Or is the rot here simply too deep . Its very depressing. Its very concerning. Our country is in a serious dark place. Stage 4 Load Shedding will continue to be implemented until further notice. It says that stage 6 will be implemented at 8pm tonight until 5am. How did it come to this . South africa, the continents great economic powerhouse, is in deep trouble. Long daily power cuts injohannesburg and across the country. Dawn, and the Traffic Lights are still not working. This is alexandra township, a poor neighbourhood on the edge ofjohannesburg. Every day here, the power goes out, sometimes for four hours, sometimes for eight or more. Officially, its called Load Shedding which sounds almost helpful, almost pleasant but the truth is that these power cuts are having a devastating impact in a country with a stagnant economy and soaring unemployment. And its particularly in poor neighbourhoods like this one that the effects are being felt the most. Suzeke mousa has run this bar for 25 ye
Are scared to death that donald trump is going to get a second term and he is going to clean house in america. We need to think much more cleverly about how we produce food and how were going to sustain those systems. Weve got to remember that the planet is on fire. Im telling you, theres. Going to be a revolution. We are using ai in a way to subjugate people, reduce their autonomy, reduce their agency, reduce their contribution to production. In the spirit of your title of hardtalk, youre completely wrong. Welcome to this special year ending edition of hardtalk with me, stephen sackur. Welcome to this special year ending edition of hardtalk with me, stephen sackur. Its our chance to look back on some of the most telling and compelling encounters of 2023. How will this past year be remembered . Well, a grim new phase in an intractable conflict will loom large. On october the 7th, hamas the Islamist Group which controls gaza and is proscribed as a Terrorist Organisation in the uk and th
winds and rain. we begin in the united states, where florida governor, ron desantis, has dropped out from the republican presidential race and endorsed donald trump. the surprise video announcement comes ahead of this week s republican primary in new hampshire where mr desantis was polling in the single digits. his departure leaves nikki haley as mr trump s only significant rival. here s what he had to say. if there was anything i could do to produce a favourable outcome, more campaign stops, more interviews, i would do it. but i can t ask our supporters to volunteer their time and donate their resources if we don t have a clear path to victory. accordingly, i am today suspending my campaign. i m proud to have delivered on 100% of my promises. i will not stop now. it s clear to me that the majority of majority republican primary voters want to give donald trump another chance. they watched his presidency get stymied by relentless resistance and they see democrats using la