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There are fears it could become a circus pretty event the whole that night. Hello im christine would its good to have your company it was one of the worst attacks by is anonymous militants ever seen in 10 year now of course in the ruby has found 2 out of 3 men guilty for their roles in the 2013 assault on the westgate Shopping Mall the judge found that the 2 defendants mohamed and Saddam Hussein will stuff a conspired with and assisted for gunman from the Somali Militant Group alshabaab to carry out the attack a 3rd defended was acquitted on all charges at least 67 people died when the attackers opened fire at shoppers and then engaged in a 4 day standoff with Kenyan Security forces the government in which the gunmen were also killed but critics say the main perpetrators were able to escape. And for more on this story i am joined by this a bit of journalist John Allen Amel whos been covering this particular story for the media is welcome to news africa jon and just tell us a little bit more about what these men well on trial for. So the. Number of other suspects who were charged with conspiracy to commit a terrorist act assisting aiding and abetting terrorists and commission of a terrorist act to kenya that being the westgate see september the 21st 2017 and we 67 people that at least one believed to have been killed perhaps one of the most high profile terrorist attacks in the countrys history so its one thats had a lot of International Attention and john how is this verdict being received this much anticipated verdict. Well from what we can see in terms of the legal opinion as well as just Public Opinion its being received very positively the westgate of course left a stain on the conscience of kenya and security agencies because of the way it was handled but more importantly the it left a huge mark in terms of the lives of the people who were affected and of it into left who were killed on that day and westgate of course was a turning point in terms of the ramping up of the war against the arch of a number of plots it went to the police and there really is no love lost between members of the public and the arch about terrorism. And john well can you be able to now draw a line and of this tragedy. I dont think so the war against the out of are still ongoing in so mild yes especially along the very long and very porous border between kenya and somalia starting way up north in mind their own all it down to look cost. There have been many many attacks and many incursions that im have to get at least. At the various parts of the border right all that is going to you of course kenyan. Military Defense Forces are part. Of the Africa Mission in somalia who are fighting rightly fighting the out of both had been turned on in terms of the number of pax but one of the other the war is still ongoing right jan i do want to bring you back to to this specific attack in way skates because they cant government has always maintained that Security Forces killed to be attackers or the gunmen who stormed the mall but theres also always been doubts about that. And i think that all springs from the fact that the one nor bodies found that could be laid might be any evidence to let terrorists who made that stand in the more well or a number of reports that came out from the f. B. I. In 2014 added that there was the it did the attackers did make their last stand in the mall and there was no evidence that the escaped especially from the outset i would have celebrated that picture so in terms of it was a conspiracy theories that still out there and much earlier reporting and right including reporting that we had been apart suggested that they might have escaped but that right also is open to you know interpretation i see john you were talking about the fact that al shabaab remains a threat in kenya why is the government struggling to rein in these extremist groups. It is with any good deal of conflict. It is is in the manner in which these these these attackers are able to make these atrocities as they are the cover. Especially in the southernmost part of the border of the bony forest which allows them to come in and out and he died at various communities secondly there have been allegations that there has been some Community Support for the out of of on this american cycle of border and its really just been difficult to supplement them based on the amount of support that they are gonna. Come up 2011 on whats insightful not about the big factor and he also has quite a bit of local support for people who would agree and join the arch of up through the ages of 1011 all right thats jennas john Allen Hamilton thank you john. On a story is in cape town way a group of activists illegally occupying a mansion in an affluent suburb of the city they say they want to draw attention to the land and housing issues and court has ordered them to vacate the premises by thursday he krishna to paint a story. This is cam space one of cape towns most beautiful and exclusive neighborhoods houses here can easily cost several 1000000. 