hello, i m anna.. anna foster. south africa s governing party has two weeks to form a coalition, after losing its outright majority for the first time in 30 years. with virtually all the votes now counted from wednesday s election, the anc stands at around 40% a sharp drop from almost 58% in 2019. the anc say the result has been a wake up call for the party. the anc has accepted the result and, as the anc, what is foremost now in our mind are two things. one is the fact that there was a clear protest from our people. our people are saying, we love the anc, but the anc must self correct. we have already started that programme of organisational renewal. i think we need to fast track that. we must no longer only speak about acting against corruption, we must be seen as doing that. we must be seen as giving our people the service. that is the message that our people have said to us and it s a message we have received loud and clear. let s go live to our correspondent cath
indicated it is willing to discuss a new plan to end the war in gaza unveiled by us presidentjoe biden. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has again insisted that the war will end only once hamas is destroyed. the opposition leader, yair lapid, has urged the prime minister to accept the proposal. speaking earlier, mr lapid suggested that if right wing members of benjamin netanyahu s coalition resigned in protest, his party would continue to support the government in its efforts to secure a hostage deal. it comes as mr netanyahu repeated that israel will continue to focus on the destruction of hamas and the freeing of all hostages. he was responding to a three phase proposal presented by us president, joe biden, who says hamas is no longer capable of launching another october 7 style attack on israel. meanwhile, egyptian state linked tv is reporting a meeting between egyptian, us and israeli officials will take place sunday to discuss the reopening of the rafah cr
a permanent ceasefire in gaza. yair lapid says if right wing members of benjamin netanyahu s coalition resigned in protest, his party would continue to support the government in its efforts to secure a hostage deal. it comes as mr netanyahu says israel will continue to focus on the destruction of hamas and the freeing of all hostages. he was responding to a three phase proposalfrom presidentjoe biden who says hamas is no longer capable of launching another october 7th style attack on israel. meanwhile, egyptian state linked tv is reporting a meeting between egyptian, us and israeli officials will take place on sunday to discuss the re opening of the rafah crossing. let s look at some of the reaction. in the central city of deir al balah, where many have recently fled following israel s ground assault on rafah last month, people are living in tents with no running water. here s what some of them have said about the potential deal. translation: this proposal came late but bette
hello, i m anna foster. south africa s governing party has two weeks to form a coalition, after losing its outright majority for the first time in 30 years. with almost all the votes now counted from wednesday s election, the anc stands at around 40% a sharp drop from almost 58% in 2019. the anc has accepted the result and, as the anc, what is foremost now in our mind are two things. one is the fact that there is a clear protest from our people. our people are saying we love the anc, but the anc must self correct. we have already started that programme of organisation. i think we need to fast track that. we must no longer only speak about it, acting against corruption, we must be seen as doing that. we must be seen as giving our people the service. that is the message that our people have said to us and it s a message we have received loud and clear. catherine byaruhanga is injohannesburg. this really is going to be a shock for the anc, the fact that it is just one 40% of t
hello. i m anna foster. let s start in the middle east, where israel s opposition leader has urged the prime minister to accept a proposal unveiled by president biden aimed at securing a permanent ceasefire in gaza. yair lapid says if right wing members of benjamin netanyahu s coalition resigned in protest, his party would continue to support the government. it is unclear what that would mean in practice. it comes as mr netanyahu says israel will continue to focus on the destruction of hamas and the freeing of all hostages. he was responding to a three phase proposalfrom presidentjoe biden who says hamas is no longer capable of launching another october the seventh style attack on israel. meanwhile, egyptian state linked tv is reporting a meeting between egyptian, us and israeli officials will take place on sunday to discuss the re opening of the rafah crossing. a short time ago, i spoke with the uk s foreign secretary, lord cameron. i began by asking him what this deal conta