And their decision to force him to vacate office he had asked them for reasons for his transgressions but in the end the pressure it appears has proven too great he avoids of course a motion of no confidence plan for parliament on thursday at which it is likely he would have been voted out of office hes avoided that by resigning tonight and we can talk to our correspondent for media miller whos in our bureau in johannesburg listening to all of that for me the it seems for an awfully long time didnt it that he wasnt going to to resign that he was going to submit himself to the rule of the constitution as the supreme law of the land but in the end those extraordinary words i have decided to resign with immediate effect. John i think given the tone of jacob zuma as address it for his ninety percent of the time anyone could be forgiven to think that the president or what is it now the former president was going to stay on we know is a fight and thats really the stance he has taken ultimate
Several roman pows or is sworn in as south africas new president with a promise to tackle corruption. A saudi owned Television News station al arab surrenders its right to broadcast in the u. K. The Florida School shooting suspect appears in court where warner the warnings he did about his behavior plus the. Top dogs the films vying for almost at the Berlin Film Festival went up or. Im going to guess roscoe with the sport as american starsky and mckayla shifrin claim to have first gold medal at ease when. I. Cyril ramaphosa promised to fight corruption as he was sworn in as south africas new president. Im opposed to 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 are will seek to work with all Political Parties. And were started off was start
Disappoint the people of south africa thank you very much. South africas new president is sworn in king to turn the page on an era of scandal and division. And sure hate with love and sheer cruelty with kindness donald trump addresses his nation in the wake of another Deadly School shooting but avoids any mention of guns also the devil is in the diet new links are drawn between ultra processed food and cancer plus celebrations begin across china and Southeast Asia for the Lunar New Year. Welcome to the news are several rum opposer has become south africas new president pushing a message of clean government and big. To cygnus now the former trade union leader turned multimillionaire replaces jacob zuma whose years in power were tainted by scandals division and allegations of corruption rob matheson reports from johannesburg. Its taken more than nine years but several ram oppose finally has what he wants the leadership of south africa and his nomination members of his party the ruling a.
Coming up in the next sixty minutes. The u. S. President s former chief strategist is questioned in the rush of investigation. Also united in mourning divided on gun control an all too familiar pattern emerges in the wake of americas latest School Shooting spree. Would try to work very hard not to disappoint the people of south africa thank you very much. Also south africas new president is sworn in keen to turn the page on era of scandal and division also. Im scott heiler in bangkok where some say the air pollution levels are at the highest they have ever been and that there is growing criticism of how the government is handling that story coming up. Welcome to the news our state. Allan Donald Trumps combative former chief strategist has been interviewed by investigators examining links between the u. S. President s Election Campaign and russia now its understood he spoke to investigators led by special Counsel Robert Mueller for around twenty hours in two separate meetings where lets
To resign as president of the republic with immediate effect south africas scandal plagued president jacob zuma steps down after the ruling a. N. C. Party told him to go also. At least one person killed and more than twenty injured by a government who opened fire at a us high school. 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. In response to a chilling report from the special envoy for syria plus. Im Andrew Thomas in sydney where artists have responded to the moment incidents recorded at australias offshore refugee crisis. Welcome to the news hour jacob zuma has resigned as south africa. As president reluctantly heeding orders from his ruling party the a. N. C. Will go with immediate effect to bringing an end to almost nine scandal plagued years in power the n. C. Told him to quit on choose day and when he had gone by wednesday the party and else that it would bank moves in parliament to force him to leave i