00 euros most president s why its 26 years after racial segregation and its not in the last month a queer activist collective booked the luxury holiday home for 3 nights and has been occupying it ever since. Is one of the supporters. Compared to where you live before is a big difference in the. City. I can complain about that. This is the best one ever. Known used to live in cape town speak just township he was often discriminated because of his Sexual Orientation including by his parents who kicked him out of their homes. Cape town is seen as the most liberal city on the continent like news articles labeled as the capital of africa even is that not the case because there are many different cape town. White kid turns. Where it can tongue into being a snake for you and be giving you a hint it is because. Weve been one of the 1st countries to process. The policy into the constitution like gay marriage etc you know like this this thing about you can be visible weve had pride but like with everything that comes with a caveat that even depending on which space youre depending on which class. Protected you are because of that and you kept on is that everything thats really i mean its inexcusable. And its linked to having the city. Down almost like nothing to reform they just this is a price to struggle for rights and Affordable Housing for the elderly bt community is now a metaphor the courts to decide the buildings owner who lives in europe has demanded the squatters leave immediately effectively this property was larger heres a picture from what the cause was with the reasons building went into the property this was done to member not that different. You can go into a property i think that you can stay in that property and under false pretenses the lawyer says the rule of law is at risk what such an illegal occupation is good result and chaos would ensue for the judge said he understands the course of the protests but does not agree with the means to be there for the protesters to leave the house by thursday or face eviction and the payment of all the good costs involved. The activists have so far refused to say whether they will leave or face the consequences of going to blow tens of thousands of muslims descended upon cynical as holy city tuba this week for the annual grand mogul pilgrimage thats a tradition in west africa that some fear could become a soup is pretty eventful call the 19 organizers are expecting 3 to 5000000 pilgrims this week despite the main ceremony on tuesday being canceled in efforts to lower the risk of coronavirus contagion of the events of being the streambed to avoid overcrowding. They have come in their thousands despite the penn demick every year the mughal pilgrimage can attract up to 3000000 people here in the city of tuba the ones that are here have been given clear instructions. What i worry we follow the guidelines which are given by the caliph that they are where mosques and queue up for prayers in an orderly manner. The mcgough pilgrimage is the 1st large scale gathering in senegal since the corona Virus Outbreak must hand and paperbacks for storing shoes are part of the measures being taken by social distancing is almost impossible. Yet when that thats not it it was a lot going up there lots of people here thats why were wearing gloves and masks all of us would be so we can heighten the Awareness Among people. Well about the disease is always here and were doing our best so it will pass down. The land borders in sinegal are still closed so only a few foreigners have come but still thousands are here that makes the authorities worried. That people here are going back to their home regions we feel well have more corona cases here and 2 buck but we will have to thoroughly analyze in the next 10 days the evolution of infection in all the regions of senegal because as you know people from all over the country have come for the pilgrimage. If the. Synagogue was among the 1st african countries to report covert 900 cases but so far it has been able to avoid the high death tolls the authorities here now hope that this will still be the case in the weeks following the market. And that is what ill be sure to check out our. The stories on dot com forward slash africa were also on facebook and on twitter we always interested to know what you think about the stories that we cover hale program and the stories that we should be covering see you next time about. My 1st boss was the sewing machine. Where i come from women their phones by this ocean for even something as simple as learning how to write a by side of those isnt. Since i was in the girl i wanted to have both eyes id lost my home but it took me years to the. Finally they gave up and went on buying young lives like this and returned because sewing machines sewing i suppose was more apt procreates for goods than rising and by. No i was only a child woman back home full of bones by their duties and social norms and informed them of old dead basic rights my name is the amount of the home and they were more ads to. Musicians and music fans are remembering the late great rocker Eddie Van Halen a man who were revolutionized the guitar. Together with his band van halen he made a dozen studio albums that influenced a generation Eddie Van Halen died of cancer on tuesday he was 65. Welcome to arts and culture van halen producer said he played with a complexity that rivaled but one thing is for sure Eddie Van Halen changed rock n roll forever and just a moment well see how the music world is paying tribute 1st a look back at his career. This was the band van highlands biggest hit jump from 1900 full. Length had a distinctive style with front man David Lee Roth splash boy and take on the rock gods and eddies iconic guitar solos. They appeal to people from all age groups eddie and his brother alex formed ben highland in the 1970 s. Younger fans dont even know we have 11 other records. With her if we get the pace of each one then decide which ones they want to buy. For the