african farmers if south african farmers are indeed being targeted being persecuted and indeed there are land grabs going on where they may have their land confiscated redistributed if there is a need for protection clearly astrologer and other countries should factor that into the broader picture of who is to be resettled who is to be protected but the fundamental fact here is that that is a very complex and difficult question when we have such scarce amounts of places internationally for a settlement and such massive numbers of people in the youth it's also a difficult debate in south africa while many farmers say they are being targeted in including their work as it hasn't been resolved in the country says he said it's get it is going to be a long debate but isn't it the fact that it's going to be easier for these farmers to be given visas than it is for others looking for the same sort of status in australia we don't know all of the data house yet really all that we know is that the government is trying government have flagged examining whether or not to fast track these is for s

also took the extraordinary step of replacing its south african c.e.o. and his senior management team they've also paid back the twenty three million rand they charge sars for the report despite these measures many questions remain unanswered for example which if any of the specific allegations contained in the report were actually true we requested an interview with k.p. m g but they declined in a written response they restated that the report's conclusions recommendations and legal opinions should no longer be relied upon. but the damage the reporters caused will be felt for years to come says one of south africa's leading economists iraj a bt and on a narrow the revenue collection impact this year source reported a shortfall of about fifty billion rent you have central government now short of revenues that means borrowing more debt means running into international credit worthiness problems or if you like being downgraded we asked to interview mr murray jani to discuss these allegations but sars didn't respond since twenty fourteen under his leadershi

for south africans the motion was bought in parliament by the economic freedom fighters party and it did receive the support of the ruling african national congress that holds some two thirds of the parliament the leader of the affair had this to say. the time for reconsideration is over now is the time for justice we must ensure that we restore the dignity of our people without compensating the criminals who stole our land malema is a controversial and somewhat radical figure in south africa in the past he has said that he's not calling for the psalter of white people at least not yet in recent years there has been a spike in the killing of farmers in south africa now those who support the motion say it will go a long way to restoring justice but those who criticize us say it will do anything but there are those who say it will lead to unforeseen consequences and also will be a scapegoat that the a.n.c. can use to explain away its own failures nonetheless it certainly seems as if we are far away from the storming racial tensions in a country that has so much history mired in them. w

also took the extraordinary step of replacing its south african c.e.o. and his senior management team they've also paid back the twenty three million rand they charge sars for the report despite these measures many questions remain unanswered for example which if any of the specific allegations contained in the report were actually true we requested an interview with k.p. m g but they declined in a written response they restated that the report's conclusions recommendations and legal opinions should no longer be relied upon. but the damage the reporters caused will be felt for years to come says one of south africa's leading economists iraj a bt and on a narrow the revenue collection impact this year source reported a shortfall of about fifty billion rent you have central government now short of revenues that means borrowing more debt means running into international credit worthiness problems or if you like being downgraded we asked to interview mr murray yani to discuss these allegations but sars didn't respond since twenty fourteen under his leadershi

from white to black south africans now despite the fact that a party ended two decades ago you still have a situation in south africa where most of the land is owned by whites this is a hugely emotive subject for south africans the motion was bought in parliament by the economic freedom fighters party now it did receive the support of the ruling african national congress that holds some two thirds of the parliament the leader of the affair had this to say. the time for reconciliation is over now is the time for justice we must ensure that we restore the dignity of our people without compensating the criminals who stole our land malema is a controversial and somewhat radical figure in south africa in the past he has said that he's not calling for the softer of white people at least not yet in recent years there has been a spike in the killing of farmers in south africa now those who support the motion say it will go a long way to restoring justice but those who criticize or say it will do anything but there are those who say it will lead to unforeseen consequences and also will be a s

plan impact south africans on both sides of the fray here with us to discuss the issue mean to play say is associate professor of law at northwestern university and see shanae go bass a is an industrial sociologist welcome to the stream both of you want to start with this tweet we got from a member of our community skip a twenty three who says it's not like black people were compensated when whites got the land this is a correction of the wrong about it was done in the past does she say do you see this in the same way that this is attempting to address the wrongs of a party. well in short there is an absolute need in south africa for legitimate and restitution where there have been and where there is evidence of black individuals who've been dispossessed historically that's not in contention for for anybody in this country the issue becomes the means and language group creation without compensation is essentially giving the complement the. little power to confiscate property from and it was who just white individuals it's also black individuals essentially what they. see have agreed

