Of the wildfires. Officials said it is still difficult to determine the true extent of the damage on maui, and have warned the death toll may rise. Some of the people caught up players we just had the worst disaster i have ever seen. Its burnt to a crisp. Its like an apocalypse. Woke up this morning and got on our Phones Temperatures of our house down to the slab, nothing but smoke. The winds picked up, i everything flew away, our Apartment Complex is right above the aquatic centre. We thought we were 0k| but then the wind came, gas station blue up, everything caught fire by the brush and we had to evacuate. 0ur weather presenter ben rich has been looking into the Weather Conditions that have contributed to the fires in hawaii. Rarely causes board size but it can bring provisions that make them lightly and the weather on its own rarely causes wildfires, but it can bring conditions that make them more likely and help to fan the flames, which is exactly whats happened in hawaii. Its been
julius malema in bloemfontein, south africa, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. mr malema, south africans are facing a very grave economic crisis. there s deep uncertainty in the country. why are you adding to that uncertainty by calling for the removal of president ramaphosa? it s the most logical thing that, when a leader of a current government doesn t perform well, or the country is in a crisis, that leader should leave office and give others an opportunity who can come and do a much better work. because i don t think that mr ramaphosa has got a coherent plan as to how he ll save south africa. but that s not the way democracy works, mr malema. mr ramaphosa has a mandate given to him by the south african people. and, indeed, if you look at the business community, if we re talking about the economy, it seems business leaders think that removing ramaphosa would actually make south africa s situation worse. no, democracy works like that. that s why our constitution pro
Across the worlds Fastest Growing continent. Na na na na na na. Crowd nanananana. Na na na na na na. Na na na na na na. Shosholoza. Shosholoza still proudly and loudly celebrated today, south africas Transition To Democracy was the culmination of decades of resistance and Armed Struggle against nearly 50 years of racist and violent white minority rule. South africas first multiracial elections were an extraordinary moment for the world, but especially for the previously disenfranchised black majority. Many of us remain invested in south africa because it was the beginning of the future for africa, it was the beginning of the after, so The Last Stand of colonisation on the continent and the beginning of the after, for better or worse. On the 27th Of April in 1994, i came to this Polling Station with my mother. We started queuing from 6am, filled with both hope and anxiety. I was too young to vote back then but i saw what it meant for black South Africans to be free, finally, to choose t
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 proposalfrom us presidentjoe 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 re opening of the rafah crossing. speaking to the bbc earlier, the uk
Election, or people sick of it . The early signs are it looks as though it wont be dissimilar to what we had in 2013. The truth is, in 2013, the turnout was low, around 30 . It looks as though it will be another relatively low turnout election. John, thank you so much. Much more to come for you, that is it for the moment. It is time now for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. South africas anc was once seen as an inspirational model for africa. Now its becoming a watchword for infighting, cronyism, corruption and the dangers of one party rule. President jacob zuma stands accused of abusing his power notjust by his enemies but by many erstwhile anc colleagues. My guest today, fikile mbalula, was made Police Minister in a recent controversial cabinet sha keup. As the scandals pile up, are we witnessing the slow death of the anc . Fikile mbalula, in cape town, welcome to hardtalk. Lets begin with a simple question, there is no doubt the anc government is in crisis, who do yo