money because we want to. Buy em all. Both going and now its the death of his father on twitter he wrote my heart is broken and i dont think i will ever fully recover from this loss i love you so much paul. Van halen joined the band as its bass player in 2007 making it a real family business. Eddie van highland was born in amsterdam in 1955 but the family moved to los angeles in the early ninetys sixtys he started life as a musician on the piano but like to switch to sam visions to the top. Cut off and released their 1st album in 1978 it shot into the top 20 on the american billboard charts making it one of the most successful debuts of the decade. And highlands pioneering virtue or so guitar technique and him a place in ropes all the time alongside the likes of jimi hendrix and eric clapton. The band highland was the man who not only changed the top. Forever but touched deeply bulldoze i knew him. And were going to keep looking back at his legacy now with my colleague Michael Kruger mike how is van halen being remembered well maybe as a guitar genius as the right of the left hand of the devil oh yes of course in 2012 we just pull in the popular Music Magazine voted him. The greatest get up play all the time and seabirds his 1st he taught himself i think maybe we have a red guitar yeah really wrecked his guitar he set some call it frankenstein but i call it my baby he may not invented the 200 tapping but did it and he was the master of this lightning fast technique and rosalyn devil playing and introduced it to a mass audience and despite all of this in never want to play to read music but ever like to read music like no never and by the way his 1st cherries choiceful playing rock music with the drums but one day he came home and his big brother was sitting there at the drums and he said oh my god hes playing much better than i so ill take the guitar and the rest is history oh my gosh were so very for that happened now theres been a huge and really emotional outpouring were seeing coming in from other musicians what can you tell us about that its really overwhelming so many rock stars posted something we have just a few examples for that Lenny Kravitz he wrote the happen will be electric tonight and nikki sixx from the crew said you were the most out of rock guitar and his band my David Lee Roth posted just one sentence what a long great trip its been wow now senior David Lee Roth wasnt always with the band van halen he was on again off again there is a lot of turbulence. There over the years. They were. Stuck all the time even when he had problems even when there were problems with a Record Company even when some of the members were replaced. And especially singer David Lee Roths he left the band come back and left again but. Eddie van halen worked rarely with other musicians but when he did it was spectacular and we have a really good example Michael Jackson on the song beat it we all know it he wasnt even stratus it on the album and didnt appear in the back and here is a guitar that he can hear is guitar really make the song to his son. Michael kroger thank you so much for coming in studio to honor the van halen. And from a giant of rock n roll now to of literal giant well it was actually supposed to be an auction of impressionist and modern art except ben christies auction house threw in a giant t. Rex into the mix and big surprise it wasnt the picasso that got the highest price about auction it was the t. Rex who sold for almost 32000000. 00 and in other dinosaur news the release of the new drastic world film has been pushed back from next year to 2022 its another big blow to movie theaters after hollywood had already postponed the release of other blockbusters including batman. And the way this James Bond Film due to the coronavirus. Well thats enough dinosaurs for this arts and culture so how about some spies well right now the show museum in frankfurt is all about espionage but the exhibition we never sleep. Espionage is the stuff of great films but its also a real part of our world now more than ever with surveillance cameras darter profiling and our not so very social social media although no one calls that is to be an option and in the midst of all this data sharing and stealing theres a lot we never sleep at the show and out museum in frankfurt features works like this one by canadian Rodney Graham artist as a spy. I wouldnt say artists are spies but in a way their models operandi sometimes functions like those of us by sometimes they become they have to almost become spies for the Research Like Trevor Paglen has photographed the u. S. National Security Agency by night from 50 kilometers away. Just Cornelia Shaima from the former east germany mines her own biography and the files to the east german informants compiled on their secret opposing them with i want to self portraits. The exhibition gives a lot of space to be an art form. And real spine devices like a tree trunk with a hidden camera. Can be put on secrets even an exploding wrench it does seem like something out of the film and speaking of films Hollywood Star had lamar was also an inventor who helped develop Frequency Hopping Technology now used in christian technology. Espionage both glamorous and dangerous and today the spy business is booming with countries trying to steal each others vaccine research. And sniffing out the secrets of life here in germany each week our reporter Rachel Stewart has the scoop this time shes demonstrating her strong stomach with a look at german cuisine now around 8 percent of people in