plan impact south africans on both sides of the fray here with us to discuss the issue mean to play say is associate professor of law at northwestern university and see shanae in go bass a is an industrial sociologist welcome to the stream both of you want to start with this tweet we got from a member of our community skip a twenty three who says it's not like black people were compensated when whites got the land this is a correction of the wrong about it was done in the past does she say do you see this in the same way that this is attempting to address the wrongs of a party. well in short there is an absolute need in south africa for legitimate land restitution where there have been and where there is evidence of black individuals who've been dispossessed historically that's not in contention for for anybody in this country the issue becomes the means and language group creation without compensation is essentially giving the complement the. little power to confiscate property from and it was all just white individuals it's also black individuals essentially what they. see have ag

also took the extraordinary step of replacing its south african c.e.o. and his senior management team they've also paid back the twenty three million rand they charge sars for the report despite these measures many questions remain unanswered for example which if any of the specific allegations contained in the report were actually true we requested an interview with k.p. m g but they declined in a written response they restated that the report's conclusions recommendations and legal opinions should no longer be relied upon. but the damage the reporters caused will be felt for years to come says one of south africa's leading economists iraj on the narrow revenue collection impact this year sources reported a shortfall of about fifty billion rent you have central government now short of revenues that means borrowing more debt means running into international credit worthiness problems or if you like being downgraded we asked to interview mr murray jani to discuss these allegations but sars didn't respond since twenty fourteen under his leadership fifty fi

south african parliament has backed emotion in their calls for changing the constitution and allowing for lead exposure without compensation essentially white south africans will lose their land they will not be compensated this despite the fact that it flies in the face of the current constitution it follows the inauguration of the south african president oppose a two weeks ago he has said that he wants to speed up the transfer of land from white to black south africans now despite the fact that a party ended two decades ago you still have a situation in south africa where most of the land is owned by whites this is a hugely emotive subject for south africans the motion was bought in parliament by the economic freedom fighters party now it did receive the support of the ruling african national congress that holds some two thirds of the parliament the leader of the affair had this to say the time for reconciliation is over now is the time for justice we must ensure that we restore the dignity of our people without compensating the criminals who stole our land malema is a controversial

plan impact south africans on both sides of the fray here with us to discuss the issue mean to play say is associate professor of law at northwestern university and see shanae in go bass a is an industrial sociologist welcome to the stream both of you want to start with this tweet we got from a member of our community skip a twenty three who says it's not like black people were compensated when whites got the land this is a correction of the wrong about it was done in the past does she say do you see this in the same way that this is attempting to address the wrongs of a party. well in short there is an absolute need in south africa for legitimate and restitution where there have been and where there is evidence of black individuals who've been dispossessed historically that's not in contention for for anybody in this country the issue becomes the means and lembit appropriation without compensation is essentially giving the complement the. little power to confiscate property from and it was who just white individuals it's also black individuals essentially what they. see have agreed

south africans that i want to generalize are confident last week so the south african on the panel you know don't forget that you guys also have a privilege you know i mean there is serious power in knowing your tried and having the growing up in the rich culture that you grew up in you know like like. a young woman before he was saying you know like it's not don't don't also don't overread romanticize black american privilege you know because it's not like one hundred percent rosy but i do hear what you're saying i'm in terms of when we're on the continent i mean for me personally i try to. you know keep my privilege in check when i can or stand up against my privilege when i can whether it's someone you know saying like i just recently a guy said to me all i want i want some american sisters i don't want anything and a million women and i was like you know like i checked you know like i'm not ok i mean may seem like a simple thing but just there are many different ways and you know in terms of african-americans coming here and becoming entrepreneurs or whatever and just keeping socia

and south africa is leading the african space race. the south african department of science and technology has said space science as one of the family grand challenges for the country in the a ten year innovation plan. in order to facilitate this sense of the south african national space agency has been forged dr jane hall which is the managing director of the santa earth observation unit quite excited about this whole experience personally i thought of space you know from the days of star trek and all of that but there's some people who would say why are we spending money on space technology when we have bigger problems in africa. today the biggest challenge about space when people still think about space technology is very expensive and then. wars and they say these. are not the core space the corridors are meant for both countries at the experiencing disasters that we experience. the one who has information actually a quarter of the future. centers earth observation unit to collect and assimilate data transmitted from satellites. he

