bell was collected from the museum by the royal navy, the first stage in its journey to south africa where tomorrow prime minister theresa may will present it to the country's president. a fascinating story. now it's time for a look at the weather. we can cross the newsroom to ben rich. it was starting to look quite nice when i came into work today. how was it looking across the rest of the country? some of us have got some sunshine, for others fair amount of cloud and some drizzly showers, but as we go through the rest of the week not much rain in the forecast and a warmer feel. certainly much rain in the forecast and a war

is the distinction here between the south african government. lems, a weakening in the rand and such. now this. how does south africa respond to the contagion? >> we know that the south african reserve tank does not like to intervene in the market. -- reserve bank does not like to intervene in the market. what you said about the political part that the government is trying to deal with its issues and we see the slump in the rant going to weigh on the inflation outlook. does need those portfolio inflows to finance their current account deficit. this will weigh. tom: i'm going to bring up the chart. this is the south african rand. the optimismof over south african and the politics reversing it and here is the spike up with the contagion and you can put it in rand per u.s. dollar. what happens in johannesburg when we migrate toward 17 per dollar? >> that would be a number that would have heavy concern. it would way on the monetary -- committee which has stated it would not hesitate to take action to keep its mandate within the target rate. it will w

media consultant she also made the documentary film blacks it about the migration of african americans in capetown south africa. he's an anthropologist and social literacy consultant and kaylin read she's a journalist and editor of the website african american in africa and here in our studio there a writer and journalist focusing on race culture and politics in the united states welcome to the stream to everyone so this is a. conversation that is very hot for their audience they love this topic and so everyone wanted to chime in with why people might want to move to the continent of africa this is just one of the tweets we got this is from edmund who says it's about identity events like the slave trade in the colonial rule almost wiped away that african identity and thank goodness people are once again asking deep questions about that identity so i want to go to you with that idea talking about the draw of what made you want to leave the u.s. and move to namibia have a picture here on my laptop that i pulled up of you not too long ago you teach english to talk to us about that experience and what made

okay say defenders of the south african government in this country, previous generations in south africaer the apartheid government also seized land on racial grounds. that is absolutely true prayer they did do that. it is one of the reasons that so many decent people in this country and around the world opposed apartheid. it was awful and wrong. things have changed. now they endorse the idea. that is the scariest part. it is far more ominous than what gothe government in south africa is doing. our ruling class number leaves and collective punishment. that is the opposite of justice. nobody is alleging individual farm owners in south africa stole their land. and said the claim is that people who resemble them dead. that is enough. that should you worry you a lot. if if you got smoked, how wouldu feel about imprisoning someone owho just happened to look like the mugger? how about the muggers of children? they be punished to? if they sound like insane questions, that is because they are insane questions. in the west we punish only the guilty, we do not punish their descendants or everyone

it's the legacy of apartheid when black south africans were systematically dispossessed of their land and disenfranchised the resulting socio economic inequality remains palpable to this day. some farmers have formed their own community watch groups patrolling together to protect themselves and their property the most isolated farms from the easiest targets police protection far from guaranteed. the tellings that the police have is that they don't have the resources that they need they don't have the manpower they need they don't have. the training that they need in all of these different aspects play a role in in effect of policing many of these patrols a coordinated by africa forum a group that lobbies for the rights of white south africans it believes the increasing number of farm attacks is not just criminally but also racially motivated. or very strong racial slurs being made towards victims and very often we'll hear things like we take our lead and or you wife and then they'll say something derogatory towards white victims we also see that the majority of crew that are organs wh

with this issue of land reform and specifically the expropriation of land without compensation south africans are struggling at this point with exactly how to go about this given that as you had mentioned large amounts of land do belong specifically to white farmers and so the african government is trying to redistribute land as it says to black south africans and rather than adversely affecting the economy were affecting negatively food production in particular it wants to boost the economy it says in this way but much of the concern at this point is just how the street by the american president will affect south africa specifically the rand and the government says it wants to get to the bottom of it by dealing with the us embassy here in reality i mean where are the government in terms of sort of longer form you talk about sort of the debate about the constitution recently you found a story from stellenbosch about sort of black communities feeling very very disenfranchised about not having learned after what near three decades after apartheid finished the rainbow nation having been formed t

