interviews with 51 people in a number of provinces they reported xenophobia attacks not only by south africans but also by government and law enforcement officers foreign owned businesses are disproportionately targeted in raids by police who consider attacks on foreigners as routine crimes foreigners are often blamed for some of south africa's biggest problems such as high unemployment rates and crime the rights group urges south africa's president to prioritize and fully implement the action plan it recommends improving social cohesion by forming a task force which includes foreigners. i let's introduce the panel all joining us from johannesburg they were at my anger is a southern africa director human rights watch to see her son is a member of the good tang provincial legislator and also a youth leader and is a political analyst and a columnist i want to welcome you all let me begin with you today were you one of the authors of this report can you just tell us the main findings. is human rights watch we found that the new pope use a huge challenge in south africa particularly because of the

saying in a statement they reflect the severe impact of the pandemic and that they should spur all south africans to do all they can to help rebuild the economy but he didn't say how that's supposed to happen. the u.n. forecasts that it will take around 5 years for south africa's economic activity to return to preplan demick levels. and out of some of the other business stories making headlines the world's largest beef exporter brazil has seen a sharp fall in shipments to europe germany has imported around a quarter less beef with restaurants closed down during lockdown in contrast sales to china have risen by 65 percent. a german court has approved prosecutors' request to put former volkswagen c.e.o. martin winterkorn on trial for fraud 5 years after the company's diesel emissions scandal it was under winter corn that the carmaker developed and sold cars with emissions cheating software the scandal has cost the company billions and restitution. all right trade fairs large exhibitions concerts canceled in large swathes of the past year to the detriment of the businesses involved but also the orga

towards the end of his london trip abdul harun receives news that the south african security services were aware of his clandestine activities and that his life was in danger. returning to cape town he learned that 4 campaigners had been arrested and had later died in police custody the official cause of death was given a suicide he continued both his activism and charity work and received funds from his close friend an anti apartheid campaigner canon john collins and his british supporters. on the morning of the 28th of may 969 as a man her own was preparing for a major muslim religious commemoration he was summoned to the notorious state security office in cape town's caledon square. as he left the house he assured his wife and family that he'd be back safely that evening. it was a promise sent through no fault of his own he was unable to keep. he continued to do that which people consider bit was very dangerous and people remember a different ways but that part which was the most dangerous he took it all on himself and he was always conscious that people the security police were wa

it was $969.00 and the south african anti apartheid activists. rule was being held without trial in cape town's notorious canadarm square police station despite being a high profile community leader and editor of the city's muslim newspaper there was relatively little public outcry over his detention. our own was part of board off muslim news the newspaper and one should expect that when one member of the board is. in detention that there is an article about it but. that was interesting that that they did not really react on this and they they wrote. muslim news is not a political paper and does not publish political views on news it only concerns itself with the religious and social needs of the muslim community whatever political views him on how our own expresses is entirely his own views and not in the capacity as editor of the muslim us it's a big distance that they make and it's we are we are clean and it's his problem and not our problem and i think this tells you a lot about the muslim position. from the 28th of may until the 19th of augu

as the south african authorities became increasingly aware of her own spiritual activism the threat to his personal safety also grew him on her own contacted an emerging political opposition movement the pan-african is congress. the p.s.c. like the opposition african national congress was heavily opposed to south africa's notorious pass laws these dictated that black people had to carry identity documents at all times which controlled their movements and access to work they became one of the most hated aspects of apartheid laws. meanwhile her own began to look politically beyond his own muslim community. well. of those people who said that we are all human beings. that we must embrace each other that when we suffer we suffer together so not only did we turn thin the barrier of mother that he actually brought people together from different backgrounds he ignored and was not interested in with or you're from india or you were from malaysia or from africa that was not important for you. as anti apartheid resistance symond it would not be long before it boiled over into violence the 21st o