germany are vegetarians but the average german eats 60 kilos of meat per year some even make meat sculptures. Yes. But its heyday back in the sixtys and seventys but the main ingredient that is still popular across its usually spread on. Seasons with. Topped off with some. Health and safety reasons it has to be eaten on the same day its. Just going to leave the meeting in germany is about much more than choosing between one sausage and another trip to the boat shows all of them. Can be a veritable adventure. Alongside the full spectrum of fresh. There are some more intriguing products for example. Ru pauls translates as blood sausage no prizes for guessing what the main ingredient. And you know what they. Do so you want me. To spend it in a. Book. But it was just like a best. Friend. To kids as a treat. Ive lived. As meat so what exactly is it. More than the. Goodies and its essentially fatty me grow. Round up baked into a loaf shape with a lovely brown crust in most areas of germany you can only pick order if it contains at least 5 percent but the very end of the cheese is absolutely not allowed to contain liver and certainly. Countries like australia america and argentina our way out in front when it comes to Meat Consumption but the germans do eat twice as much meat as the global average meat is an important component in many traditional dishes here and theres not much the germans take more seriously than a barbecue. He. Says. Pork is the nations favorite and around half of the meat eating in germany is consumed in the sausage for germany also produces more meat than it can eat are you thinking what im thinking theres a big meaty elephant in the room right d. The question around the Environmental Impact of meat production is gathering pace and a few years ago a green Party Proposal to introduce a vegetarian canteens across the country went down like an empty be ok but around 8 percent of the population now claims to be vegetarian and the trend is Even Stronger among the environmentally woke younger generation. Simply gone out and not. Only. If you can find your own. Individual. Well if not quite your appetite weve got plenty more installments of meet the germans online at d w dot com slash culture thanks for watching the next im. Going. Into the conflict zone with tim sebastian. Brazil is in the news these days for all the wrong reasons i did so thats the 1st highest figure in the world for coated 19 infections my guess is me from brazil e f is the countrys vice pres of those coming to close all how did the government only get so bad. Conflict so. 90 minutes on d w. The 2020 us election on no i dont doubt it goes on one of the biggest voting blocks in this country many of them find the language is a behavior of donald trump hard to stomach but there is one single issue which matters most abortion the almost Young Christian voters why this city finds their decision on the Election Night was so reported on t w. Can you hear me now oh yes were going to do you and hydraulics dance general sonce now we bring you im going to mask off as youve never time to have a full surprise to. Self with what is possible who is medical really what moves that want. To talk to people who follow along the way maurice and critics alike join us from apples lifestyle. Frankfurt. International gateway to the best connections road and rail. Located in the heart of europe connected to the own world. Experienced outstanding shopping and Dining Office and try our services. Biala guest at Frankfurt Airport city managed by fresh bought. This state of the news live from burbank and that then scored delivers a landmark verdict the 9th marathon trial protesters clashed with Police Outside the court while inside the leaders of the far right Golden Dawn Party a found guilty of running a criminal Organization Also coming up to women with the 2020 nobel prize in chemistry for their work in developing a method that anything jeannot about will show up on t. V. Yet france and jennifer i doubt not of the u. S. Were recognized for what the academy cold rewriting the code of life. In germany and france consider targeted sanctions against individuals involved in the poisoning of russian dissident alexeyevna valmy relations between bergen and moscow passed. As an alleged russian he goes on trial in the german capital is charged with gunning down a former chechen commander in a pocket last year. How broke into the program a great court has found leaders of the countrys far right Golden Dawn Party guilty of operating a criminal organization the group was once greeces 3rd Largest Political Party its latest now face between 5 and 15 years in prison a supporter of the group was also convicted of the murder of an anti fascist rap and in 2013 scuffles broke out outside the courthouse between police and fascist protesters whiting for the verdict. A roar of applause outside the courthouse where the far right Golden Dawn Party was just declared a criminal Group Thousands of anti fascist protesters have gathered here to await the verdict in a trial that lasted over 5 years and so almost 70 defendants. For the greek peoples conscience golden dawn is a criminal organization and will end up where it deserves in the garbage can of history as is appropriate after the battles waged by the people and this country. Cheering erupted into clashes with the police who deployed tear gas and Water Cannons after some protesters threw stones and molotov cocktails. Inside the court house the judges the clear 7 of the parties former lawmakers guilty of leading a