government is not just dealing with how south africans react but also the greater issue of the economywe know that south africa has had a very challenging past with regards to the strength of the local currency the rand and now there is a further speculation around what is the street from donald trump if they is the possibility of sanctions against south africa how it impacts the strength of the rand against the dollar and just what it means for the country so that the government really at this point is dealing with a situation that is quite complex a one that goes beyond land expropriation only and is issues with the constitution but also to be clear on that point donald trump had said that based on the fox news report that the south african government had changed the constitution to expropriate land that certainly isn't the case at that point at this point there is an ongoing debate there are public hearings there's a wide consultation around what exactly the government should do but the constitution is certainly not been changed in fact there is strong argument that the constitution

and the former south african ambassador -- we don't have a current ambassador under this administration-- says, quote, the president of the u.s. needs political distractions to turn our attention away from the criminal cabal, and so he's attacking south africa with the disproven racial myth of large scale killings of farmers. this assessment on this network earlier today. >> for the president to jump into this without any understanding of the situation and without understanding even the dynamics that are on the ground, he essentially pushed and not even an alt-right. there's a south african neo-nazi movement there, which pushes this white genocide farmer attack meme. >> to underscore that point, well-known white nationalists and leaders of white supremacy leaders in canada, u.s. and europe are all voicing their support for the president on social media following this comment. this latest racially charged trump controversy comes weeks ahead of first lady melania trump's first solo visit abroad to the continent of africa. >>> coming up for us tonight, "the new york times" has a new look o

perception which only seeks to divide our nation and reminds us of our colonial past," and the former south africane a current ambassador under this administration said "the president of the u.s. needs political distractions to turn our gaze away from his criminal kabal and so he's attacking south africa with the disproven racial myth of large scale killings of farmers." malcolm nance who worked intelligence deployments with the military in south africa offered this assessment on this network earlier today. >> for the president to jump into this without any understanding of the situation and without understanding even the dynamics that are on the ground, he essentially pushed not even an alt-right, there is a south african neo-nazi movement there which pushes this white genocide farmer attack mem. >> to underscore that point, well-known white nationalists and leads are the white supremacists are voicing their support for the president on social media following his comment. this latest racially charged trump controversy comes weeks ahead of first lady melania's trump's first solo visit abroad to the

and that is that south africans, black south africans were legally barred from owning any property, livingd in vast swaths of the country that were set aside for whites only during apartheid. when apartheid ended in 1994, 90% of all the land in the country was owned by whites, despite the fact they made up only 10% of the population. 23 years later in 2017, an audit by the south african government found that whites still owned 72% of private farmland in south africa. and greg, what the government is trying to do is they're trying to correct that disparity, because the black south africans were not able to get any land, really, at a large pace, since apartheid ended. >> that's true. and it's been an issue that's been moving very, very slowly. and the most intense poverty in south africa is in the rural areas. so that's where it's felt the most. now, they are starting to talk about it. the ruling african national congress and the president are talking about the possibility f appropriating land without compensation. but it's not something that has happened in the 27 years since apartheid or s

they did please a minority ggoup called affo forum, an advocacy ggoup for white south africans. the united states to meet witho pight-wing politicians.% -pthat is how they wound up on x trump. the narrative of a possible white genocide happening in various african countries has become a very popular idea among white nationalistt, white supremacists in the united states, many of whom are supporters of the u.s. president , and who were also celebrating this tweet. molly: is gearing up for the arrival of the pope. alison: it has been about 40 years siice the country last saw a visit from the pope. that w was john paul econd -- he country, and has changed a lot. posted not used to is it ireland because they did not have to. now, mass spring, they voted to% legalize abortion..6 c13 c1 this might have happened slowly and gently. it happened quickly and bitterly beeauseeof the sexual abuse scandals and their abuse scandals. pope's apology was too little, too late. pop merrhandise ii for sale with messages like forgive us, we will do better. we will see that woman's response. she says, i

in the large scale killing of farmers he then refers to a fox news segments which reported the south african government is now seizing land from white farmers but the government has actually not yet seized any major agricultural land in fact lamb reform in south africa is a racially charged debate but calling it large scale killings doesn't exactly stack up if we take a look at the statistics according to agri a group of hundreds of agriculture associations the killing of white farmers is actually at a twenty year low forty seven what killed last year and the peak of the violence nine hundred ninety eight one hundred fifty three farmers were killed it is a sensitive topic though because seventy two percent of land in south africa is in the hands of those farmers despite what people may help only eight percent of the population and that's why the presidents are around pose a announce plans this month to change the constitution to allow the expropriation of land without compensation for me that miller has more from a farm is somewhat better. as the government tries dealing with the. national.

