bring in jason burke a journalist for the guardian newspaper who has been covering this story from johannesburg welcome to you jason i want to talk first about his claim that he needs to be told what he's done wrong at this point is the a.n.c. under any obligation to do so. well not formally this is an internal a.n.c. process. himself as a victim of some kind of. unsubstantiated allegations of wrongdoing now i mean those sources say so the claim rather is not really going to be seen as very credible as south africa everybody here is aware of how bad unemployment is how the economy has been flat lining since he took how crime has been rising hosers and other issues and of course everybody's aware of the corruption allegations that have been swirling around him and have been substantiated against people who are very close to him so the who trail of himself as a victim of some kind of. process within the party is unlikely to convince very many people so the next step now is this no confidence vote in the parliament and that's what the a.n.c. wants to move ahead with how are they working with the o

with the influential gupta family on wednesday an elite police unit raided the family's luxury home in johannesburg detaining three people. the captors are accused of using their connections to the president to win lucrative state contracts and several of the ms relatives work for the family's companies to raids to residents and i think you ought to bottle it's about time this happened i think iran has been waiting for it to be wondering why. it hasn't happened but now that it's happening i mean it starts but and as i say you know about time it happened i hope that any hidden secrets may come to the surface and it will give a lot of people in our country a bit of peace of my family and hopes that moving forward with south africa will be a bit of an easier task than just drives past in this war what was going on and heard about it on the news and i just think it's quite a watershed moment in south africa to come in with this what's going. to zoom a successor would most likely be deputy president and a.n.c. party chairman cyril ramaphosa he'll have to tackle rampant corruption and cronyism to revive

that's right it's going to take place in a building called the tane hayes here in johannesburg and that's more of just a formality the main business of the day the creation of sit around the forza as the president elect of south africa happened in the national assembly a few hours ago so all that there is going to happen at the dinner he said basically a rubber stamp if you like of the fact that he was now the president the fifth democratically elected president of south africa when that announcement was made in the national assembly a few hours ago there was dancing and singing and cheering amongst many of the parliamentarians and when settled on the forza spoke to south africa for the first time as its president elect he said he was going to do the job with the to the best of his ability he was going to do it with humility faithfulness and with dignity and he also said that one of the first things that he planned to do was pull together all the opposition parties to try to discuss the best way of moving south africa forward from the zuma ministration and at that point i think we began t

to president jacob zuma and one person has been arrested the roads around the home of the family in johannesburg have been sealed the area has been designated a crime scene president zuma is under investigation of alleged corruption linked to the family well he's accused of being influenced by the group those to make government decisions and cabinet appointments and some of his family members along with the gupta's being investigated on charges of international money laundering and that's just one of many corruption accusations against the south african president he's been linked to bribery of a mind to ninety nine. he was also accused of spending twenty three million dollars of money to renovate his private home money he has since paid back well let's get more on all of this now we're joined by correspondent fahmy the minute she's live for us in johannesburg firstly family the what can you tell us about the police raiding of the home and one arrest we're hearing now. elizabeth we understand that this raid began in the early hours of the morning and it's come as quite a shock for south africans

all right let's bring in our guests now in johannesburg we have an early money who is president of the progressive professionals for amanda a member of the a.n.c. in cape town we have been to holomisa this member of parliament and president of the opposition party the united democratic movement also in johannesburg william committee associate professor at the school of governance at the university of it matters or and thank you all very much indeed for joining us but on early can i start with you in johannesburg we've just heard from president zuma who still seems to be in a state of denial and we've heard him basically dissemble and store for time is very much the way it seemed to me. yeah look i listen to the interview i must say. my heart is just segued to your notes if you have never seen prison zuma speaking with so much pain as a twit and i think the social media and media in general and out there have positioned his i did shoot as somebody that is defying his own party somebody that is defying the african national cause and that's the case i'm the one having listened that the ca

