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now on bbc news, stephen sackur speaks to south african actor john kani on hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. for a generation of black south african artists who came of age in the apartheid era, art and activism were intertwined. the liberation struggle was their life force. but now, well, a quarter of a century after mandela became president, things are more complicated. my guess is a giant of south african theatre. john kani s career spans five decades of acting and writing. he s been in hollywood block pastors and is currently starring in his own west play. so how hard is it to tell south africa s post apartheid story? john kani, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. right now, in london s west end, you have your own play on. kunene and the king. yes, kunene. i saw it last night and it s great, but, it strikes me that it is full of ambivalence and doubt about today s south africa. is that a right way of seeing it? yes, indeed, it s a critical review of
Talk. Welcome to hardtalk, im zeinab badawi. My my guest is the Deputy President of south africa, Cyril Ramaphosa. This is his first interview with the bbc since he became president of the ruling anc. He could also become president of south africa very soon, ifjacob president of south africa very soon, if jacob zuma heeds calls to resign early. But is Cyril Ramaphosa and anc stalwart and wealthy businessmen the right person to lead a new south africa, a country mired in corruption and cronyism 7 Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much. It is good to be here. How worried are you about corruption in south africa . Deeply worried, because corruption tends to be a very negative action that is taken by corrupters against the nation. It impedes growth, it is something that takes away the resources that are meant to advance the lives of our people, and it puts it in the hands of a few, and it is a criminal act, and that is why i have been determined that we
This is his first interview with the bbc since he became president of the ruling anc. He could also become president of south africa very, very soon, if jacob zuma heeds calls to resign early. But is Cyril Ramaphosa, an anc stalwart and wealthy businessman, the right person to lead a new south africa, a country mired in corruption and cronyism 7 Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much. It is good to be here. How worried are you about corruption in south africa . Deeply worried, because corruption tends to be a very negative action that is taken by corrupters against the nation. It impedes growth, it is something that takes away the resources that are meant to advance the lives of our people, and it puts it in the hands of a few, and it is a criminal act, and that is why i have been determined that we should rid our country of corruption, because it has become all pervasive. The good thing, though, is that we have identified it, and we are now taking a
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