land from white to black south africans now despite the fact that a party had ended two decades ago you still have a situation in south africa where most of the land is owned by whites this is a hugely emotive subject for south africans the motion was bought in parliament by the economic freedom fighters party now it did receive the support of the ruling african national congress that holds some two thirds of the parliament the leader of the affair had this to say. the time for reconciliation is over now is the time for justice we must ensure that we restore the dignity of our people without compensating the criminals who stole our land malema is a controversial and somewhat radical figure in south africa in the past he has said that he's not calling for the psalter of white people at least not yet in recent years there has been a spike in the killing of farmers in south africa now those who support the motion say it will go a long way to restoring justice but those who criticize or say it will do anything but there are those who say it will lead to unforeseen consequences and also

engaging the black south african whose favorite t.v. shows scandal and sing jay z. lyrics off by heart and like who has so much affinity to so much american black american pop culture that we enjoy this privilege of cool that you know obviously not afforded to other foreign national africans and so what i've noticed is how with that privilege there's almost. a responsibility to use your if you want to come in like stay here and be part of the situation and part of the country you have to use that sort of privilege you have as an american with the resources to try and better the place because to be honest so africa unlike many other african countries we have trust issues when it comes to burn is coming into this space and so that's a point i would want to make that the privilege does exist but the privilege needs to be used to combat certain inequities within the local space that you exist in a way that you can regarding skills or resources so why would i want to i mean really when i want to bring the hammer down on that point a privileg

and south africa is leading the african space race. to the south african department of science and technology has said stray science as one of the family grand challenges for the country in the a ten year innovation plan. in order to facilitate this sense of the south african national space agency has been formed dr jane hall which is the managing director of the science of earth observation unit quite excited about this whole experience i'm personally a fan of space you know from the days of star trek and all of that but there's some people who would say why are we spending money on space technology when we have bigger problems in africa. today the biggest challenge about space when people still think about space technology is a bit expensive and then. wars and they say these. are not the course best accord is meant for both countries at the experiencing disasters that they're experiencing. the one who has information actually a quest for the future. earth observation unit to collect and assimilate data transmitted from satellites. he

for land exposed creation without compensation essentially white south africans will lose their land they will not be compensated this despite the fact that it flies in the face of the current constitution it follows the inauguration of the south african president oppose a two weeks ago that he has said that he wants to speed up the transfer of the land from white to black south africans now despite the fact that a party ended two decades ago you still have a situation in south africa where most of the land is owned by whites this is a hugely emotive subject for south africans the motion was bought in parliament by the economic freedom fighters party now it did receive the support of the ruling african national congress that holds some two thirds of the parliament the leader of the affair had this to say. the time for reconciliation is over now is the time for justice we must ensure that we restore the dignity of our people without compensating the criminals who stole our land malema is a controversial and somewhat radical figure in south africa in the past he has said that he's not

and south africa is leading the african space race. the south african department of science and technology has said space science as one of the family grand challenges for the country in the a ten year innovation plan. in order to facilitate this center the south african national space agency has been formed dr jane hall which is the managing director of the science earth observation unit quite excited about this whole experience i'm personally a fan of space from the days of star trek and all of that but there's some people who would say why are we spending money on space technology when we have bigger problems in africa. today the biggest challenge about space when people still think about space technology is very expensive. and wars and they say these are more urgent but actually not the course best accord is meant for both countries at the experiencing disasters that we experience. the one who has information actually a quarter of the future. centers earth observation unit collect and assimilate data transmitted from satellites. he

from white to black south africans now despite the fact that a party ended two decades ago you still have a situation in south africa when most of the land is owned by whites this is a hugely emotive subject for south africans the motion was bought in parliament by the economic freedom fighters party now it did receive the support of the ruling african national congress that holds some two thirds of the parliament the leader of the affair had this to say the time for reconciliation is over now is the time for justice we must ensure that we restore the dignity of our people without compensating the criminals who stole our land malema is a controversial and somewhat radical figure in south africa in the past he has said that he's not calling for the sort of white people at least not yet in recent years there has been a spike in the killing of farmers in south africa now those who support the motion say it will go a long way to restoring justice but those who criticize it say it will do anything but there are those who say it will lead to unforeseen consequences and also will be a scape