ignore the fact this shuttle has covered related issues in south africa for quite some time the south african parliament has voted in favor of new legislation that could see land from white farmers seized. south africa's government has vowed to tackle violent crime a problem that is there's always there's an equal threat for all races living in the country. just outside south africa's capital stands the statue of the man who was behind the earthly policies of apartheid it's a whites only enclave which allows black visit is only under special permit. the discrimination of the apartheid in south africa has long come turn and all the evidence is obvious trump's been talking to the russians again and r.t.e. collude with fox on what to cover when and how it all adds up this u.s. administration just loves putin and next time you see reports in russian media that's also covered by other media that's also been tweeted by trump you'll know what's really going on. brazil's presidential election is about a month away but the current favorite in the polls faces a major uphill battle because lula da silva

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family they claim sought refuge in russia thanks for pointing out i didn't know that threat to south african farmers was a major story on r.t. there must surely be a link here a fox news report trump's twitter feed r.t. there's a clear pattern if of course we ignore the fact this shuttle has covered related issues in south africa for quite some time the south african parliament has voted in favor of new legislation that could see land from white farmers seized. solid because government has vowed to tackle violent crime my problem that is there's always there's an equal threat for all races living in the country. just as.

they suggested it was racist to oppose the racist policies of the south african government, watch. >>e goes and what better way to give this neo-nazi propaganda than white farmers being killed in south africa when in fact that is not true, not based on them being white. >> tucker: show that clip to anybody who knows south africa or lives there and shows them that and they will laugh. the president of the country has pledged to change south africa's constitution in order to legalize the seizure of property without compensation. that is currently being debated in the parliaments. it would government is trying to take it to farms the owners continued to not sell after a fractured price. they racial attacks. previous generations in south africa under the apartheid government also seized land on racial grounds. by the way that is absolutely true, they did do that. it is one of the reasons that so many decent people in this country and around the world oppose apartheid. it was awful and wrong. things have changed, now they endorse the idea. that is the scariest part. it is far more ominous

family they claim sought refuge in russia thanks for pointing out i didn't know that threat to south african farmers was a major story on r.t. there must surely be a link here a fox news report trump's twitter feed r.t. there's a clear pattern if of course we ignore the fact this shuttle has covered related issues in south africa for quite some time the south african parliament has voted in favor of new legislation that could see land from white farmers seized. solid because government has vowed to tackle violent crime a problem that it says plays as an equal threat for all races living in the country . just outside south africa's capital stands the statue of the man who was behind the earthly policies of apartheid it's a whites only enclave which allowed black visitors only under special permit. the discrimination of the apartheid in south africa has long come turn that and all the evidence is obvious trumps been talking to the russians again and r.t.e. collude with fox or what to cover when and how it all adds up this u.s. of illustration just loves putin and next time you see reports in r

secondly, the south african government needs to be aware that the law, the african growth and opportunitywith the united states, requires the president of the united states to expel countries that do not respect property rights and due process. so the south african government needs to be aware that if it changes the constitution and it legalizes what is essentially theft of private property, it will be kicked out of agoa andga further negative economic consequences will ensue. >> tucker: why would former president barack obama just several weeks ago publicly praise and racist, why would he do that? >> a lot of people hope that ramaphosa is playing some sort of a three-dimensional chess. that he is just trying to appease the far left of histh political party and the far left in the country, but ultimately he doesn't really believe in what he explicitly says he believes. ramaphosa has said that by expropriating the farmland, the privately owned farm land in south africa he's going to create the garden of eden in south africa. he's going to turn south africa into hell, just like zimbabwe is