factions of south africa's ruling party clashed during demonstrations outside their headquarters in johannesburg comes ahead of an urgent african national congress meeting to discuss the future of president jacob zuma after talks failed to secure his departure he's been under pressure to resign since ramaphosa succeeded him as leader of a party for me in the vela has more from johannesburg. the african national congress is continuing to grapple with what it calls a transitional period after still remark was i was named president of the party while jacob zuma remains president of south africa and that's amid intensifying calls for zuma to step down this of course relates back to allegations of corruption and his relationship with a prominent family in south africa who are accused of influencing president zuma as well as a government policy and appointments now that sillerman was a is president of the a.n.c. would appear that zuma as position has weakened to some extent and they are calls from within the party and also from outside for the president to step down now unconfirmed reports indicate th

and will travel to johannesburg local markets where it's a fine line between traditional kulas and protecting being taken shouldn't. i know that there's still a lot of unsettled weather over many parts of the middle east at the moment as one system is moving away another one is edging its way over parts of iran and then gradually into afghanistan as well that system's giving us a fair amount of rain some of it's heavy and over some of the mountains we're seeing that turn to snow behind it there's a little bit of a break but not much of one then the next system is coming through that's working through parts of iraq and it's staying more or less where it is as we head through choose they say more heavy rain still to come here a bit further towards the south and we're seeing some of that unsettled weather here as well so we've seen some wet weather already in doha that's clearing away towards the east here it is making its way into pakistan there for monday and then as we head into chews day the next systems with this his that cloud them building during the day will see a few outbreaks of rain a

toews to president jacob zuma and arrested three people the roads around the home of the family in johannesburg have been sealed off of the area designated a crime scene. president zuma is under investigation of alleged corruption linked to the family let's get more on this now our correspondent found in the minutes joining us live from johannesburg what more can you tell us about what's happening around the cop the family home and father. elizabeth as you mentioned the three people have been arrested so far we understand that one of them is a member of the group to family and one other it business associate just to give you a better idea who the spammy is and why this development is so significant this is an indian born family that has strong ties to president jacob zuma and they've long been accused of using their relationship with jacob zuma to benefit from government contracts to influence decisions around government policy and even the appointment of ministers in cabinet it's thought that these arrests this raid has been a long time coming the accusations around the relationship between zu

connection where with a hit i mean i'm aware we will check in with her again throughout the day in johannesburg. the only surviving suspect from the paris attacks in two thousand and fifteen is on trial in belgium salaam is charged with attempted murder for trying to kill police during a shooting and brussels in two thousand and sixteen the belgian born frenchman was arrested along with another suspect four days before bomb attacks killed thirty two people in the belgian capital reports from brussels. it was in this house in the district of brussels that salah up to islam was arrested in march twenty sixth. you only surviving suspect to the paris attacks the previous november up to slum spend four months on the run hiding in places not far from his family home a few days before being caught he was involved in a shootout with police in another part of the belgian capital his trial will examine his role in the crime. to slam is also linked to the bombers who attacked brussels four days after his arrest nearly two years on the belgian government has lowered the threat level but analysts say europe

to president jacob zuma and arrested one person the roads around the home of the gulf the family in johannesburg have been sealed for the area designated a crime scene where president zuma is under investigation of alleged corruption linked to the family he's accused of being influenced by the group those to make government decisions and cabinet appointments zuma and some of his family members along with the gupta is being investigated on charges of international money laundering and that's just one of many corruption accusations against the south african president he's been led to bribery over a nine hundred ninety nine on steel he was also accused of spending twenty three million dollars of government money to renovate his a private home money he's since paid back fond of the miller has moved from johannesburg. we understand that this raid began in the early hours of the morning and it's come as quite a shock for south africans because essentially it's something they've been waiting for for several years now given that these allegations have been swirling around the group does for some time no

hundreds of corruption charges but has refused to stand before his term ends next year we demand more from johannesburg. there's been no official word from the african national congress as to the outcome of this meeting held by the national executive committee the stop decision making body of the a.n.c. but we do understand based on reports from the national broadcaster the s e b c that as well as the secretary general of the a.n.c. met with jacob zuma to relay a message from the a.n.c. and according to the state broadcaster that was jacob zuma has a day or potentially to to resign as president of the country now the