all the african national congress which is the governing party in south africa needs to look back and say what is that but allowed president to rise to the presidency given the fact that he had no commitment to the. that also applies to the current members of the highest decision making body is of the in seeing the in see has to ask should these people end up becoming president do they have the right values which is the highest level of professional ethics is required by six and ninety five of our constitution but didn't mandela himself nelson mandela who you were understandably a great admirer of many of those were did he lay the groundwork in a way for all of the political dysfunction and corruption that we're seeing in fact africa today he laid the groundwork for president for controversial successes like tarboro mbeki and jacob zuma is it time to maybe also reassess the mandela political legacy in south africa. well you could but i wouldn't really necessarily say it's mandela's fault he himself said that even the most been overland of governments have within them persons with prop

south africans that want to generalize a confident last week to the south africa on the panel you know don't forget that you guys also have a privilege you know i mean there is serious power in knowing your tried and having that growing up in the rich culture that you grew up in you know like like. a young woman before me was saying you know like it's not don't don't also don't overread romanticize black american privilege you know because it's not like one hundred percent rosy but i do hear what you're saying in terms of when we're on the continent i mean for me personally i try to you know keep my privilege in check when i can or stand up against my privilege when i can whether it's someone you know saying like i just recently a guy said to me oh i want i want some of my american sisters i don't want anything and a million women and i was like you know like i checked you know like i'm not ok i mean may seem like a simple thing but just there are many different ways and you know in terms of african-americans coming here and becoming entrepreneurs or whatever and just keeping social re

south africans that i want to generalize are confident last week so the south african on the panel you know don't forget that you guys also have a privilege you know i mean there is serious power in knowing your tribe and having the growing up in the rich culture that you grew up in you know like like. a young woman before he was saying you know like it's not don't don't also don't overread romanticize black american privilege you know because it's not like one hundred percent rosy but i do hear what you're saying i'm in terms of when we're on the continent i mean for me personally i try to. you know keep my privilege in check when i can or stand up against my privilege when i can whether it's someone you know saying like i just recently a guy said to me oh i want i want some american sisters i don't want to be in women and i was like you know like i checked you know like i'm not ok i mean may seem like a simple thing but just there are many different ways and you know in terms of african-americans coming here and becoming entrepreneurs or whatever and just keeping social responsibilit

could i was with him with a team every member of the team should get some of the credit south africans to so it gets the credit because if it wasn't for the. people enforcing some of the decisions i made those decisions would not have been made and they traditionally in the media also played their roles in making sure that the truth came out south africa's national prosecuting authority has plans to announce in the coming weeks whether they're going to pursue eighteen charges for over seven hundred counts of corruption money laundering fraud and racketeering against zuma that date back to an illicit arms deal from over a decade ago it's a case that's been dismissed and reinstated in the court in the past do you think those charges against him still need to be pursued now he's out of office well he has charges have to have been sued with a person is out of his and you must recall that those charges that nothing to do with president zuma being in of his being relates to the i'm still clearer but having see it i think the most important issues that the president would have to answer to wo

yes it does say that they ain see all the african national congress which is the governing party in south africa needs to look back and say what is it that allowed president to rise to the presidency given the fact that he had no commitment to the. and that also applies to the current members of the highest decision making body is of the in seeing the in c has to ask should to these people end up becoming president do they have the right values which is the highest level of professional ethics is required by six and ninety five off our constitution but didn't mandela himself nelson mandela who you were understandably a great admirer of many of those were didn't he lay the groundwork in a way for all of the political dysfunction and corruption that we're seeing in fact africa today he laid the groundwork for president for controversial successes like tarboro mbeki and jacob zuma is it time to maybe also reassess the mandela political legacy in south africa. well you could but i wouldn't really necessarily say it's mental as old he himself see it but even the most been no villains of govern

yes it does say that the ain see all the african national congress which is the governing party in south africa needs to look back and say what is that but allowed president to rise to the presidency given the fact that he had no commitment to the. and that also applies to the current members of the highest decision making body is of the in seeing the in see has to ask should these people end up becoming president do they have the right values which is the highest level of professional ethics is required by six and ninety five of our constitution but didn't mandela himself nelson mandela who you were understandably a great admirer of many of those were did he lay the groundwork in a way for all of the political dysfunction and corruption that we're seeing in fact africa today he laid the groundwork for president for controversial successes like tarboro mbeki and jacob zuma is it time to maybe also reassess the mandela political legacy in south africa. well you could but i wouldn't really necessarily say it's mandela's fault he himself said that even the most been overland of governments