saying in a statement they reflect the severe impact of the pandemic and that they should spur all south africans to do all they can to help rebuild the economy but he didn't say how that's supposed to happen. the u.n. forecasts that it will take around 5 years for south africa's economic activity to return to preplan demick levels. and out of some of the other business stories making headlines the world's largest beef exporter brazil has seen a sharp fall in shipments to europe germany has imported around a quarter less beef with restaurants closed down during lockdown in contrast sales to china have risen by 65 percent. a german court has approved prosecutors request to put former volkswagen c.e.o. martin winterkorn on trial for fraud 5 years after the company's diesel emissions scandal it was under winterkorn that the car maker developed and sold cars with emissions cheating software the scandal has cost the company billions of restitution. all right trade fairs large exhibitions concerts canceled in large swathes of the past year to the detriment of the businesses involved but also the organi

south african tourism lives from attractions like these. but it's uncertain how the sector can survive. >> obviously we miss the guests. it's nice to show this to guests and hopefully when lockdown ends, guests will be here. but at the moment it has been good spending time with neil and sharing it with him. >> the two will keep giving virtual safaris for the time being. they hope that by doing so, at least their lodge won't soon be forgotten. while south africa's wildlife reserves eagerly await the return of visitors, the pandemic has left others stranded abroad, far from home. including some young scientists on the german island of heligoland. >> stranded on the island of heligolandnd. these twyoyoung scientisists he been hopoping to retururn to tr home c countries of f india and kenya for r weeks. but the coronavirus pandemic has thrteded the travevel ans. >> i i feel a littttle sad tti cacannot be homeme yet as it s beenen quite some e time thahae seen my family and i've been in india. >> the two marine biologists were both awarded schol

increasingly frustrated so tonight's news really is welcome and again the emphasis i think for south africans is around the impact that this very long lockdown has had on the economy south africa's latest statistics show that there was a 50 percent drop in the g.d.p. in south africa's in the 2nd quarter. a number of jobs up to perhaps 3000000 according to some studies having been lost so these easing of restrictions for south africans at this point is really about boosting the economy trying to create jobs for people who have lost them and have relied on the government up to this point was grants and is any sort of support that's been offered. there for us in johannesburg thank you so much for me to. well still ahead few here on al-jazeera setting the trend how the current a virus pandemic changed to the look at new york's fashion week. to flooded homes the challenge facing many people and to don as they try to dry out after unprecedented rains. and in sport one of the most expensive footballers in the wild ones to rejoin his former club. hello there fairly cautious and calm picture across mu

that i'm now joined by professor it's you know said prominent south african athlete scientist and the author of floor of the attrition practice and knows that such a crew is from a top tier so great to see you thank here well thank you very much as an illness be on your show i don't want to make you blush it is in the beginning of our conversation but your an extraordinary athlete your round great. what i find most impressive about you is that having it humiliated all that language. you actually had the courage to recognize that much of your lives were was misguided that it actually cost harm and you had if you just say it out loud that takes air and authentically strong person to do that how was it like for you. yes son i thank you very much you know i didn't realize what the outcome would be when i changed my mind but i like the truth and i had watched my dad dive type 2 diabetes and as a medical doctor you know i would have sort of like to help him but i couldn't because i was raised in the paradigm which holds that diabetes is an irreversible disease it's progressive so what i saw

greatest concern and the hope is that opening the borders will allow for recovery of the economy south africans really happy about this latest move but i think also key for south africa. is that at the beginning of the corona virus pandemic or it reaching south african shores there was concern that so that it would be devastated by the outbreak and that there would be potentially a 1000000 deaths there have been about 16000 just under 16000 and about 865-0000 people affected or infected by the corona virus and at this point and 89 percent recovery rate so this really has a boost his optimism in south africa in that it's able to now ease those restrictions and stephanie hope that the optimism is justified for the moment for me to miller in johannesburg for me to think you know india's official tally of coronavirus cases is now past 5000000 that's the 2nd globally only to the united states more than 90000 new cases have been recorded in the past 24 hours and the true number of infected people though is thought to be much higher because of a relatively small testing program in a nation of more tha

