we shall leave south africa now but ta ke we shall leave south africa now but take that word accountability into our next story. northern ireland has been without its devolved government for 13 months now. does this matter? talks between the two largest parties, the democratic unionist party and sinn fein, to restore the status quo have broken down, and westminster is reluctant to bring back direct rule. so, what happens next? brian, how serious is this political mess, and how much does it impact on mrs may's government, who rely on the support of the dup? i think it is very serious and i think it is more serious than the press attention it has received in british media anyway. it could not have happened at a worse time, given what we were talking about earlier coming down the pipeline as regards to brexit. but where do they go from here in the next... first tell us what happened. what was the problem? they got so close... they did get close. what the talks fell to pieces over was an irish language act, which sinn fein had been asking for three years, and it goes way back ——. years and

africa due south africa's history essentially he was meant to take over from nelson mandela things changed at the last minute ramaphosa was very disappointed to the extent that he did not even attend nelson mandela in the movie ration but nelson mandela knew the person he had cerebral palsy he's a trained lawyer and so he then went to him and approached him and austin to lead the if it's a building over the drafting a new constitution for south africa before that he had a history as a student activist this is a trade unionist who came from you know the sort of the the flaw in my essentially so in that time you build a lot of relationships with a lot of political pays a lot of things that we're seeing in that part of it house today you sense went on to go into business that you went into the mining sector has come back one of south africa's wealthiest men but certainly kept the political ties and his time out of politics while you was to business really kept him away from the scene of scandal essentially and so he by and large has as opinion record although there is an issue with that with

if he doesn't, south africa isjust of people in south africa. if he doesn't, south africa is just on a volcano. the other side, the other bit, for me thomas south africa is a democracy, we admire it, they will sort out a lot of problems will stop its invitation for africa. look, i come from uganda and i belong to a pro—democracy group called free uganda. i struggle to get democracy in our country. our leader was in power for 35 years, changing constitutions. now, if uganda, if saddam, —— sudan, trump uses a very horrible word to describe them, if we can learn from south africa about how democracy can help us resolve all problems, it would be so good because what is, all this time, to step away so we can build country. so the example of south africa needs to succeed in order to provide something for the rest? it doesn't succeed, we as you from other countries, we are watching very carefully and we are telling people that look, next is you. if you don't, and we don't have a gimmick graphic —— democratic society, we are going back to the

south africa's economy took a beating under jacob zuma. the bonds are reading junk and the political elite is no longer trusted. and due to political mismanagement, its second-largest city cape town is running out of water fast. growth has declined steadily for more than 3% seven years ago to less than 2% in recent years. one of the weakest rates of all of sub-saharan africa. the country's hope is resting on the newly elected president. cyril ramaphosa is a former wealthy businessman. since he was appointed head of the ruling african national congress, the currency has surged 10% against the dollar. >> the anc conference -- [indiscernible] reporter: that is a good sign that investors are banking on a change in south africa's fortune. reporter: to talk more about the impact on the south african economy, i am joined by libby fletcher. zuma is out, the economy is in tatters. is cyril ramaphosa the man to turn it around? >> he has a good reputation as a pragmatist and skilled negotiator, and he understands business from his own experience. sou

going along with what had happened in south africa has given the impression that. i don't think he is. but rahm opposer remains tainted by criticism over his involvement in american a killing in which police shot and killed thirty four striking miners six years ago as a board member of one of the largest mining companies in south africa at the time ram opposer was accused of being behind the government's decision to break the strike he later apologized saying he had stepped in to prevent further deaths. as a politician turned businessman rahm opposer enjoys the confidence of the financial sector and unemployment rose the current c.n.n. faced a confidence weakened and the country's credit rating went down south africa's new leader has said he plans to create jobs and a season economic growth target of three percent for this year that's more than double the right predicted by the international monetary fund during the last election support for the a.n.c. fell to sixty two percent many hope the posse of nelson mandela will be able to reverse this trained under the lea