criminal organization. Others were convicted of taking part in it. The court also found a supporter of golden dawn guilty of killing leftwing rapper. The greek Prime Minister expressed dissatisfaction with the verdict. Or for schools as Prime Minister i consciously refrain from commenting on Court Decisions as a greek citizen however i share the universal satisfaction for the recognition of golden dawns criminal character. Golden dawn was founded in the 1980 s. As an obscure and you announce youre going to zation it rose to prominence during the greek financial crisis entering parliament in 2012 as the 3rd Largest Party the group is strongly anti migrant an anti muslim and its members have been accused of carrying out acts of violence against minorities but the wind has changed last year golden dawn failed to win a single seat in parliament now after being dubbed a criminal group its political aspirations may have come to an end. After some of the other stories making news around the world fighting between. Forces of the disputed region of the continued into another day with the breakaway turkeys capital step on. A city has been under intense bombardment in recent days. Inside. Under the control of nick foles. According kenya has found 2 men guilty of involvement in the 2013 attack on an upmarket Shopping Mall in nairobi at least 67 people were killed in the mass shooting and subsequent see at the westgate Shopping Complex a 3rd defendant was with. Facebook is banned from its platforms all accounts that support the Conspiracy Movement the social Media Company says the move is part of it if its to clamp down on misinformation ahead of the us election she went on promote promotes rather stories alleging u. S. President trump is waging a secret war against an international pitiful. The European Parliament has voted in favor of significantly reducing Greenhouse Gases by 2030. Is agreed on a 60 percent cut across the bloc compared to 9090. 00 levels that would require a sharp drop in the use of coal and have a huge implications for all sectors it still however needs to be. The approval of him in the united states. Of the winners of the prestigious nobel prize in chemistry have been announced in stock on this year the prize goes jointly to Jennifer Doudna from the u. S. And french scientists a man who washed up on t. A from the to for the development of a method for genome editing the technology is already contributing to new therapies against cancer and could help cure inherited diseases the deadly visited shop on tia in her lab a couple of years back to find out about her work. It was a great breaking discovery 8 years ago emmanuel sharp together with jennifer did not find a way to rewrite the code of life or d. N. E. Neither the scientists have been recognized for their 3 with the nobel chemistry prize. Yeah i feel extremely new. To receive these ideas from cognition. From sweden since a great discovery had not very happy to be one of those years. Of cease the discovery. The 2 scientists figured out how bacteria defend themselves against invading viruses in the process they discovered that this natural mechanism can be used as a tool to modify d. N. A. The result was the crisper cast in genomes that theres. A simple quick and precise tool to change the genome. Heres how it works the sensors are actually a protein which is given a kind of search term for example a g c in this simplified model our d. N. A. Is made up of lots of different combinations of codes like these the says or protein stands a copy of the d. N. A. And when its found the search words says are activated and they cut the section i. Then a different section of d. N. A. Can be inserted. What i think this is what is the most interesting and fascinating about this discovery is that you you dig into the nature and you try to understand that trying to make his arms over life and you and decipher and make an ism that you can really use and harness for the copper so for. The genome says are already being used by plant researchers to create a higher yielding stream of corn as well as mushrooms that stay fresh for longer. Unknown allergenic peanuts. The discovery has sparked heated ethical debates about the manipulation of nature. But theres no direct about its careful potential. In the future it could also be harnessed to treat cancer or other genetic diseases. Germany and france have said they will propose European Union sanctions against russian individuals over the poisoning of kremlin critic alexeyevna valley German Foreign minister released a joint statement with his french counterpart saying that russia has provided no credible explanation so far ive only spent just over a month in Berlin Charity hospital after he was medically evacuated to germany after falling ill planned. For more lets cross over to Political Correspondent simon young in berlin simon what could they sanctions look like. Well as he said germany and france have said that they are jointly seeking as sanctions against russian nationals because they believe that russia has not done enough to help clear up and explain what happened in the poisoning of a lets say nevada only and theyre going to take this forward now in the next few days they say putting suggestions of what names should be on that list only a handful we believe of individuals but they will be individuals. Who are identified as having a function which makes them responsible for involvement in the crime that has been formulated also probably sanctions will be placed on an institution involved in the