fergal keane, bbc news, johannesburg. jane: for more, i spoke earlier with aassociate fellow at the institute for policy studies and a member of the international working group for africans rising. thanks so much for coming in. you and i have been here before. >> many times. jane: is it safe to assume that zuma is gog to go? >> well, i think he will go. the question is when. clearly, the anc has made a decision to recall the president, so he will leave. the issue is negotiating -- is it three months, sixonths? when you have is people in the streets, opposition parties, not people who really people who really launched this "zuma must go" campaign, trade unionists, all say enough is enough, that the anc has a t new leader a leadership take control of the government, and all the these issues of state capture, the lack of public trust, be finally dealt with in a way that there can be some measure of confidence going forward in the anc government. jane: we have talked often about the factions within the anc. doou see that ther

farmer the village oren's us live from algiers bureau in johannesburg farmer the tourists are difficult of course of the best of times to predict the sort of mercurial movements of jacob zuma but what do you read into the fact that he's that he's giving this statement that he's doing it at the union buildings in pretoria farmer the farmer there are you hearing us farmer in our bureau in johannesburg we're hoping to talk to family miller but that link seems to have gone down we'll try and resume that in the meantime and we're back again with the podium shot as the sound technician there test the microphone as i remind you we await a press conference from jacob zuma south africa's president as he faces a possible vote of no parliament confidence in parliament on thursday unless as his ruling party the a.n.c. has told him to unless he resigns beforehand we'll bring that to you just as soon as it happens. and we'll go back now to our top story of the hour the death of morgan chang. opposition leader the former head of the movement for democratic change we've got lance guma on the line with

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is making a statement in johannesburg. and i'm just that. evolution to be teaching you to be a. concert pianist not to think it will be to be plentiful and to be noticed it's what you. feel watching live pictures coming to you from johannesburg at the in seat me take let's take a listen just the ones being the band. i mean everything to give your opinion since it was for. public release. all of us think. this is the statement of the of these medical personnel for the role of pressure to do what they must whether they're going to do. it on the trunkful for the water for georgia for informing. their meeting was called reflect on their current situation . as it pertains to get position of the place you go and. get groups on. the n.b.c. course as well for shows you have been taught it to be and it is it is a good book from officials for very good measure of things and zuma. and disengagement of being informed by the commitment to because first. they didn't trust the folder. and the interest of the you see. the determination to enter this military order must be. the first to go very

farmer miller many thanks for that approaching midnight it is now i think on wednesday night in johannesburg bringing us the latest on momentous developments in south africa thank you and for more on this story i'm joined via skype by barnaby fletcher is a south africa analyst at the security consultancy firm control risks thanks for for joining us by one of the days and days and days this has been going on now south africa absolutely on tenterhooks wondering what on earth would happen next do you imagine a lot of the country is breathing a big sigh of relief tonight absolutely i'm based in london currently but i mean you're in a lot from our johannesburg office and many of my friends and contacts there expressing exactly as you said relieved this had the potential to drag on probably not too much longer but of no confidence would have gotten against zuma and that was scheduled for tomorrow but there was always the potential for zuma to cause problems he still has supporters you have still seen small groups groups on the less engaged in protests against his removal so the fact that he has st

president he's not going anywhere and insists he's a victim of unfair treatment meanwhile police in johannesburg arrest the members of the influential family we'll examine what this all means for south africa's future . the group the family is the talk of social media in south africa with many people wondering why the raids are taking place now. all in the reaction to that story. also on the grid thirty billion dollars over ten years the amount of money pledged in donations and loans by international donors to rebuild iraq but that falls away sort of the hundred billion dollars that the prime minister says his country needs to rebuild after years of conflict including the most recent against i so we'll break down the numbers for you that's coming up painting the real picture artists tell stories of trauma faced by refugees trying to get to australia. my. you with the news grid were live on air we're streaming online through you tube facebook life and al-jazeera dot com as well thanks for joining us tough choices for south africa as scandal hit yet defiant president jacob zuma to step down or fac