and south africa's political landscape. and you're now in the stream live on al-jazeera and you too have a shortened you send us your questions and your comments i know you have a lot to say and we are trying to get it into the show. social. worker but it is. president zuma has been at the center of several scandal since he first took office back in two thousand and nine or he faces more than seven hundred charges linked to allegations of bribery and corruption zuma denies any wrongdoing and maintain support among a segment of the n c but his scandals have been considered by others in the party to be a political liability ahead of next year's general election amid mounting pressure from within the party and protests demanding zuma must go a.n.c. officials led by south african deputy president. on monday to discuss his fate at zero correspondent for me to miller reports from johannesburg. well this meeting has been going on for a couple of hours now and the expectation is that the national executive committee will come out t

president zuma in south africa. i wish to thank members of cabinet, deputy ministers, and the whole of government. national, provincial, and local. for the positive spirit and local. for the positive spirit and cooperative manner in which we all worked. i also thank the other arms of state. for the work we have accomplished. i thank all political parties who are in parliament for their contributions making our democracy strong. i thank all stakeholders, business, labour, religious leaders, traditional leaders, youth, women's groups, the education sector. and all others we have worked with over the years. united by the core of moving south africa forward. i think the international community —— thank the international community —— thank the international community —— thank the international community for the corporation in the work we've been doing together. i've also been disturbed by the instances of violence that have occurred because of the different views among members of the different views among mem

one, what is it for south africa? the other is what are the implications for africa ? in south africa, ramaphosa could succeed, but he's now a millionaire, he's somebody who came from the workers‘ of background, he's a millionaire, he has worked with western business, capitalists, and succeeded. now, he needs to radically reshape his own attitudes towards what involvement, what economic growth is in a country like south africa. does he have a plan? well, he has a plan to develop the economy, according to capitalist ideas, but he doesn't at the moment have a plan to share that wealth for the 90% or so of people in south africa. and if he doesn't, south africa is just on a volcano. now, the other side, the other bit i was saying, for me, i think that's the more important. south africa is a democracy, we admire it, they will sort out a lot of their problems. it's the implications for africa. look, i come from uganda and i belong to a pro—democracy group called free uganda. we're struggling to get democracy in my country. a leader who has been in powerfor 35 years, cha

of south africa. presidential act out loud to take this opportunity to fank you all members of parliament and the public at large for giving me an opportunity to leave this country from two thousand and nine yards and see mr jacob get this lady says zuma president of the republic of south africa and it is signed and as for the presidential act it's entitled presidential act number twenty four i. assume are here by a design as president of the republic of south africa with immediate effect there is this edition will be communicated to the speaker of the national assembly there is this edition is recorded in terms of section one or one subsection one of the constitution of the republic of south africa nineteen ninety six given under my hand at pretoria on this the fourteenth day of february two thousand and eighteen president and then it is signed. i also confirmed that i received notification to this if you listen by the speaker and in response i send a letter to her communication titled election of th

and it is difficult in south africa bus so it is difficult in south africa bus so much rests on the political charisma of the anc. if the anc messes up charisma of the anc. if the anc messes up this one coming within ten yea rs messes up this one coming within ten years will get a shift of power. the opposition may not be strong enough to ta ke opposition may not be strong enough to take power, but the good opportunistically combine forces. to take power, but the good opportunistically combine forcesm that going to happen? that would strategically make sense. it depends what the new president does. if you reform south africa though he reforms business, to succeed economically, but then radically shares of wealth with the rest of the country, south africa will be somewhat better. it was seen as one of the great powerhouses, and unless he can... unless he can do that. you say there is a division between whether he helps the workers or capitalism, he has to do both. he has to kick—start capitalism to generate wealth as well. no word at accountability in his address. is he is as good as his wor

to disappoint the people of south africa thank you very much. so what can south africa and the rest of the world expect from cyril ramaphosa. also coming up. because way over knox the current international film festival begins with a bang this evening with an animated feature set in the future we will bring you the latest from the berlin allah and reaction to the need to campaign against sexual violence. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program thanks for joining us. his appointment has been welcomed with singing dancing and a standing ovation in parliament cyril ramaphosa was sworn in today as south africa's new president his predecessor jacob zuma resigned barely twenty four hours earlier after being ordered to stand down by his party the a.n.c. rama poso will set out his plans for the country in detail on friday evening but he's already said that tackling corruption will be a top priority. now. proceed on on that in part we've got some of the things the moment the nation had been waiting for the new leader promising a break from the past was th