with a message to the world south african skull top to lead is using his work to remind all of us to protect the environment or face the consequences. because we have to see. the world this. you know if. it is the country. stay with us to hear from the artist himself. also coming out it's 20 years since eric was somebody from i could say our guinea amazed at the sydney olympics being a theme as the slowest olympic swimmer. i . you're welcome to the program why are we facing so many natural disasters how auctions on the environment contributed to the questions difficult to answer but not for 78 year old south african poet and sculptor. he's using his extraordinary sculptures makes with some spirituality to help protect the environment his artwork made from animal bones is meant to encourage society to fight against actions that damage nature and the environment. this is not unusual and it also has some. yes it's a 78 year old south african sculptor professor and poet peter cantu really created $45.00. he called the exhibition i was really a mess isn't any in the local language transla

with a message to the world south african skull topic 2 leaders using his work to remind all of us to protect the environment or face the consequences. if we can help enough to sit down in to meet the kids above it all that well this. you know if you look in the stands as it is the country. stay with us to hear from the artist himself. also coming out it's 20 years since eric was somebody from i can tell you are guinea amazed at the sydney olympics gaining a thing as the slowest limping swimmer. a junior you're welcome to the program why are we facing so many natural disaster this how actions on the environment contributed to the questions difficult to answer but not for 78 year old south african poet and sculptor. he's using his extraordinary sculptures makes with some spirituality to help protect the environment his artwork made from animal bones is meant to encourage the sighted. fight against actions that damage major on the environment. this is not unusual in art and it also has a message 78 year old south african sculptor professor and poet peter cantu really created 45. he call

discriminate we have to make sure what their very lives support we give we also give it to the local south african shake says educating people about racism is necessary to overcome south africa's growing tensions. a huge part of migrants came to south africa looking for greener pastures and they're particularly hit hard by the economic consequences of the corona virus and demick many lost their jobs and they do not get any support from the south african government the government has created a 25000000000 euro 8 back extra help ease economic strains from the pen to make it hundreds of. thousands of asylum seekers refugees and undocumented migrants will get nothing out of it despite the issues with discrimination many south africans criticize the government for this it's not. just because they're not part of that. they came to the country to. help. so why not also help the. needs i think it's a good idea for the government support for the pandemic because during the revolutionary times weren't exactly picky with when africa could go but africa opened. this help africans during their time of need so

economy also coming up the new neighborhood in cape town named after the pandemic will meet the south africans building a new settlement after 19 left them home. and jerusalem has been welcoming pilgrims in visitors for thousands of years but now the streets of the holy city are due to the throne of god. to have you with us health authorities in india say the country has now exceeded 4000000 coronavirus cases nearly 2000000 new infections were recorded last month alone india has the 3rd highest total worldwide behind the united states and brazil even so restrictions in india have been eased the government pushes to open up the economy only the worst hit areas are still under lockdown. correspondent. joins me now from delhi initial welcome 4000000 infections in india the 3rd highest national total in the world and yet lockdown restrictions are being lifted does this policy have wide support. my my can definitely in the setting in india be hard to imagine but it was one of the once just does not lend out all that to me and india has gotten me in as well not be one me just happened to be it will

will be at least the south african government. has a not so we have to use your great not the people going back to your mom and if you . are. going to be used as a workaholic the most leasing of the police or the more the maison if you're there . for the songs the guy. was only as a means to your list and the girls must move closer to. the field so. both of you. want to use the book with of course discussion of those with you was a piece of the play the music was nothing to me yeah of course they. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see that. welcome back to worlds apart of the process and you know some prominent south african athletes scientists and how advocates prison noakes i know you've always said at least on the surface. taking good care of your body and your rug i don't know how many racing more than 70 year mare marathons and ultra marathons i why do you you know being an athlete is that actually excel or read or. 0 sl

yeah it's a it's a very good day here the south african government picks up the pace and that's me how do you short break now the people that battle just your mom and. says he's just to make sure that the but national and the bill of blood turned out that he had the will to. stop the show so you see then the statistic it is easy to see why bush cut off from. you what you got to what you see death happened and what you. and i must do to her moment and what you should. want to talk to me short of your might you're going to perceive you believe. it's a mistake so it's a horrible i'm going to let them talk to spirit or does it seem to be a valuable piece that it's a stupid actually a person or so grossly wrong or should stop them spinning. the. welcome back to all the part of that process and you know some prominent south african athletes scientists and health advocates prison noakes i know you're full wastes at least on the surface. taking good care of your body and your rod i don't know how many restricting more than 17 years are marathons and also marathons i why do you know being an at