business family with close ties to president jacob zuma and now the raids on a number of properties in johannesburg included this compound belonging to the group the family there accused of corruption links with the embattled president both sides now deny any wrongdoing the raids come just a day after the governing a.n.c. demanded that president zuma step down from office. our correspondent christine manuel joins us now in the studio for more good morning christine can you tell us something about the gupta family and why police really raided not only the family home but a number of other of their locations. because of the fact that the glimpses all closely related to the president all closely linked to the president for example one of the president's son is a serious business partner to the protests there have been allegations in reports and also in the public domain that the good times have access to state funds to state resources because of their proximity to the president now there has been an ongoing probe into that various civil cases of corruption which allude to the fact that they've got acc

dealing with the many challenges including high unemployment and crime family the mother reports from johannesburg. a reluctant announcement from an embattled president i have therefore coming to the decision to resign as president of the republic with immediate effect even though i disagree with the decision of the leadership of my organization. i have always been a disciplined member of the sea it came just hours before parliament was due to vote in a motion of no confidence against jacob zuma president's hand may have been forced but zuma says his party did not give reasons why he should resign that's despite being in broiled in scandal after scandal throughout his presidency including accusations of corruption and a court ruling that he had broken his oath of office when he ignored the public protect his recommendation that he paperbacks some of the state money used to refurbish his private residence. despite all the criticism against zuma the a.n.c. says the decision to recall him was a difficult one to make following zoomers resignation the ruling party saluted what it called his outstanding

animals used by traditional healers are still sold openly in local markets twenty page reports from johannesburg. these traders are suspicious of strangers but not so afraid that they'll stop what they're doing any day of the week they were threatened and endangered species on display that's gross we showed our video to conservationists here. and we didn't that looks like i wish that was the trade in. is supposed to be highly regulated the convention on the international trade in endangered species have lifted near the top of their list trade in big cat parts is permitted but only in exceptional circumstances it's because it's a cultural issue that they won't touch the trade is sell to healers who use it for muti or traditional medicine which plays an important role in many african cultures and is widely practiced conservationists have been warning for years about the illegal trade in animal pots yet two of johannesburg's big muti markets we found evidence of threatened species at both and there are several other markets like that around the country the government says it's trying to strike a ba

held rival demonstrations outside the headquarters of the party in johannesburg president zuma has become increasingly unpopular because of a series of corruption scandals kmita miller has more from johannesburg. the african national congress is continuing to grapple with what he calls a transitional period after still remop was there was named president of the party while jacob zuma remains president of south africa and that's amid intensifying calls for zuma to step down this of course relates back to allegations of corruption and his relationship with a prominent family in south africa who are accused of influencing president zuma as well as a government policy and appointments now that solar day is president of the. and c. would appear that zuma is position is we can to some extent and they all calls from within the party and also from outside for the president to step down now unconfirmed reports indicate that zuma has said he won't resign that he's done nothing wrong and that he will indeed make the state of the nation address later this week opposition parties have requested the sp

stopping the illegal trade is not a priority for the south african government tinier page al-jazeera johannesburg. hello again on the there's a problem and are the headlines on al-jazeera syrian government troops have launched a new ground and air offensive in the rebel held on flavor of eastern ghouta just hours after the u.n. security council agreed to demand a cease fire pro-government video shows syrian forces moving towards the area on the outskirts of damascus it's been on the heavy bombardment by the government and its allies including russia at least five hundred people have been killed in the past week. a north korean general has suggested that has country is willing to open talks with the u.s. . chang for the winter olympics closing ceremony made the remarks during a meeting with south korean president. came later sat in the box at the ceremony just meters away from u.s. president donald trump's daughter ivanka with the south korean leader is yet to accept pyongyang's invitation to a summit. china's ruling party is considering removing term limits for the president and vice president th

rival protests in johannesburg over south africa's president jacob zuma calls are growing for him to quit. they don't even meet i don't know why they given the rejection and leave or face time in jail israel hands out deportation no sister thousands of african refugees. a very warm welcome to the program we begin in the maldives where a standoff between the president and the supreme court appears to be deepening security forces have reportedly broken into the country's supreme court building well. this happened hours after president abdoulaye i mean declared a fifteen day state of emergency political crisis was sparked by a supreme court order to release nine imprisoned opposition leader charlotte bellus reports. opposition politicians film outside criminal court waiting to hear the fate of their colleagues ill have made and have dualists and there they were arrested and charged with bribery upon arriving in the country on sunday a judge dropped the charges and release them they are two of nearly twenty politicians affected by a supreme court ruling that has created a political crisi