news live from berlin it's been a roller coaster ride but today south africa has a new president and thank you all for this great or fortunate to you. and i would try to work very hard not to disappoint the people who have sold off you go thank you very. much so what can south africa and the rest of the world expect from ciro ramaphosa also coming off. because layover noxious sludge marsh leaving for the international film festival begins with a more bang this evening with an animated feature set in the future we will bring you the latest from the berlin alah and their reaction to the need to campaign. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program thanks for joining us his appointment has been welcomed with singing dancing and a standing ovation in parliament cyril rama poso was sworn in today south africa's new president his predecessor jacob zuma resigned barely twenty four hours earlier after being ordered to stand down by his party the a.n.c. ramaphosa will set out his plans for the country in detail on friday evening but he has already said that tackling corruption will be a top priori

a new leader for south africa several rama pose a purpose to step up to jacob zuma as resignation. and welcome to al-jazeera live from our headquarters in doha with me elizabeth purana also ahead as an opposition leader who can channel ride dies look at his legacy of resistance plus. russia can push the regime to commit to seeking a real peace in syria the u.s. and russia again trade blame at the un off a strong words from the special envoy for syria. you saw one dead body there on the floor and blood on the floor and the u.s. reels from yet another school shooting seventeen people are killed. south africa is awaiting a changing of the guard after jacob zuma resigned from the presidency the stage is now set for a.n.c. leaders civil rob opposed to become the country's next president the governing party demanded service departure off to years of corruption allegations of the many reports from johannesburg. a reluctant announcement from an in vattel to president i have therefore coming to the decision to resign as president of the republic with immediate effect even though i disagree

al-jazeera johannesburg south africa. it will stay on the continent ethiopia's parliament is planning to meet on friday as it looks to replace the prime minister who resigned suddenly holy mary i'm going to sound as announcement follows violent unrest threaten the ruling party's hold on power mohamed atta reports. in a televised address and say he's it is ignition was wide talk for choosing the changes necessary evil sustainable peace and democracy in ethiopia in other words an attempt to ease rising tensions in the country losing the reform which in my circle of unrest and political crisis have led to the loss of lives and the displacement of many i see my stepping down as vital in the effort to carry out reforms that lead to sustainable peace largely seen as a placeholder and a consensus figure doesn't lead has led ethiopia since two thousand and twelve following the death of former prime minister and the architect of if you press a recent economic boom melissa and. he rolls from relative obscurity as an academic to pre

top stories, south africa is on track to get a new president today, cyril l ramaphosa said to replace jacob zuma, who resigned surrounded by corruption allegations. another horrirific school shootg in america. at least 17 teachers and students killed after a troubled teenager attacked his former high school in south florida. is renowned scholar -- appealaling a ruling by a french court today. he has been in jail since the beginning of the month linked to the rape of two women. our correspondent is standing by with the details. also coming up, the french jobless rate fell to its lowest level in nearly nine years. we will explain the significance of that milestone in our business update. and taking the winter olympic chill up to another level. more on the snowboarders from finland who have come an internet sensation, coming up. first our top story. ♪ anchor: it has been a turning point in politics in south africa as president jacob zuma has resigned, stepping down from afice instead of facing no-confidence vote from his own party. his presidency has been surrounded by corruption alleg

it is a new era in south africa and a huge amount of confidence and hope about where south africa is headed with the decade ahead that will look very unlike the decade we have been through. guy: i asked the first question because i wonder how big a challenge he now faces. how big an uphill battle will he have to deal with or is it a case where there is a lot of low hanging fruit and a lot of things can flow quickly? colin: it is a bit of both. i would say it is a matter of acting to unwind the state captured machinery with the people who have been put into those positions needing to lead the government in the short-term and one would expect that with the appointment, that this will have to form decisions about his team and cabinet, and that will be part of unscrambling the state captured machinery. there is low hanging fruit in the form of matters like the mining charter, which have been major policy obstacles to investment in the economy and fixing the state owned enterprises, matters at the top of the agenda of economic recovery and renewal. there are very short-term wins he can sc

