our reporter stefan mohl went to soweto to meet a dedicated environmental activist. stefan: this barren wasteland is one of the mine dumps found in and around south africa's biggest city, johannesburg. the soil here is full of toxins like arsenic, lead, and radioactive uranium. the heavy rains and dust storms that have become more frequent in recent years have spread the contamination, especially around soweto and its neighboring townships. that led ndivile mokoena to become an environmental activist, educating people about the health hazards posed by the mine dumps. she's invited us to her family home in soweto, where her older sister and two nephews live. ndivile knows that here, environmental issues like climate change are also social issues. ndivile: climate change largely is viewed as an environmental issue. however, it encompasses everything. it's a developmental issue, it's a human rights issue, it's a social issue. you find that when you look at the impacts of climate change and how one can adapt, the most vulnerable are the women and children. stefan: ndivil

eventually she quit her job and organized environmental cleanup campaigns in soweto . today did really is the south africa coordinator for the gender into a climate change initiative the global network evaluates and monitors the gender components of climate protection strategies in cities around the world but a project workshop in johannesburg the coordinators share the experiences and challenges faced by women in their countries in india for instance many poor families can't afford the security of the basic life insurance. is of course to leave the. filthy scene is a big industry so they were the men go out to sea and when they were there are storms and they want the gun back the woman who. called for the business and because of the family themselves so the burden on them isn't listed. in south africa the initiative works together with two cities. and johannesburg. really is especially interest. in introducing climate smart urban agriculture. in johannesburg stuber park an abandoned green house has now become a community garden. the co-operative grows vegetables and m

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i grew up in soweto. it was rampant with security police. it felt like hell.city required a special permit if you were a black person. absolutely no freedom of movement. i had also suffered as an activist by being shot in the leg by the police while attending a funeral for my fellow students. it was at a graveyard where the police again started shooting. i survived. others were killed on the spot. it is a scar that is a constant reminder of where i come from. i knew the harshness of the system first—hand. yet as a member of the amnesty committee, i had to decide that these people had to be granted amnesty. not because they were apologetic but merely because they disclosed the truth. that was really difficult. did you then shoot that man? yes, that is correct. people would cry. just by listening to the explanation that was given of how people were tortured. people were killed. what kind of man uses a method like this on other human beings? there were occasions when people who applied for amnesty did say sorry. those were few and far between. but it was extraord

said that they found the source because a group of three school kids got sick in the township of soweto near johannesburg after eating polonia it's this kind of sausage that can be made of pork or chicken and because they got sick a lot of these preschoolers got tests that they found this this bacteria that gave them full poisoning and they could pinpoint it down in a set to this point only from enterprise from tiger brands that's that they ate so that minister says if we are clear now this is where it comes from ok so how is the region reacting to all of this after all it's not just south africa effect no definitely not snow because this company also exports a lot to two neighboring countries so as so far we've seen now countries around us in panic mode as well maybe as botswana mozambique malawi they've all said that they're going to stop imports now and it's also removed all the products that they did have from their shelves and it looks like patients experience high temperature flu symptoms vomiting diarrhea some even die as we've heard our consumers panic. yes no definitely and of

further south, the winds will becoming lighter and it should be driver soweto weather beginning to arriveme snow pushing northwards overnight towards the borders and across northern england, with some wetter weather returning to southern areas. a messy purge on sunday, losing that cold, easterly wind, the winds should be lighter and temperatures will be rising to around eight or nine in the south, across the northern isles, temperatures will not be as low. gradually becoming less cold across southern parts, but they're still a risk of some rain, but also, some snow. this is business briefing. i'm samantha simmonds raising the temperature. president trump says he'll slap hefty tariffs on foreign steel to protect us workers. but is he playing with fire? plus — the italianjob. a stagnant economy, a mountain of debt and a third of young people out of work — just some of the challenges for whoever wins weekend's election. on the markets.... fears of a trade war spark a sell—off on wall street, shares of ford and general motors among the hardest hit as trump's move will mean higher costs for th