features of the economy that is fluctuating at an international level, which has had an impact on our own economy, but also partly some of our own weaknesses in terms of managing the economy well. we are under recovery. and objectively, the covid 19 messed up a lot of countries. the ukraine/russia war in itself has shattered most economies in the world and it has brought a high level of cost of living and a number of challenges that have affected adversely the developing nations. so some of the features that we see in terms of the economy of south africa are not immune to us only. if you look at the state of unemployment in europe, in some of the advanced economies, it is ea rth shattering. yes, nothing like it is here, though. and, mr secretary general, we have to face one simple fact. your party, the anc, has been in powerfor 29 years, and you quite literally cannot even keep the lights on in this country. we have been in power for less than 30 years. and in that. three dec
but right now, south africa is in a big mess, with a protracted energy crisis, shocking levels of unemployment and inequality, and systemic corruption. my guest is the secretary general of the anc, fikile mbalula. is his party about to pay the price of failure? fikile mbalula, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having us, and welcome to luthuli house. it s a great pleasure to be here. how disappointed are you with the state south africa is in today? south africa is undergoing challenges like many other countries. but i think to put us into a category of a failed state, it s an exaggeration. er. ican give. but you think that s a conversation that south africans are having amongst themselves? well, it comes from pockets of the. ..powerful thinkers in the country who project us as displaying characteristics of a failed state, of course. we may not be too defensive to that. if certain things are not resolved, we will become a failed state. but we are notjourneying towards that di
with a protracted energy crisis, shocking levels of unemployment and inequality and systemic corruption. my guest is the secretary general of the anc, fikile mbalula. is his party about to pay the price of failure? fikile mbalula, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having us, and welcome to luthuli house. it s a great pleasure to be here. how disappointed are you with the state south africa is in today? south africa is undergoing challenges like many other countries. but i think to put us into a category of a failed state, its an exaggeration. er. ican give. but you think that s a conversation that south africans are having amongst themselves? well, it comes from pockets of the. ..powerful thinkers in the country who project us as displaying characteristics of a failed state, of course. we may not be too defensive to that. if certain things are not resolved, we will become a failed state. but we are notjourneying towards that direction. but the reality is that if you are a yo
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
Allow the bbc to report from inside gaza. But the bbc has obtained exclusive access to footage filmed by an american doctor recently returned from the north of the territory, where the crisis is most acute. Fergal keane sent this report. You may find parts of it distressing. This is the story of a doctor who travelled to hell. Desperate voices cry out. Sam attar went to help people trapped by war. He usually works in a Hi Tech Hospital in chicago. In gaza, his skills and mental strength will be tested to their limits. Immediately upon crossing the border, we were met with the familiar Stench Ofjust millions of people packed on top of each other, living together. In some pockets, the air you breathe, you feel like youre decaying, just breathing it, because there are just so many people. The crisis is constant. Lives in the balance. The wounded and the lost. Woman cries. The mother who will not leave the side of her dead boy. Amin, amin you have no ct scans . No ct scans. So you just wat