as i leave, i will continue to serve the people of south africa. with me is william attwell, practice leader for sub—saharan africa analysis at frontier strategy group. welcome to use. —— you. let's go back to before he took office, the economy is south africa was growing between 4— 5%. in the past three yea rs between 4— 5%. in the past three years it has been 0.3%. where did it go wrong? south africa didn't recover after the great recession after 2008, 2009, even as commodities started to improve and global markets started to improve after that period. the lack of policy certainty meant that companies did not feel this co mforta ble companies did not feel this comfortable in investing, such as his radical economic transformation plan, the mining charter, it left a lot of companies in doubt as to their ultimate ambition. cyril ramaphosa has committed to transforming the economy, he has a big job on his hands. what is his first job, foreign investment? we expect foreign investment going in to 2018. the structural investment will take long

president of the republic of south africa. before becoming the new leader of south africa several ram opposer was seen as the chief negotiator in the final days of jacob zuma as presidency he was elected president of the governing african national congress in december by a slim margin i'll have to work to unite his divided party you also have to repair the political and economic damage suffered under zuma and improve the party's image after years of allegations of corruption. is a different kind of president to anything we've had before this is a modernist this is somebody he's a negotiator he's a recon ciliated as well but here's a man of a very clear determined purpose he is stuck with jacob zuma for how many years sitting by as zuma embarrassed the country embarrassed himself and that's. going along with what had happened in south africa has given the impression that. i don't think he is. but rahm opposer remains tainted by criticism over his involvement in america on a killings in which police shot and killed thirty four s

news live from fallon it's been a roller coaster ride but today south africa has a new president and thank you all for this great opportunity that i've been given and i will try to work very hard not to disappoint the people of south africa thank you very. much so what can south africa and the rest of the world expect from president robert person also. because layover not just let's march into night you have a festival begins with a big with an alleyway set feature set in the future we'll bring you the latest from the bell that alley and reaction let me to come back. i feel good to welcome to the program south africa has a new president cyril ramaphosa his election comes a day after jacob zuma agreed to step down after his party the i had say orders him to resign or face a parliamentary no confidence vote presence around the person who is back with a standing ovation and dancing in parliament in the country's legislature capital. i. want to go the country's new president addressed the legislature. and many of you have spoken about unity yes. broken up about procure tism is spoken lar

still he warns south africa faces tough decisions to improve the country's troubled economy. let's discuss more about it with collin coleman at gold goldman sachs. thank you for talking with us. let's begin withld goldman sachs. thank you for talking with us. let's begin with ramaphosa promises a nation rooted in integrity. do you think he has what it takes to clean up the rampant corruption the country has seen? >> i've known him for over 30 years in his capacity as a union leader, as a negotiator of the constitutional transition, as a businessman and campaigner in his government role and now as president of south africa and i think he is very much the man the moment, up to the job of renewal and recovery of south africa's economy. and a very hopeful sign for a new chapter in south africa's democratic project. >> let's talk about the economy. what is the state of the south african economy, what is he inheriting there? >> well, he is inheriting many years of underperformance particularly under the second president zuma regime where we effectively averaged 1% economic growth.

south africa has a new president he's sitting. his election comes a day off the jacob zuma finally agreed to step down after his spotty the a.n.c. give him an ultimatum to quit or to face a vote of no confidence south africa spot have been convened this morning to elect the new president the session in pretoria also some festive scenes and then this is what the chief justice said. one candidate has been nominated to men. or. polls song the nomination is an auto. accordingly in terms of item five of part eight of shade real threat to the constitution i declare. the owner montgomery ala said obama. julie elect the president of that it probably goes on. joining me now on the studio is christine one body doubles correspondent who's been closely following this story welcome christine so we're seeing the dawn of the new era in south africa bring us up to date as to what's happened in the past allan what we can expect in the next couple of days or so sixteen hours after jacob zuma handed in his resignation several polls that is now the n

