however there is a delegate, dr zweli mkhize, who is the country's former health minister who is presidenthis is what happened because even the delegates from kwazulu—natal, which is jacob zuma's home province, that same province, it's also zweli mkhize's province. that is why there was so much heckling and things like that. however, the anc delegates from kwazulu—natal are still angry that former presidentjacob zuma was jailed last year after he did not testify at a commission of inquiry investigating corruption while he was president, and that is why we saw lots of violence and looting lastjuly in the riots that saw more than 300 people dying in that province. a row is brewing in west africa over the increasing involvement of a russian mercenary group in the region. ghana has accused its neighbour, burkina faso, of hiring troops from the wagner group — a private russian military organisation, which is also believed to be involved in fighting alongside russian forces in ukraine. ghana says the mercenaries are operating close to its northern border. burkina faso has responded by summoning

his main rivalfor the top post is former health minister zweli mkhize, himself, subjected to corruptionter has suspended the accounts of a number of journalists for seven days who have been writing about the company and owner elon musk. journalists from cnn, the washington post and new york times are amongst those affected. the royal college of nursing has warned that strikes will escalate, unless the government is prepared to negotiate on pay. tens of thousands of staff across england, wales tens of thousands of staff across england, wales and northern ireland walked out on thursday, and with further industrial action already planned for next week, the union is now warning of a fresh wave of strikes injanuary, if the government doesn't agree to formal talks over pay. naomi grimley reports. the 12 hour strike by the royal couege the 12 hour strike by the royal college of nursing is over but the dispute concerning pay is still continuing. as experts try to quantify the effect on patients. heather smith knows the impact in very personal terms. her breast cancer surgery in the west midland

the candidates are president cyril ramaphosa and the former health minister, zweli mkhize.or a new advanced weapons system. the north is banned from launching ballistic missiles by the un, but has conducted dozens of tests this year. after 30 hours of marathon talks, the european union has reached an agreement to strengthen and expand its carbon market — boosting one of the bloc�*s main tools to fight climate change. emissions trading will be extended to heating, road transport and shipping in the continent's biggest climate policy. sofie defour who is the climate director forthe campaign group transport and environment. she explained whether the costs of carbon trading will be passed on to consumers 01’ companies. it is mainly an obligation on the companies, for example if you look at shipping, ordering a television from say china, that would add about 3 cents to the cost of your television. so next to nothing for consumers, however for the shipping company that transports your television china to europe, the shipping company would be incentivised either become energy—effi