south africa slammed an australian government minister for suggesting white south african farmers should get special visas because of what's described as horrific circumstances they face at home so that they can presidents or all run a poser has vowed to escalate the pace of redistributing land from wealthy whites to poor blacks almost seventy five percent of south africa's farmland is still owned by whites more than twenty four years after the end of apartheid a drum oppose a says any chance for it would be done legally i can say now that we will not a long land grabs we will not allow land invasions and those who are tempted to resort to such activities must be wound not bombs that we will not allow it because it is illegal but apart from being illegal it begins to violate the rights of other south african citizens in return as the spokesman for the refugee action coalition in brisbane he says the decision highlights the astray and government's racist attitudes towards refugees. i think i think the racism of the coalition government to strike here is very very clearly on the sly that's

south africa's government slammed an australian government is set for suggesting white south african farmers should get special visas because of what's described as quote. circumstances they face at home presidents aroma poses valid to escalate the pace of redistributing learned from wealthy whites to poor blacks. now to syria where the red crescent says a large aid convoys due to arrive in a rebel held parts of eastern goods on thursday the u.n. says fighting has subsided in duma after a deal with the main rebel group that allowed the evacuation of around one hundred fifty people in need of medical treatment to the capital damascus that these three hundred civilians of left east and do it in recent days despite the ongoing bombardment by government and russian forces at least thirteen people have died in the latest attacks on eastern syrian forces are making major advances nearly a month after stepping up this salt's on the besieged area in recent days they've sought to cut off sections of rebel held territory. further north texas chips and free syrian army faces a run the city of a

south africans face a collective test today. the reaction to these hearings will show whether they are able to expose the sins of apartheid yet free themselves from the desire for revenge against those who propped up a system. the truth and reconciliation commission allowed amnesty only if the perpetrator confessed that they committed the crime. i did terrible things. i did terrible things to members of the anc. i grew up in soweto. it was rampant with security police. it felt like hell. being in the 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

former south african president jacob zuma will face corruption charges. overwhelmingly likely that it was his decision to direct the use of a nerve agent on the streets of the you killed the streets of europe for the first time since the second world war the u.k. foreign minister blames president vladimir putin directly for ordering the poisoning of a former russian spy and his still. and i'm far as small have all the day's sport as a draw for the quarter finals of the champions league has been made to tom holders around the dribble faced eventis and a repeat of last season's final. affair warm welcome to the new say russian air strike on a besieged syrian enclave has killed sixty one people one planes hit a market in the town of kufa but not within rebel held east and kuta of the syrian government and its russian and it radio and allies launched an offensive to capture the area months ago which is driving out civilians in their thousands for the north turkish led forces are preparing to attack the city of a free with the un says forty eight thousand peop

well that we'll finally get is the imports and i see a lot of south africans here on social media that are actually very happy about this this is actually a case as you said the case already goes back to the ninety's after that africa bought a lot of military equipment corvettes helicopter fighter jets and allegation is that zuma took about three hundred forty thousand u.s. dollars in bribes along status and that's where you know needs to go in front of the courts and then needs to be accounted for this is something that the opposition has been calling for for quite a while it's actually surprising that he's finally facing charges he's been shielded for so long in part by his own party of course is the opposition and in poland is just generally of zuma in the country are they likely to be satisfied though by by the scale of the charges now i think of definitely satisfy the fully satisfied. look they just want him to see if staying corpse and we might not see the end of it this might not be all the charges what's interesting as well that actually the national prosecutor decided today to

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there was a lighter moment as well in all of the intense press conferences when south african captain was interrupted mid—flow. look at this. african captain was interrupted mid-flow. look at this. perhaps it needed what happened now it has been... phones ringing that's a shocking ring tone! wow. another question? can we report him to that ringtone. one of the few smiles today. that's all for now stop more sport three evening for you.

african there's also been a massive community outpouring more almost a hundred thousand people have actually signed a petition because the government attempted to deport the tamil family that's been here all for years equates for years and in spite of their being court appeals for them they tried to deport them there is a growing community concern in the us or we want to make it very clear to the government and to the labor party who will win the next federal election has started that there is on the net in a style your very very determined to end offshore detention and to bring people from near and that it still is drought or it's situational eight it's all about the churches the unions the lawyers the medical profession there's nobody in a study that supports the hogzilla as if that's been taken by the collison and i think the other point is that the situation in medicine gets worse they've got no they've got no solutions the us deal isn't going to offer them a solution and as that crisis keeps growing the problems for the government keeps getting bigger and thousands of people ha