that's a good sign that investors are banking on a change in south africa for. annual profit said european aviation giant air bus have jumped by about two billion euros but there are clouds on the horizon it recently announced a management shakeup after corruption allegations and there's trouble with some models starting with the ailing a three eighty super jumbo it was almost cancelled due to lack of demand but was given a lifeline last month when you buy based carrier emirates ordered thirty six of them in is the a four hundred military transport which was commissioned in two thousand and three it's been plagued by technical problems still demand for the a three twenty series remains robust than our body jets are of special interest to asian airlines and airbus has just tested a long range transatlantic version well lets you know we bought our financial correspondent in frankfurt to talk about this all the us is putting its own spin on today's results trying to look past its plane problems signaling strong future growth how's that flying with analysts. it's fl

president of the republic of south africa. before becoming the new leader of south africa cyril ramaphosa was seen as the chief negotiator in the final days of jacob zuma as presidency he was elected president of the governing african national congress in december by a slim margin i'll have to work to unite his divided party he'll also have to repair the political and economic damage suffered under zuma and improve the party's image after years of allegations of corruption. so the reporter is a different kind of president to anything we've had before this is a modernist this is somebody he's a negotiator he's a recon ciliated as well but here is a man of a very clear determined purpose he is stuck with jacob zuma for how many years sitting by as zuma embarrassed the country embarrassed himself and that's. going along with what had happened in south africa has given the impression that. i don't think he is. but rahm opposer remains tainted by criticism over his involvement in american a killing in which police shot and killed t

i've served the people of south africa to the best of my ability. ever played for that did they trusted me with their highest office in the lead but when i accepted the deployment i understood. and undertook to subject myself to the supremum law of the land the constitution. the tundra. show good t. was in law god will love pour a bun to buy good tea kaurna. carlow with them or go oh goodness. well you can listening there to jacob zuma the president of south africa addressing the media and his country from the union buildings in pretoria an expectant nation waiting and listening perhaps for news that he decided to resign ahead of a vote of no confidence planned for parliament tomorrow on thursday after his party the a.n.c. instructed him to vacate office i think the key line coming out of that is this if my party and my compatriots jacob zuma wish me to vacate i must do so in the manner prescribed by the constitution i do not fear a motion of no confidence he said all impeachment for they are the mechanisms for the people of this country to remove i

al-jazeera johannesburg south africa. zimbabwe and a waiting for the body of opposition leader morgan chang right of return from south africa is a government has said it will help pay for state funeral for the founder of the country's main opposition movement had in the toss of a port from harare. with. many opposition supporters a broken hearted. they say they are struggling to accept the man who let them for nearly twenty years morgan tsvangirai is dead. i was definitively shocked. three days' notice. ok so we are. headed to. prison trying to abduct us in this hour the m.d.c. is national council has appointed nelson chamisa as acting president for twelve months which is likely means he will be the party's presidential candidate when elections take place later the cea chamisa is forty years old and popular with the youth we are just four months away from an election and we have lost a commander but i can tell you is that we do not have a crisis. all the generals on the field of those who are going to believe tennis to ma

and is quite respected in south africa having. drafted the constitution of sort of second so it looks like the bases now and one on the right path towards towards towards revival as a tour and that's a good thing if they are on the right path because there's no shortage of challenges facing south africa at the moment how will serve obama pose of go about . keeping the core voices you know the core base of the african national congress happy with the many challenges that they a facing like poverty very high unemployment and keeping on the economy the business and economy in mind balancing those two things that's going to be a k challenge ahead of the election is that not what i think they see on paper it's on right political to trajectory but of course people have been patient there's been a lot of promises made since the time of lots of mandela so i think that the if if if if the a.b.c. start delivering on basic services and begin to listen to the caribbean says with you sort of you can try and and address those social economic an