task with humility faithfulness and with dignity as well let's go live now to rob matheson he's in johannesburg for us so rob tell us more about what around oppose his priorities will now be. well his priority was really summed up in the clip that you just heard which was his intention to try to bring together all the opposition parties to to try to move forward from the jacob zuma administration and the situation in the allegations of surrounded the rule of jacob zuma but at that point when he made that speech in the national assembly just a few hours ago we i think saw the first hurdle that he is going to have to cross as he tries to move things forward the opposition parties were standing up to him saying that they welcome the fact that he has had been given his appointment but they objected to the fact that the intention seemed to be to put to paint them as the problem when in fact the opposition party had been telling the a.n.c. and several. during his ten years as deputy to dig observe about the allegations surrounding jacob zuma and the administration of jacob zuma and they have done not

they're going to go into a rival protests in johannesburg over south africa's president jacob zuma calls are growing for him to quit. u.s. stocks fall sharply the dow jones has its biggest one day point drop in history. first to developments in the maldives where the president declared a fifteen day state of emergency shortly after the announcement was made security forces stormed the supreme court where the chief justice and others are believed to be sheltering a former president has also been arrested accused of plotting to overthrow the government shot at ls reports. opposition politicians film outside mollies criminal court waiting to hear the facts of the colleagues ill have made and have to listen and they were arrested and charged with bribery upon arriving in the country on sunday a judge dropped the charges on release them they are two of my. twenty politicians affected by a supreme court ruling that has created a political crisis in the island nation. of eon celebrated on thursday when their top court called for the retrial of nine opposition politicians including exiled former

family to thank you very much for that for now that is farmer the matter with the very latest from johannesburg thank you. now zimbabwe's main opposition leader morgan tsvangirai as quickly in a south african hospital the sixty five year old announced in june that he was being treated for colon cancer he returned to hospital and johannesburg early last month his supporters have been told to quote brace for the worst. at least ninety one people have been killed in just one day in rebel held areas of serious east and go and live problems of the highest number of casualties and moments of syrian government and russian jets are targeting the areas where the air strikes despite mountain west and and u.n. pressure for a truce the region's being head with and for so-called deescalation songs have weighed by iran russia and turkey shaded here and black the u.n. says the increasing violence is making a mockery of the sons bernard smith report. this is supposed to be a deescalation part of the russian like true story of the territory held by anti-government forces and syria. but if anything the bombing i

for me to millar is live for us now in johannesburg there for me that just how significant is this given that there continues to be calls for the president to step down. well this is very important it speaks to the political climate in south africa at the moment where parliament has basically said that it's not certain it could hold a successful states of the nation address because there is just so much opposition to president jacob zuma addressing the nation at this point there continues to be calls for him to step down the opposition parties had in fact earlier this week requested the speaker of parliament to perspire own at the state of the nation until after a motion of no confidence against zuma is debated in parliament on the twenty second of february that said that it be no sense in having this address by the president where he would lay out policies in the government's plans for the forthcoming year and if he was then recalled he or his a ministration wouldn't be around to then implement these policies and of course you would have that vote of no confidence later in the month the

that from from johannesburg. we were listening that before we were interrupted to the sex regenerate of the a.n.c. who said that. president zuma had agreed in principle to resign but was talking about a timeframe of three to six months. can we we can hear yes we can listen in once again to what that means culture let's go back to it kind of just so you can adjust this given. when you're out there to conquer on your mission and the question. is something great when there is it is the ed that there was really i just want to find out why president zuma wasn't with this thing that he minds what it was the second thing he did you get indication that with respect and by by the dissolution of the it is the truth is that he is really going to be saying. thank you very much twenty times a from the sunday times newspaper i love him as he i just report over my colleagues question of it because it's true what did president jacob zuma tell you this morning when you deliver the news to him that the a.b.c. has decided to recall