discriminate we have to make sure what their very lives support we give we also give it to the local south african shake says educating people about racism is necessary to overcome south africa's growing tensions in. a huge part of migrants came to south africa looking for greener pastures and their particular hit hard by the economic consequences of the coronavirus and demick many lost their jobs and they do not get any support from the south african government the government has created a 25000000000 euro aid package to help ease economic strains from the pen to make it hundreds of thought. thousands of asylum seekers refugees and undocumented migrants will get nothing out of it despite the issues with discrimination many south africans criticize their government for this it's not. just because they're not part of that country they came to. help. so why not also help their. needs i think it's a good idea for the government support for the pandemic because during the revolutionary times weren't exactly picky when africa could go but africa opened. this help. for. making. and other countries as we

discriminate we have to make sure whatever you live support we give we also give it to the local south african shaikh says educating people about racism is necessary to overcome south africa's growing tensions. a huge part of migrants came to south africa looking for greener pastures and they're particularly hit hard by the economic consequences of the corona virus and demick many lost their jobs and they do not get any support from the south african government the government has created a 25000000000 euro aid package to help ease economic strains from the pen to make hundreds of thought. thousands of asylum seekers refugees and undocumented migrants will get nothing out of it despite the issues with discrimination many south africans criticize the government for this it's not. just because they're not part of that country they came to the country to. help. so why not also help the. need i think it's a good idea for the government support for the pandemic because during the revolutionary times weren't exactly picky with when africa could go but africa opened. its help africans during their tim

the death of judy sponsored widespread protests south african police charged with the killing of a disabled teenager and head to court. hello there fairly quite patient across central europe and also to the north more of that cloud more of those blustery winds and plenty of showers as well meanwhile you see this little area of clouds here that's an area of low pressure very stubborn very slow to move producing showers and thunderstorms but as i say some trigger fine and dry misty mornings here and hungry but it does improve and break out into a sunshine later in the day meanwhile across into moscow i'm afraid it's a rather west and when very windy few days ahead the rain is pushing through again on thursday as some fairly brisk winds generally throughout much of scandinavia more of those showers brushing in across the western sections of the u.k. and all the system sitting in the central med some very heavy amounts a particular cross into salt in your it could lead to some localized flooding but securely as it really doesn't move as we head on into friday more of those rain showers with tho

it's very difficult for many south africans to understand what could have happened that caused the death of a 16 year old with down syndrome his family has said he would have been unable to communicate with police if confronted that night we've also heard from police minister break there who has been cautious in what he said but he's also said it's very difficult to try and put together what could have led to the death of nathaniel chiles it's very difficult to understand what exactly went wrong and so there is great interest interest in a justice prevailing in this particular case given that police in south africa have previously been accused of abuse of power police brutality you know we look back to cases like maracana the maracana massacre as it's been dubbed with 37 miners were gunned down by police we've also had instances during south africa's covert 19 lockdown where police have also been accused of brutality so this is just the latest incident where south africans are keen to see what happens in courts with regard to these 3 police officers that are appearing today. the economic

more extraordinary work from south africans. images of the gallery in johannesburg. for their respect of the. passengers here in for all my. drivers here need nerves of steel. passengers here can get an eyeful along the way. of taxis. accommodate passengers over the world. drive to see or. read. 16. a day you go to the books for over direction home the 4th time for the most news in the. dragon's. books on. tick tock on the chopping block the white house is restricting take talk and we chat starting sunday paving the way for an absolute balance. also on the show pig farmers in germany braced for the worst as swine fever spread in the country's borders and export markets close their doors. and argentina's new controls on buying dollars is making doing business difficult. this is v.w. business i'm on in berlin thank you very much for joining us the u.s. has announced plans to ban the use of the chinese own bowl bilat stake talk we chat citing national security concerns downloading the apps in the u.s. will be blocked from sunday a full ban on use of take talking stupid