we begin with an on certain political future in south africa the ruling a.n.c. party has confirmed it has told jacob zuma to step down but getting him to go could prove messy the scandal ridden president is under no constitutional obligation to leave and he has defiantly insisted that he needs more time his years as president have been marred by allegations of widespread corruption but the party has until now stood by their man we'll ask an expert what has changed and what might happen next first here's what the a.n.c. secretary general had to say in a statement on tuesday. the national executive ones i didn't say. to but it was it is it will be. about. this issue. for good in the short short period of time frames. this replace believe is over. so that. the president. was once more believe this time is too short. there was the cooperation between all of us president of the north of the only thing is that. would be sure to be two terms of the process where we call or what do we expect to do with the experts in. two i don't know what. let's leave it to the rest of

johannesburg south africa in fighting is threatening to ten zimbabwe's main opposition movement apart after the death of its founder morgan chang he died in neighboring south africa where he was being treated for cancer. for some zimbabwe's capital harare. put in the instinct many opposition supporters are broken hearted. they say they are struggling to accept the man who led them for nearly twenty years morgan tsvangirai is dead. i was definitely shocked. that you would notice things ok so we are. headed to. christmas i am satisfied the m.d.c. is national council has appointed nelson chamisa as acting president for twelve months which likely means he will be the party's presidential candidate when elections take place later the cea chamisa is forty years old and popular with the youth we are just four months away from an election and we have lost a commander but what i can tell you is that we do not have a crisis. all of the generals on the field of those who are going to believe tennis to make sure that will win the battle in the war again and then come in and win this election. but

so a lot for us to be tracking on the front of south africa or in the coming months is the. understatement well we thank you very much for joining us this evening to put it all into context for us south african journalist only seventy. same way for shit . it is that time of year again berlin's international film festival known as the berlin olive begins tonight it is ten days of screenings talks workshops and more the opening film this year was wes anderson's animated feature island office tilda swinton and bill murray were among the stars to lend their voices to the characters in the story of a pack of dogs marooned on a greek japanese. and my colleagues sarah hartman and david levitz are down at the red carpet they have been tracking all of the action there for us so opening night guys how did it go. it went really well we're expecting actually the stars and the fans to be coming out into the snow and the time now this was a really go amorous opening really surprising actually for an animation film but wes anderson he pulled it off he got together a great cast yet some of

the end of an era for south africa. as a showman gentleman zuma began the final address of his presidency with a typical moment of humor and gentian right to do serious work kind of in six different. was happening. on. yet when the smiles had passed zuma can't aweary figure abandoned by the a.n.c. which he'd served for over sixty years he said violence and party infighting that swayed his decision to step down or. see should have been divided in my. i have therefore come to the decision to resign as president of the republic with immediate effect. zuma became president in two thousand and nine with the a.n.c. i call the looking on zuma had been jailed alongside mandela in the apartheid years but his rule was soon dominated by economic stagnation and corruption scandals. the a.n.c. became mired in wrangling over his fitness for office that culminated this week in a demand for his resignation but zuma insists he's done nothing wrong i have a feeling that the leadership is unfair it's not even helping me to understand what

it's a situation for south africa quite heartbreakingly this is normal for south africa and so that that's been rolling along in the background for some time now the drought in cape town as you say is a serious concern but there are signs recently that things might be improving the chances of actually to cut off water entirely seems of receded at least for the meantime and how can you have more inclusive economic growth in south africa or the big problem she said is unemployment's of about thirty percent of people are unemployed on the official metric it's probably thirty five percent if you include people who've given up looking for work and those people are by vast majority of black south africans who've been excluded from the the workforce really from the formal economy so if that can't be dealt with then there's no way fixing any other problems either and the solution that probably is education but where i would disagree with the current government is i think it's probably more in basic education than it is in university education john ashton thanks for being with us thank you having m