well the south african government is insisting that land reform will go ahead after gaining consensus from all major parties the ruling african national congress wants to change the constitution to allow the expropriation of land without compensation seventy two percent of the land is in the hands of white farmers while the white south africans form just eight percent of the population the killing of farmers is at a twenty year low forty seven were killed last year compared to one hundred fifty three in one nine hundred ninety eight well let's get more on this now we're joined by correspondent farmer the village she's live for us and bella bella and south africa's poor poor province a very strong reaction in south africa. from not just the government but you know online turn. in opposition parties like the if not welcome the state was asking who she is in terms of his position and wanting to intervene in what's happening in south africa the government there were also saying that it strongly rejects these statements it's also called food. but they have said they will pursue diplomatic

the rights of you want the south african government to adopt a national action plan at the center of that are you also implicitly telling men in south africa how they have failed women what we're expecting what we want them to do is hold themselves accountable we want men to be accountable for their violence you want men to acknowledge that they are violent or you want men to acknowledge that they've been violent we're not just asking the government to adopt this plan we're asking men across a five here across the continent across the country to be the kind of people want to be the kind of people that make it safe for women to breathe. we're asking individuals you're asking organizations we're asking everyone involved in fighting to stop gender based violence. how do you make sure that some women are not left behind with this because it occurs to me if you've got a vibrant go ahead city like say johannesburg you can get to those women who are high achievers you can get to the start up tech women that are making inroads into a male dominated industry but if you go north into some of th

exploit creations and the large scale killing of farmers followed a segment on fox news that said south african government has now seasoned land from white farmers well south africa's government as insisting that land reform will go ahead the ruling african national congress is looking into whether the constitution needs to be changed to allow for the expropriation of land without compensation seventy two percent of the land is in the hands of white farmers while white south africans make up just eight percent of the population the killing of farmers is at a twenty year low forty seven were killed last year compared to one hundred fifty three in the one nine hundred ninety eight farmer the miller has more now from better bella and south africa's import for providence as the sole government tries dealing with. that is possibly further aggravated the national. mommas across the country getting together to discuss the way for. its you can. debate and just want. redistribution of would benefit them. some. say they do understand that the land issue has to be dealt with that the majority of land in s

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expropriations and the large scale killing of farmers trumps tweet followed a segment on fox news that said south african government is now seizing land from white farmers truck calling it large scale killings really doesn't comport with the facts according to agra as say a group of hundreds of agricultural associations the killing of white farmers is actually at a twenty year low forty seven were killed last year at the peak of the violence in one thousand nine hundred eight one hundred fifty three were killed it is a sensitive topic because seventy two percent of land in south africa is in the hands of those farmers despite white people making it eight percent of the population that's why president cyril ramaphosa announced plans to allow the expropriation of land without compensation the government says it will now speed up land reform in a way that doesn't divide the nation the minute miller has been gauging the reaction from farmers and bella bell and popo province. the debate around london spoke ration without compensation is a very emotive one here in south africa the government says it supports t

family they claim sort refuge in russia thanks for pointing out i didn't know that threats to south african farmers was a major story on r.t. there must surely be a link here of fox news reports trump's twitter feed r t there's a clear pattern if of course we ignore the fact this shuttle has covered related issues in south africa for quite some time the south african parliament has voted in favor of new legislation that could see land from white farmers seized. so africa's government has vowed to tackle violent crime my problem that is as close as an equal threat for all races living in the country. just outside south africa's capital stands the statue of the man who was behind the policies of apartheid it's a whites only enclave which allows black visitors only under special permit. the discrimination of the apartheid in south africa has long come turn that all the evidence is obvious trumps been talking to the russians again and are to you collude with fox or what to cover when and how it all adds up this u.s. of illustration just loves putin and next time you see reports in russian media

queller and who pulled that anger put on a solid fifty run opening partnership even though the south africans were taking regular way kids it would be captain angelo mathews that catapulted the home team to a score of two hundred ninety nine for eight matthys hitting ninety seven not out the tories are in trouble almost immediately is hashim amla with bold for a dark winter and decant provided the best of the resistance south africa's standard skiff is scoring fifty four but the night belonged to sri lanka as a killer then and jaya the right arm spin bowler helping himself to six for twenty nine as the highest completed an emphatic victory but the tories win the series three two. and. thank you very much tatiana now finally this bulletin mexico city is one of the most congested in the world