he joins us now live from johannesburg good to have you with us so a lot of promise has been made in this budget but is it going to balance. well formally it looks like it will. be a lot of focus on four main areas investment sustainable employment governance of a series and the restructuring of the economy. the inequitable structure of the south african economy and no less generally than that this a big focus on. free the funding of free higher education. which takes a lot out of the other fiscus as does a forty eight billion rand hole in the fiscus based on poor tax revenue last time around but i can tax v.a. t. in particular as they've done for the first time in twenty years it's going to hit the poor in particular in south africa isn't it and what's going to be the implication of that so yes i mean formally it will be there didn't seem to be that much option besides. the choice was between that and raising personal income tax or corporate income tax. and given that person link up tax rates had been raised recently last year. really there wasn't that much option as regards how to

the oil share index in johannesburg of over 1%. it has been climbing just after the start of the press statement we heard a few minutes ago. political events have been weighing on investors in south africa. it appears some of that uncertainty is being removed for the moment. those figures from just before the latest statement we heard from the anc. ise broadly, south africa still facing major economic challenges. the country emerged from recession in the second half of last year, but growth prospects remain weak. the imf recently downgraded its forecast to 5.7 percent expansion, saying business and consumer confidence has been dented by the political uncertainty. rochelle: things are starting to come down on the stock markets after last week's excitement. stephen: wall street finished the day up on monday as investors moved on from the volatility of last week. a mixed picture in europe. some gains in london. falls in paris and frank for it. there could be trouble ahead on wall street. the dow jones is called to open down more than

at least from for me the militia she is live for us in johannesburg so the first was a.n.c. meeting being postponed. won't be the any c. meeting was meant to discuss jacob zuma future especially given that earlier in the week jacob zuma had met with the top six leadership of the african national congress and reports indicate that at that point he had refused to resign now since then we understand that the president of the a.n.c. so remote posts are met with jacob zuma and from of course as office has described those talks as fruitful and constructor vent once those talks were over the national executive at executive excuse me committee meeting this top decision body of the a.n.c. that meeting was then perspire own so it seems a lot rests on the outcome of the talks between roma porsche and zuma and i reports that the leader of the a.n.c. has been under a lot of pressure to make a decisive move against zuma to push the way open the way forward push zuma out potentially given all the controversy surrounding the president of the country and the demands that he step down we've a

jane: we can go live to johannesburg for the latest. what has been the public reaction to zuma's resignation? zuma'sr: well, president address came very late in the night here. so many people had probably gone to bed, because it was long after 10:00. he promised to start aas10:00 and it0 minutes late. but for those who had been out there, some are celebratin because president jacob zuma's presidency, as you heard in , hapackag bfergal been dogged by allegations of corruption for many years now, that therbelieved may be prosecution after this. people are celebrating that. but there are many others who support president zuma said that because last year he made an free higher of a education programs of people who goveo university don't o of any fees, and a lot students are celebrating that because they had been campaigning for fees to fall. jane: would you get a sense that this is a new start for the anc, or is it going to be more of the same? milton: ooh, that's a very good question, because the anc has been sit down the middle on the way

. >>> and police in johannesburg are targeting zuma acquaintances and the family >> full-year 2017 gdp rises for italy 1.4%, 1.5% workday adjusted those are the italian gdp numbers coming out this morning. a bit of an improvement, for the quarter up 0.3% against a consensus of 0.4 and matches the year-on-year percentage of 1.6 you can see there very little movement in the italian bonds. talking about the european equities, the stoxx 600 is trading in positive territory. the stoxx 600 up 0.9%. if we look at specific sectors that are driving, you can see that specifically there the massive changes across the euro 600 up 0.4%. there's been a lot of movement in the financials. credit suisse posted its third consecutive annual loss as the impact from u.s. tax reform pushed earnings into the red the swiss bank saw assets in the wealth management hit a record and had a strong start to market based activities in 2018 with net revenue in global markets estimated to have grown around 10% year-on-year joumanna bercetche, i want to talk to you about some efforts the bank has been making to transfo