africa with the middle class in south africa they feel good about themselves if the obesity haven't washed their hair today because that means the they're saving water one phrase though that i've come across water all mentation infrastructure neal i don't understand what that means what is that. but it's interesting listening to the conversation and going back a step about planning and one of the interesting things that we've seen here is that the plan was done they and the plans clearly showed that cape town would use could easily survive a fifty year drought which is currently the benchmark for design in south africa for water services. and there was a supplementary schemes to ship start to commence construction next year if what happened was that it wasn't a fifty year drought it was a five hundred year drought now what it's doing is it's causing the city to completely separate or come out its deeper conversation which we've been involved with as as an institution about to sort of the next step in south africa is a try country cape town something because logical island we have. c

jubilation in south africa after president zuma's resignation — but will the economy follow suit? live from london, that's our top story on thursday, 15th february. the country's currency — the rand — has strengthened in the hopes mr. zuma would step down. now all eyes are on his successor. also in the programme — one of india's richest men is accused of swindling over a billion dollars from a state lender. we'll be in delhi to find out more. asian stocks rose on thursday after wall street brushed aside strong us inflation data and surged, in a move that also saw the dollar pinned to two—week lows. a sip in the right direction — keep cup is a reusable coffee container that is cutting down on waste and making money by helping the environment. we'll find out more. and austria is banning the smoking ban. so would you avoid places where smoking is allowed or are you not that bothered? just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. hello and welcome to business live. south africa's beleaguered presidentjacob zuma has resigned with immediate effect — avoiding a no—confidence vote planne

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 stepped down and that he has done so while calling call for peace and calm will be early for him and now is an opportunity to round poser to come in and address so

company our top story in south africa's parliament is elected a new president. takes over from the former president jacob zuma that's after he bowed to pressure from the ruling a.n.c. party to resign following a string of corruption scandals. the united nations says the number of civilians killed and wounded in of gone the sun went down last year their work of the news but pointed out that it still meant as many as ten thousand men women and children lost their lives in the country in two thousand and seventeen much of the violence is carried out by and militants linked to islamic state. for seventeen years the will of sirens has provided a disturbing soundtrack to afghanistan's suffering often the fast response to violent attacks like this one that's a government office last month ninety five people were killed and hundreds were injured when the taliban took aim with a car bomb. the united nations has been counting the civilian cost of conflict in recent years in two thousand and seventeen you know documented ten thousand four hundred and fifty three civilian c

this is news live from berlin south africa's president jacob zuma addresses and then nation as his party calls for him to resign he says he does not fear losing a vote of no confidence or exiting political office but he says that he will only leave any matter prescribe by the constitution. also coming up at zimbabwe an opposition leader morgan tsvangirai has died after a long battle with illness we will look at his legacy. of seroquel and welcome to the program we have team coverage this hour with my colleague christine one south africa's president jacob zuma has announced his resignation he made the announcement in a televised address to the people of south africa a short while ago the move coming after an order by his a.n.c. party to resign by the end of today or face a no confidence vote in parliament let's listen to what he had to say. actually i've just been told by my producer we don't have that statement from zoom us to we're going to get straight to the analysis now christine when he was here with us on the set and you have been covering this from the very beginning christiane wh

to the decision to resign as president of the republic with immediate effect south africa's president jacob zuma reluctantly steps down under intense pressure from his own party. and i'm fully back to go a watching al-jazeera live from doha ahead seventeen people killed in a shooting at a school in the us a former student who had been expelled is held by police. russia can push the regime to commit to seeking a real peace in syria the u.s. and russia again trade blame at the u.n. after the special envoy for syria says the violence is at its worst level for us and iran moves in on the black market money traders as it's taking care and seed fix more economic pain on the people. jacob zuma has resigned as south africa's president heeding orders from his ruling party the a.n.c. his departure ends almost nine years in power plagued by scandal fahmy davila reports from johannesburg. a reluctant announcement from an in vattel to 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 my of the

south africa's ruling party the a.n.c. is due to hold a special meeting on monday as pressure intensifies on president jacob zuma to resign and many are calling for a swift transition of power after he was replaced by syrian forces as leader of the a.n.c. but those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after inside stories section thanks for watching but for now. flashpoint between israel syria and iran the suspected iranian drone is shot down then an israeli warplane crashes it's a major us collation the conflict in syria so what's next in an already volatile region this is inside story. below i have other welcome to the program the spillover from the civil war in syria to neighboring countries is not new but an israeli warplane being shot down by syrian air defenses is a first the f. sixteen fighter jets crashed after what these rarely army says was massive and to aircraft fire syria said it was responding to israeli aggression the downing of the f. sixteen follow the shooting down of what israel said w