and south africa is leading the african space race. to the south african department of science and technology has said space science as one of the family grand challenges for the country in the a ten year innovation plan. in order to facilitate this sense of the south african national space agency has been formed dr jane all which is the managing director of the observation unit quite excited about this whole experience personally a fan of space you know from the days of star trek and all of that but there's some people who would say why are we spending money on space technology when we have bigger problems in africa. today the biggest challenge about space when people still think about space technology is about expensive. wars and they say these. are not the course best accord is meant for both countries at the experiencing disasters that they're experiencing. the one who has information actually a quarter of the future. centers earth observation unit to collect and assimilate data transmitted from satellites. here the satellite image

african farmers there's also been a massive community outpouring more almost a hundred thousand people have actually signed a petition because the government attempted to deport the tamil family that's been here for four years in queensland took four years and in spite of their being court appeals for them they tried to deport them there is a growing community concern in the sayed so we want to make it very clear to the government and to the labor party who will win the next federal election to study that that there is a movement in the style you are very very determined to in a short attention and to bring people from you and that it's still a struggle. but that did the forces that you're going up against here and in terms of public opinion and and politicians are not weak to say the least and there is the fact that they these rallies have not gotten a great deal of coverage in australia i mean how much of a you're facing quite an uphill battle here in changing minds on your. there there is an uphill battle let me be ridiculous this is just otherwise about community opinion it's very

africans are still waiting to see if. anyone from his government will be held to account malcolm webb al-jazeera pretoria south africa russia set to expel british diplomats in a tit for tat over the poisoning of a former double agent in the u.k. last week foreign minister sergei lavrov says the expulsions are in retaliation for the u.k. ordering air twenty three russian embassy staff juta leave on march twentieth moscow continues to deny any involvement in the chemical attack but lavrov says u.k. counterpart boris johnson accuses president vladimir putin of ordering it to sell. our quarrel is with putin's kremlin and with his decision and we think it overwhelmingly likely that it was his decision to direct the use of a nerve agent on the streets of the u.k. on the streets of europe for the first time since the second world war that is that is why we are at odds with russia. and a separate larger investigation is now underway into the death of another russian in the u.k. earlier this week businessman nicole a good scarf wa

well so the count here on al-jazeera a south african food manufacturer under scrutiny as the w.h.o. points i deadly listeria outbreak is the largest in recorded history plus. i'm wayne hay on board the u.s. aircraft carrier the count vinson which is on a symbolic visit to vietnam but it's also carrying a message to china. hello there the weather is looking a little quieter across the middle east over the next few days still a little bit of cloud just rolling out of the black sea from turkey just pushed out it was a caspian sea even though too much wet weather to speak of as we go on through the next dial so there will be some sal as of maybe some snow over the high ground into turkey pushing a little further east was through georgia edging towards armenia further south it's generally settled and sunny and more of that sunshine as we go on through wednesday twenty celsius and by very best not bad twenty seven the in baghdad meanwhile a little more cloud over towards took my stand is back to stand seven celsius the massey as we go on through the middle pos all the way a warm sunshine

a questionable arms deal corruption charges are reinstated against former south african president jacob zuma. the f.b.i. deputy director has been fired but he's fired back at the u.s. president on the way out and mccabe has been sacked for misconduct just before he would have been eligible for full retirement benefits mccabe says his firing is part of the champs chunk administration's war on the f.b.i. he believes he's been singled out for events he witnessed off the trump fired f.b.i. director james comey rosen jordan joins us from washington d.c. and what happened. well essentially the timeline is this it's still very late on friday night march sixteenth here on the east coast of the united states andrew mccabe is turning fifty years old on sunday march eighteenth on that day he was going to retire from the f.b.i. and that way he could get his retirement benefits and health care benefits for his family and for himself well instead just about one hour ago it to g.m.t. it was announced by the department of justice that andrew mccain has been fired the u.s. attorney general jeff sessions

and both want to become the latest country to ban south african meat imports after listeria outbreak and eight hundred eighty lives. through tranquil arabian cameos. in affiliation. hello there is much colder now for many of us in eastern china for us in shanghai the temperature will only be around ten degrees as we head through the next couple of days for to say though it should be dry this area of rain staying out towards the west but as we head into wednesday it will be galloping its way towards the so many of us here are going to see some heavy rain reaching us in shanghai probably late all minds day and into thursday even further towards the south and there's plenty of showers here will showing up very nicely on the satellite picture in the northern half of where there's more in the way of drawing weather and that's how things are going to stay as we head through chews day and into wednesday as well for the south always more showers hit the north a better chance of getting away with a dry day but even in the north it's not going to be completely dry i think for some of us in the