production of the novacek poison and these suggestions will be put to the of the e. U. Member states and it will then be for them to decide whether the e. U. Imposes these sanctions on moscow. And the tensions with russia are not stopping there in berlin a man has gone on trial today hes accused of assassinating a former chechen commander in a park in berlin last year allegedly on moscows orders. Welcome to the capital of spice the German Spy Museum in berlin recently added this so called to god murdered to its exits the man in their dirty cement is still at it contract killer classic of. This case has all the ingredients of a political thriller in august of last year the russian citizen to vote in crises of travelled from moscow via paris and torso to berlin under false identity. Of this alleged to have a polish his victim on the bicycle in a small park in berlin the victim was a chechen exile seeking asylum in germany who was killed with 3 gunshots from close range. Chris because then allegedly threw his gun and bicycle into the kneebone river and tried to escape but was caught shortly afterwards he was arrested and has been silent ever since. But thats a special situation that in this case we have the suspect we have the person who is accused about murder so we have evidence we have the fingerprints we have pictures if you compare it was a screen or was a not only case we didnt have any person that we can question so i think theres a sort of quite unique situation right now according to investigators state on crescent of smallville fun indicates that the crime was carefully planned they say they have found links to the russian that runs association of the Domestic Intelligence service if they speak which several investigative journalists believe is just a cover. We can see that that in classic off the killer started visiting at s. P. Training centers as early as spring 2019 security. Employees or prepared for special operations there. As the day of the murder approached he communicated more and more often with the f. S. B. Employees. Towards the end it was almost every day. The victimisation hungrily had fought on the side of the rebels in the 2nd set or moscow had designated him a terrorist. This man was on our wanted list hes a fighter a cruel and bloodthirsty person. The kremlin denies any responsibility for their attack non of germanys 17 inquiries received a response it must to request full Legal Assistance were answered in the adequately say the German Authorities then install into whats moscow is sharpening. To britain. Federal government reserves the right to take further measures in this case before. The German Federal prosecutor may have brought charges against that in classical but politically just says that in reality the russian state is in the dark. So so on and tensions remain high how do you think this Current Events will influence the relationship between germany and other countries and indeed russia. Was making for the german russian relationship i think it just makes it harder to have a proper relationship which germany would like to do because russia is an important supplier of energy its also an important player in International Conflicts such as syria and libya but when you look at all these difficulties this case but also than the valley case the script all case hacking attacks on the bundestag russias occupation of the crimea and support for Alexander Lukashenko in the belarus crisis it makes it really difficult to have russia as a geo Strategic Partner and this case is said to be a sort of Tipping Point for mangler merkels point of view its a its a contract killing carried out in the heart of the german capital and it does now look as if you know german attitudes to russia as was mentioned in the report are hardening the w. Political correspondent thank you. A reminder now of the top story the cell there been scuffles outside the nothings court as it found leaders of the countrys far right wing Golden Dawn Party guilty of running a criminal organization but it comes after a marathon 5 year trial the defendants face up to 15 years and pretty. Thick skull faces business with steven lee dont forget you can always get the latest news and information around the clock on our website this newfound a d w dot com you can also follow us on twitter and instagram as well the handle there is at. Phil giles will be next in the chair here at the top of the alpha male im happy how it affects what you. Cut. Every 2 seconds the person is forced to flee their home. The consequences into some stress our documentary series displaced depicts traumatic humanitarian crises for profit. For good thing we dont have time to think i didnt go to university to kill people. I mean. People feel for their cars and their future so they seek refuge abroad but what will become of course who stay behind and simply. My husband went to peru because of the crisis that if he hadnt gone there we would have died of hunger im gonna sound. Distant starts oct 16th dont you. Sell to africans hit the streets theyre angry about jobs and corruption times are already tough before the pandemic now many so. The situation is becoming unbearable. Also on the show the pandemic has been kind of the worlds billionaires who are growing in number and wealth. But it hasnt been affected women executives in germany a new study shows their numbers are sinking. Low and welcome to the show im Stephen Beardsley in berlin its good to have you with us we begin in south africa an emerging economy thats in recent years hasnt emerged