africa and you with a new prism and they can see that change is underway in south africa and that is what they find attractive thank. there are some international bands who have identified south africa as one of the hot emerging markets in twenty eighteen and that is welcome news to our ears. our task as south africans. is to see this this moment and not to pour cold water on this moment our task is to seize this moment of hope this moment of renewal and to work together to ensure that it makes a meaningful difference in the lives of our people this year we will be initiating measures to set the country on a new path of growth employment and transformation we will do this by getting social partners in our country to collaborate in building a social compact on which we will create drivers for economic recovery in our country we have to build on that collaboration with business and labor to restore confidence and to prevent and investment downgrades once more tough decisions will have to be made to close our fiscal gap. we have to step allies our debts and restore our state owned enter

against south africa's economic hardship. and for some loudness is a high with new christine a moon deval whose joins me now from in the studio you bet the last twenty four hours i can see christine and tell me. what is going to happen the next couple of days all right so off to parliament elects so rebels as president he needs to be sworn in we are and we understand that could either happen later today or tomorrow they also indicated that he wants and they want him to present the state of the nation address tomorrow evening ok now this is really the end of the zuma era as we know it but there are many many corruption allegations against him do you think he's been given some kind of immunity from prosecution in return for him stepping don nelson a good christian image and a lot of people are wondering the same thing because in the build up to his resignation they have been reports that he is demanding some form off in the unity the immunity is not for the a.n.c. or sauron of course a to give but they do understand obviously t

al-jazeera johannesburg south africa. if he'll be as parliament is planning to hold talks after the start investigation of the prime minister haile money and desolation for nelson and follows nationwide anti-government protest but her mother though reports. in a televised address and sadie's it is ignition wasn't vital for choosing the changes necessary evil sustainable peace and democracy in ethiopia in other words an attempt to ease rising tensions in the country because unity for which in my circle of unrest and political crisis have led to the loss of lives and the displacement of many i see my stepping down as vital in the effort to carry out reforms that lead to sustainable peace loudly seen as a placeholder on a consensus figure highlight and us alone has led ethiopia since two thousand and twelve following the death of former prime minister and the architect of if you present isn't a comic boom melissa. he rolls from relative obscurity as an academy to president of the solvent region before being appointed foreign

south africa must come first in everything that we. pose is sworn in as south africa's new president and promises to tackle corruption . hello there i'm joe to hold this is al jazeera live from london also coming up. the saudi owned television news station out of beer surrenders its right to broadcast in the u.k. . a nineteen year old former pupil is charged with seventeen counts of premeditated murder after the florida school shooting. and ethiopia's prime minister resigns after months of protests he says he wants to be part of the solution. so rahm opposer promised to fight corruption as he was sworn in as south africa's new president rather poses succeeds jacob zuma who resigned on wednesday after months of pressure from the ruling a.n.c. party over corruption allegations one opposition party walked out during the parliamentary proceedings on thursday but the new president pledged to work with his opponents for the good of the country. i will seek to work with all political parties and were started off. was started off with wanting

in south africa, cyril ramaphosa has been sworn in as president. his nomination was unopposed in assembly, the members of one opposition party walked out saying that early elections should be called. jacob zuma finally gave in to demands that he resign. his nine years in office were marred by scandal. global news, 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. i am courtney donohoe. this is bloomberg. mark: thank you. sticking with south africa we will speak with the chief executive of nedbank. this is bloomberg. ♪ vonnie: live from new york, i'm vonnie quinn. i am mark london, barton county down to the european close. speaking with the nestle ceo march night or after the company posted its weakest sales growth in 20 years. they spoke about how the recent market turbulence is impacting nestle's business. frozen business is a very good channel to fulfill health and wellness ambitions. frozen food does not depend on the freezing, it d