my thought experiment transplant that i didn't south africa it would have been okay for white south africans to sustain apartheid in part of the country in turnover the rest to the black south africans -- no one entertain such an idea. it was an anathema. this is the same thing here. you can't and apartheid by dividing the land and allowing it to continue in another part of land. there other aspects of this but cutting to the chase i would propose therefore that unification is the only way to end apartheid. since there's only reason to do that we have to take that very seriously. for activism and activism i mean every kind of activism from grassroots to legal activism in diplomatic activity in support, if -- i want to focus on this angle of in the occupation. and the occupation is a mantra, a slogan, it's a sign people carry in marches and it's a legal argument but how? again, israel's withdraw cannot be purchased anticipated and invest it would be very partial. this is the [inaudible] plan that you're looking at a peer. all the yellow would be israel and the white would be palestine. with a

it would have been removed the company's recalled all its products south africans are now hoping that the outbreak can be brought on the control that nobody else will die. top u.k. sports stars have been accused of cheating the system after british m.p.'s published a new report into doping former tour de france winner bradley wiggins and fellow olympic champion mo farah are the biggest names accused of taking performance enhancing drugs using a medical loophole the wellings reports. he is one of the most successful and celebrated figures in the history of british sport but bradley wiggins and his former cycling team have effectively been accused u.k. parliament of cheating the question by the ethics of the use of medicines particularly medicines are being used not primary to treat medical need but couldn't hold performance as well and what we're recommending from the report is that this grey area should be cleared up at the center of allegations is the mystery content of a package delivered to wigan jury in the criteria did off in a race in two thousand and eleven claimed by team sky

and the press billions of dollars of public money was stolen before and during his tenure south africans are still waiting to see if. anyone from his government will be held to account. al-jazeera pretoria south africa to israeli soldiers have been killed and two others are being treated for serious injuries after a car ramming in the occupied west bank the israeli military considers it considers it a deliberate attack the driver fled but was caught shortly after and taken to hospital unconfirmed reports say he's a twenty six year old palestinian. egyptians living abroad are casting their votes for who they want as president but elections being dismissed as a fix by some of the opposition after several candidates were arrested or intimidated into pulling out some experts say they're not going to bother voting. reports from washington d.c. . not everyone who came to vote in washington d.c. as a gyptian embassy were aware of the opposition boycott of the presidential election but all of those we spoke to were strong supporters of incumbent president abdel fattah el-sisi what want you boy c

african farmers who are being kicked off their farms who could perhaps be given refugee status here in australia this for a man who has spent his career it seems to people here keeping other refugees in other places out this is what nick remote from the refugee action coalition said to me earlier i think the role of the demonstrations we're seeing around the nation today is precisely to say pete adopting is not legitimate he's not legitimate in saying that you know white south africans who haven't asked us for help a more deserving of australian asylum than the countless numbers of people fleeing war zones who have there are thousands of people here and thousands more in melbourne and in other places across australia but in the great scheme of things these are still relatively small protests australia's media rarely reports more than a tiny bit on the sorts that events and in terms of politics both the governing liberal party and the opposition labor party broadly agree on the tough policies and that's why not much looks likely to change. let's take a look at the numbers now austral

africans there's also been a massive community outpouring more almost two hundred thousand people have actually signed up the titian because the government attempted to deport the tamil family that's been here will fully is it really is and in spite of their being court appeals for them they tried to deport them there is a growing community concern in a salutary want to make it very clear to the government and to the labor party who will win the next federal election has started that there is a movement in a style you are very very determined to end offshore detention and to bring people from here and that still it's situational ate it were about the churches the unions the lawyers the medical profession there is nobody in australia that supports the hard line position that's been taken lie the collison and i think the other point is that the situation and that is the road gets worse they've got no solutions the us deal isn't going to offer them a solution and as that crisis keeps growing the problems for the government keeps getting bigger people in egypt head to the polls on monday i