very far rising state debt slow growth and falling failing rather infrastructure have frustrated South Africans corruption too and that was before the pandemic now the pictures even bleaker and the mood among workers is souring. This is how it looks like when south africas largest trades Union Federation organized this as a protest during the times of a pandemic almost 2000000 members well to either just stay at home or go out and join pickets and motorcades like this one here in cape town that are happening throughout the country yes yes. It is an unusual. But on the other site we have not expected that the term is going to be like this we are very surprised and we appreciate the support that we are receiving from along members. Of this pandemic. You know for the fact that obligations in place that stooping to the number that we have. In our gatherings this is a very big surprise to us. Either. People are demonstrating for a variety of issues a reform of the public transport sector Decisive Action against gender based violence and a stronger stand of the government against corruption you can read over here corruption is the biggest threats to our heart one democracy in the past years under the watch of the governing party a. N. C. Corruption has been rampant in south africa and although president Cyril Ramaphosa promised to change things there hasnt been any high profile arrest and fat people saw more and more scandals coming off for example around the procurement of personal protective equipment during the present and many people here are angry about that. To me theres still a long way to go this deal a long way to go and there still. Needs to be made because theres people that we know that have done this. Action you know that has not been dealt with people who wants to see results people who wants to see people being not you see that is the seriousness that we are looking to see people being arrested going to jail for what they did but of course theyre also calling for better Economic Conditions around 3000000 people have lost their jobs because of the pandemic and a 6 months locked down the union calls for decisive state intervention in strategy ject sectors of the economy and a strengthening of the public sector. That includes small investments and struggling state owned enterprises. They must remain public entities because those outrageous of the public we cant sell them to any private person or any private institution because of those. That is what the loons that is the treasurer. Of the public at the end of the day but further investments into state owned entities are controversial within the government and amongst the people here billions of runs have been wasted in the past because of corruption in Companies Like south African Airways the National Airline but also the National Railway Service Money has been looted and wasted for a long time and even if the government was willing to invest more money into these entities in the future will it be able to afford it because of the pandemic of a South African government came up with a 25000000000. 00 euro relief package for the economy thats 10 percent of the countrys Gross Domestic Product and the government had to take loans from International Institutions like the International Monetary fund with an expected decrease in tax incomes in the next months and years the country might face massive financial problems in the future and already now south africa has a junk status for. I think from all 3 Major International rating agencies. Or i did a dream creech the there with a picture from south africa and we go over to the u. S. Where wall street indexes have bounced back from tuesdays late session slump which was triggered by president Donald Trumps call to end stimulus talks a wednesdays rebound came after trump later demanded Congress Approved 25000000000. 00 to support airlines and a further 135000000000. 00 for Small Businesses both items that were in the goshi asians in the talks the prospects for both remain uncertain however with congress recessed until later this month. Now president trumps unexpected tweet came hours after the u. S. Federal reserve chairman urgently appealed for exactly that type of aid from Congress Chairman powell warn that without further help the u. S. Could enter a recessionary downward spiral with tragic outcomes heres part of what he had to say the burdens of the downturn have not been evenly shared the initial job losses fell heavily on the lower wage workers in Service Industries facing the public job categories in which minorities and women are overrepresented combined with the disproportionate effect of coded on communities of color and the overwhelming burden of childcare during quarantine and Distance Learning which has fallen mostly on women. The pandemic is further widening divides in wealth and economic mobility. Read a bleak assessment there from the worlds leading central banker and that stands in stark contrast to our next report 2020 has been a great year for the ultra rich billionaires in particular according to a new analysis from u. B. S. And p w c theyve seen their fortunes grow throughout the coronavirus pandemic often dramatically now in 2017 the worlds billionaires were collectively worth just under 9 trillion dollars theyre now worth a record 10. 2 trillion dollars thats a 15 percent rise according to the reports now some fortunes have risen even faster amazon founder jeff bezos has personal wealth balloon this year from roughly 115000000000. 00 to more than 200 1000000000. 