andrew harding, bbc news, johannesburg. and that's a story we'll be keeping an eye on as it develops. china is accusing the united states of exaggerating beijing's nuclear strength — saying america needs to ditch what it calls a "cold war mentality". the statement comes after washington unveiled a new nuclear policy, that sees china as one of its potential threats. the us military believes its nuclear weapons are seen as too big to be used and wants to develop low—yield bombs. were speaking to an adviser from article 36, the international campaign to abolish nuclear weapons. china calls the cold war mentality that we think the risks from nuclear weapons never went away since the cold war. this policy represents the reckless development of what was already a dangerous status quo. the policy argues that the us‘s nuclear weapons should be more usable and more willing and able to use them. this proposal that low yield nuclear weapons should be more available. the low yield weapons they are talking about similar size to th

we know that tsvangirai died in a clinic in johannesburg, apparently. he had reportedly been suffering from colon cancer. his death will be an enormous blow to the opposition in zimbabwe, won't it? privilege: definitely. his death is a big blow to the opposition party in zimbabwe. since 1999, he's the man who has given the former president robert mugabe the run for his money. and he contested the 2000 election, 2005, subsequently up to 2013. he was the strongest opposition leader in zimbabwe. and contesting elections, again, tsvangirai, he has stood the test of time. in 2008, it's said that victory was snatched away from him. he had won elections, but president mugabe and his administration would not accept his victory. so this is a big blow to the opposition politics in zimbabwe. particularly coming now when the opposition is facing another election in 2018. sarah: now we know that tsvangirai's career was marked by a long political struggle against former president robert mugabe. he had been beaten and imprisoned numerous times. what do you think his l

andrew harding, bbc news, johannesburg. two people have been killed and more than 100 injured in a rail crash in the us state of south carolina. an amtrak passenger train travelling between new york and miami collided with a freight service, with more than 140 people on board. south carolina's governor said it appeared that the passenger train had been on the wrong track at the time of the crash. it's a horrible thing to see, to understand the force that's involved. two trains — that's about as forceful as you can get. the engine of the — the first engine of the freight train was torn up, and the single engine of the passenger train, the amtrak heading southwards, is barely recognisable. it was quite a crash. for whatever reason, the switch... and when i talk about a switch, i'm talking about a rail switch, that can switch how the track goes from here to here. for whatever reason, that switch was, as they say in the railroad industry, lined and locked, which basically means it was aligned for the trains coming down this

andrew harding, bbc news, johannesburg. hundreds of thousands of greeks have taken part in a demonstration objecting to the neighbouring state calling itself macedonia. it has been a long—running row, which prime minister alexis tsipras says should be resolved within months. richard forrest explains. they came in their tens of thousands from the greek mainland and its many islands. the streets of central athens turned into a sea of blue and white greek flags. protestors said the crowd size was even bigger than the rallies against austerity of the past two years. there were people of all generations and from all walks of life, from mayors to monks, as well as heroes of the greek resistance. the row dates back to 1991, since the former yugoslav republic gained independence. greece objects to using the name macedonia, and also says there are contentious articles in its neighbour's constitution that could imply territorial claims over the northern region. last week, greek ministers held talks with the united nations envoy to

this afternoon in johannesburg, after a meeting that eventually ran for 13 hours, the anc revealed that its patience was exhausted. in its wisdom, the nec decided as follows — —— the anc decided as follows — one, to recalljacob zuma. recall, in other words they were ordering jacob zuma to resign. and if he doesn't it's likely they'll force him out through a motion of no confidence in parliament. but it's potentially risky. the president still has many supporters in the party. do you worry that this is going to split the anc, divide the movement irreparably? i don't know whether the anc will split. but we are leaders, we belong to branches and we are appealing to our structures to understand that the national executive committee has taken decisions. so, as the anc officials leave, they've now thrown down a gauntlet to president jacob zuma. they've given him time, lots of time, they say, to respond to their demand that he step down. it's now up to him. nobody could accuse the anc of rushing to remove jacob zuma. the leadership did nothing while corruption scandals multiplied durin