and the press billions of dollars of public money was stolen before and during his tenure south africans are still waiting to see if zuma anyone from his government will be held to account. al-jazeera pretoria south africa. or someone is a policy and political scientist at the university of south africa he says new evidence against zuma may come from his former financial advisor who's now in prison. you do think that the chances of even going to use may be limited but the chances of him being guilty. and some penalties may come in his way. because at this particular stage you may find that one year was a segue into the says of the two that even though you. did for me is the relationship with. the new evidence that may or may have. ironic that there from the person or was imprisoned or see or may not be very happy of the fact that he saw lho or this body. and he symbol of the neglected by the president during his years as a president is also faces yet. because of the same time the state kept a investigation which is actually investigating is that oh into a court of sion your use term of o

south africa's criticised australian government minister for saying white south african farmers should get special basis because of what he called horrific circumstances at home president has vowed to speed up our distribution land redistributing land that is from wealthy whites to poor blacks but he says this will be done legally almost seventy five percent of farm land is still owned by whites more than twenty four years after the end of apartheid. i can say now on that we will not allow land grabs we will not allow land invasions and those who are tempted to resort to such activities must be warned in advance that we will not allow it because it is seal ego but apart from being illegal it begins to violate the rights of other south african citizens and rental is a spokesman for the refugee action coalition and crispin says the offer of home affairs minister peter dutton highlights the australian government's racist attitude towards refugees. i think i think the racism of the coalition government to strike here is very very clearly on the sly and that's exactly what it is it's astoun

tencent slumping by the most sense 2011 after a south african has made a $9.8 billion selling of 190 million of shares, sold at around 404 hong kong dollars, below thursday's closing price. tencent. in1% of 2001 and is now worth 175 alien dollars. petrochina rewarded shareholders by paying out its entire net income in dividends. investors will send $3.6 billion, adding to a surprise payout in august. petrochina is recovering from its worst ever performance as the rally in oil prices alters exploration and production. we are counting down to the open in hong kong. it is looking pretty choppy out there. selloff in thehe u.s. playing out across asia. rishaad: we are seeing absolute down inout there, 3.6% the premarket, showing further the futures contract. let's have a look at these movers. there we have it, 9.8%. we have a decline of 8% for tencent. some of that could the down to that discount they had. there we go. it is a broad-based market down. haidi: absolutely. you can see some of these stocks with these u.s. ties. what can china actually do though? rishaad: they could do somethi

a south african drought but it is a drought that has been with in the south an uptick and development community so it is not something that. is just that you shot on the city of cape town but it is about the country aside and we must remember as well that south africa is and every country or did not really and that we have received much less than well about age of rainfall even at the best of times so when you have that happening and then you get it compounded by a drought for instance in the western cape that is the biggest in four hundred years obviously there will be a negative impact indeed but my question to you is why the government hasn't intervened more more quickly at the given that this is being three years in the making and some say this is because the a.n.c. as a making political capital because of course cape town is run by the main opposition party the democratic alliance. and that is why it is important. to separate the political. because while. the country remember that in fact what is happening in. cape town is. we have had very negative. problems of. fourteen thousan

and my thought experiment, transplant in south africa, it would have been okay for white south africans to sustain apartheid in part of the country and turn the rest over to black south africans, no one entertained that idea. you can't have apartheid and allowing it in another part of the land and there are other aspects to this, but cutting to the chase, i would propose there for the reunification is the only way to end apartheid and since there are so many reasons to do that, we have to take that very seriously. for activism and by activism, i mean every kind of activism, from grass roots to legal activism and legal activity and so forth, if you're going to-- i just wanted to focus on this angle of end the occupation. end occupation is a mantra, a slogan, what they carry in marches and also a legal argument. but how? again, it cannot be anticipated. at best, it would be very partial. this is the allmark plan that you're looking at, by the way, up here, where all the yellow would be israel and the white would be palestine. with a little umbilicus between the west bank and gaza. i mean,

african now and a white south african woman has been jailed for racially abusing a black police officer two years ago in what is believed to be the first case of its kind vicki was sentenced to three years in prison the officer had tried to help her after thieves broke into her car she responded by using racial slurs forty eight times during a tirade. and this is an enormous. i can say to. you in front of witnesses this is what you see to me it doesn't leave the house of it standing you for no good will get me to get. up off because i'm not going to i'm not going to or oh you think i'm not going to tell you that when. you saw that my quality gold is also going. to deal with it. let me bring in our social media producer now sarah hierarchs are they've been many hate crimes in south africa in recent years but this particular one has shocked a lot of people for the never underestimate the power of social media because it's what poor national attention and national as well to racial run off to the media of how it went viral a couple of years ago and now hashtags a key member has been trendi