. >> the cured meat is a south african staple brought by the dutch four centuries ago. >> what's interestinge says south africa's unique cuisines are a direct result of its make-up. >> south africa has 11 official languages. the same with the food. you've got french, portuguese, dutch, german, english, indian, malaysian, and mediterranean influences. like there's so much going on. >> if somebody asked you now what is south african cuisine, in a sentence, what would you say? >> south african cuisine is a fusion of -- i hate using the word fusion. basically it's taking your taste buds on safari. >> anthony would eventually bring thea is farry to america -- the safari to america, but it was sports that brought him here 25 years ago. >> i moved to atlanta in '96 before the olympics. i moved here to play professional soccer. that's how i ended up in atlanta. >> unfortunately or fortunately for all of us, soccer didn't work. >> yeah. i had a knee injury and was struggling to play at the level i wanted to play at. i made a conscious decision to retire -- >> uncertain. what career might be next, he

this is not unusual in art and it also has a message 78 year old south african sculpture professor and poet peter cantu really created 45. he called the exhibition in mississippi any in the local zulu language translated into english this means return to the source for the artist sings have never seemed more urgent. we have to prepare ourselves for more kind of a pandemic simply because with disrespect of nature we are surrounded nature with plastic only sleeps ever the carry so the whole is of greed the issues of. the other ones that are merely led us to where we are now and yet as an african people our poll reps and everybody else tells us about how we must. cully. the atis has been working for more than 40 years of use material he scavengers fun scrape yet off with bare bones as he sent over the last 3 years by creating this sole coronavirus restrictions mean the public has not yet been able to see their artworks but every sculpture can be viewed virtually together with supplementary audio that to leave a record it is specially for each piece. what this exhibition has done it's chal

nation on earth and it's complicating the nation's fight against the virus doctors say overweight south africans straining the health system. cardiologist jeff king has been kept busy since 1000 reached south africa's shores. with over 20 percent of the population living with hiv there were initially worries that millions of immune compromised south africans could cripple the country's fight against hiv 19. but there are bigger problems. because. to be the maker of hiv we were concerned that the immunity responses that patients here hiv. would result in a greater pandemic too on the contrary we actually find the exact opposite that the biggest factor that we have related to a debating code with infection was the city and south africa is the food heaviest nation in the world 1st is america and 2nd to the u.k. . like many worldwide dr king kong 19 was primarily a respiratory disease. said experts like these at the virtual 2020 european society for cardiology congress have identified obesity as a major factor. as it. is there is just it's just it's a pinch. east's. as the violence to lift rates aro

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oxford university partnered with south african blacks and ology experts in june to begin producing a locally effective serum to vaccinate against the corona virus which was halted when a sister trial in the united kingdom saw participant take ill. do you. think you can pick up a stick and i just i know when i had that someone was in england i was worried because they didn't know what being close we would call a book at least involved with this. vaccine issue. but after a few days i just do it what it was about and i'm here particularly. to try. to even notice the very kid the efforts for part of emergency measures to deal with the coronavirus pandemic in the world's most unequal society it's very important for us to know that these vaccines are safe and effective in a south african population who may differ greatly from from populations in in other parts of the world. south africa much like the rest of the continent has not experienced the covert $1000.00 death rate seen in parts of the developed world. this is baffle some experts as to how a country with poor living conditions a hig

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the south african maritime safety authority which oversees bunkering stresses that the necessary consultations and environmental studies were done to make sure that the practice is a safe as possible. we need to protect area and we need to use what you need huge. and it is the balance and that is the island that you cannot be gauging. a difficult balance indeed more than 40000 people in the out of bay area rely on tourism for a living. beyond the environmental tragedy if in the region not should disappear so with the tourists and much needed income. we have some tennis now in the u.s. open is underway in new york city without fans in the stands and without some of the world's top players germany's undulate carob are well she is there however looking for her 4th grand slam title she's the 17th seed this year and she defeated australian island of knowledge in straight sets to advance in the 2nd round top seed carlino. and even less trouble in her 1st round match winning 646 love and in the men's competition top seed novak talk of edge as moved into 2nd round the serbian beating damir joe miller

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