andrew harding, bbc news, johannesburg. two people have been killed and more than 100 injured in a rail crash in the us state of south carolina. an amtrak passenger train travelling between new york and miami collided with a for a service, with more than 140 people on board. south carolina's governor said it appeared that the passenger train had been on the wrong track, at the time of the crash. listen to it is quite a crash. for whatever reason, the switch... and when i talk about a switch i'm talking about a rail switch, they can switch how the rail track goes from here to here. for whatever reason, that switch was, as they say in the industry, lined and locked at which basically means it was aligned with the train coming down this way to be diverted into the siding. 0ur correspondent david willis gave us more details about those who died and said the crash could prompt renewed discussion about rail safety. the two people who died in the collision today were both employees. a 54—year—old engineer and a 32—year—old

this afternoon in johannesburg, after a meeting that eventually ran for 13 hours, the anc revealed that its patience was exhausted. in its wisdom, the nec decided as follows — one, to recalljacob zuma. recall, in other words they were ordering jacob zuma to resign. and if he doesn't it's likely they'll force him out through a motion of no confidence in parliament. but it's potentially risky. the president still has many supporters in the party. do you worry that this is going to split the anc, divide the movement irreparably? i don't know whether the anc will split. but we are leaders, we belong to branches and we are appealing to our structures to understand that the national executive committee has taken decisions. so, as the anc officials leave, they've now thrown down a gauntlet to president jacob zuma. they've given him time, lots of time, they say, to respond to their demand that he step down. it's now up to him. nobody could accuse the anc of rushing to remove jacob zuma. the leadership did nothing while corruption scandals multiplied during nine years of his rule. an indian im

our africa editor fergal keane reports from johannesburg. not quite the night of the long knives, but still the party moving definitively to be rid of a defiant president. late last night the convoy of the anc leader cyril ramaphosa coming to tell his executive that after a short meeting jacob zuma was refusing to resign voluntarily. with the media kept at bay, the party debated what to do next. it's half—past midnight and they're still talking in there, more than ten hours after they started. there's a sense that the whole future of the anc, and indeed of this country, hinges on what happens now. this afternoon in johannesburg, after a meeting that eventually ran for 13 hours, the anc revealed that its patience was exhausted. in its wisdom, the nec decided as follows — one, to recalljacob zuma. recall, in other words they were ordering jacob zuma to resign. and if he doesn't it's likely they'll force him out through a motion of no confidence in parliament. but it's potentially risky. the president still has many supporters in the party.

let's go live to johannesburg. the much anticipated resignation has finally happened. what happened next? that's right. that is finally out of the way and now the real business of parliament begins. we are expecting a seeking later today where an acting president will be elected. the anc wants to put forward the name of the current beauty president, they want him to be officially sworn in later today as president of the country if he is unopposed. what reaction has there beenin unopposed. what reaction has there been in the country to this resignation speech? it wasn't all that placatory, was it? there has been mixed reaction, especially because the president in that speech spent quite a bit of detail seemingly unsure about why he need to be pushed out, but he did go into detail thinking south africans, saying that he had served the country to the best of his ability. he also took a few sites against the anc, saying that he felt that in some ways the anc had changed, that he remained a loyal member of the party and would do as they say. he insisted that he was not layi

for more, let's go to lebo diseko who joins us from johannesburg. to walk. every time it seemed though jacob zuma might go it doesn't could today be the day, do you think? —— welcome. it could. there is a lot of doubt as to whether it will happen. the anc yesterday said that it was telling us that they have recalled jacob zuma in order to give us a certainty, newspaper headlines not reflecting that this morning, saying things like the long goodbye and south africa's long, tencent wait forjacob zuma to stand down. yes, he could address the nation today, oi’ he could address the nation today, or he could kick it into the long grass, we don't know. why is he being so intransigent? why is he insisting on not going when that is clearly what the party wants? he says he has done nothing wrong. in fairness, he has not been found guilty of anything. this is something the anc was keen to stress yesterday. you are right, there are these ongoing allegations of corruption from the past and also which came up during his presidency. i think with the anc going into el