00 so who has the most billionaires the u. S. Leaves with 788. 00 chinas next with 342. 00 and then germany is the european leader with 119. 00 now in contrast the whole continent of africa has 20 billionaires and for more on this im joined now by my colleague with business Kate Ferguson shes already at the table kate good to have you with us. Why is it that the rich are getting richer and should we be concerned that this is happening this isnt really a new trend at all the rich have been getting richer and the poor poor for quite some time now and there are a couple of reasons for this one of them is that over the past few decades and this is a global trend the rate of talks of the super wealthy in paying has actually fallen and the argument for this is that it boosts innovation and it creates jobs but the effect is that these super wealthy individuals have a whole lot of money to play with and what do they do with that money they put it into the stock market often investing it in risky but high yield offsets that you or i would be too sensible to invest in but that means that they just keep keep getting wealthier and wealthier and i think the effect of that is that what happened to the stock market has a one on one relationship to whats happening to billionaires and that is one reason that people. Whats happening the stock market is very poor reflection of the Overall Health of the economy and the well being of its people which is interesting we look at trump in his remarks that the wall street economy is doing well but he was going to go back inequality was already being exasperated before i guess the pandemic but then demick has somehow made things worse it looks like well sure is so a couple of sectors like big tech and health care were doing very well before the pandemic but of course the coronavirus has given both of these sectors a real boost so if you look at Companies Like amazon with jeff bezos with personal wealth or grow to over 200000000000. 00 it makes sense that anything thats online at the moment is doing really well because people have more time on money to spend so what about retail or in communications some Companies Like flock and zoom they. Would certainly wasnt the case before the pandemic when it comes to health care the search of course for 1900 vaccine and treatments has given a huge boost to pharmaceuticals in particular so thats just means that those who are already wealthy are growing even wealthier the rest of us are possibly like a little behind we mentioned regional differences there with the video wall what do we can we tell from that anything yeah there are definitely some places in the world that breed a lot more billionaires than others and its no surprise at all that the u. S. Is right at the top so its a wonderful place to be super wealthy tax rates are very low donald trump actually lowered the tax rate for the super wealthy very recently on the Regulatory Environment there is pretty locks as well especially when you compare it to a place like europe where theres been an increasing attempt to crack down on Companies Like get them to pay more tax when it comes to africa and well there are a lot of reasons why its likely behind a lot of them have to do with the legacies of colonialism with conflicts there overshadowing Economic Growth and even when you look up the billionaires in africa the kinds of areas where theyve become wealthy are construction kmov of these oil and diamonds and those are all areas that are very sensitive to shifts in the Global Economy so no. Big names in tech in europe or africa yet so thats one reason why their take if its a business is good 1st im breaking it down for us thank you very much. Well go back to europe where German Companies have long trail behind their counterparts when it comes to getting women into the boardroom a new report suggests the pandemic is making things worse crisis said companies appear to have thrown any push for diversity out the window making it even harder for women to get the top jobs. Jennifer morgan broke ground in germany when she became the 1st woman to lead a tax listed business yet and in a few months after her appointment at the Software Giant s. A. P she was ousted women are hard to come by at the top of Large Companies in germany in fact a new study published by the old Broad Foundation suggests the share of female executive Board Members is actually declining meanwhile companies in other countries tend to put women in top management positions more often in the 30 Largest Companies in the u. S. Women make up almost 30 percent of all Board Members in sweden and france of the share has risen to more than 20 percent poland 2 has made improvements in elevating women over the last year in contrast germany saw a decline now not even 13 percent of Board Members all female and the old broad find action says the Global Pandemic has made things even worse with Women Leaders being lost and replaced with men the crisis shows that the understanding all mixed leadership and get robbed it is of mixed leadership isnt very deeply rooted in germany yet it looks like its the 1st thing to be about when a critical. The foundation accuses germany of having a male monoculture it found there are currently more men called thomas undermines boards of directors than women. And thats it for me and the Business Team here in berlin as always you can find out more live dot com slash business im Stephen Beardsley thanks for watching. Into the conflict zone with tim sebastian. 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