Well in a country is still beset by mass unemployment, grinding poverty and rising crime 26 years after the end of apartheid. Signs of separation are everywhere. Africans have to stand and wait for their bossesin to stand and wait for their bosses in the sun. An empty seat may be a few yards away. They cannot sit on it. The violence last october in johannesburg was one of many periodic flareups in the last decade or so. In 2008, 62 people died when mobs beat foreigners and set buildings alight. Afrophobic attacks sparked outrage in africa, but the country which had been supported by fellow black africans during the apartheid era could now be home to such sentiment. So, is south Africa Afrophobic . If it is, what is fuelling this, and is enough being done to ensure that such attacks never happen again . So, a brief background to the topic we are discussing. Lets meet our panel. Khulu mbatha is special adviser to president Cyril Ramaphosa, who of course is leader of the ruling party, the
Ros im ros atkins. Welcome to outside source. Canadas Prime Minister says the plane that crashed in owan were shut prime min. Trudeau we have intelligence from multiple sources including our allies and our own intelligence. The evidence indicates that the plane was shot down by an iranian surfacetoair missile. Ros all 176eople on board including 63naanadians died. Da is going for a ful investigatio iran is denying the investigation, saying it is scientifically impossible. The queeo n tryingnd a suitable role for the duke and duchess of sussex after they announced they were stepping back. And a spotlight on fossil fuel industry as the bushfire crisis continues to wors. Ros canadas prine minister ju trudeau says that intelligence suggesting that the ukrain crashed near tehran on wednesday was shot down by no irann missile. Di6 people were killed inc 60 canadians. Mr. Trudeau said this at a press comierence. Prim trudeau we have intelligence from multiple sources, including our allies and
He is the awardwinning, icelandicdanish artist he is the awardwinning, iceOlafur Eliasson. Tist he believes that art can change the world by, for instance, helping to tackle Climate Change. This is one of his exhibits, a giant wall made of moss, and the idea iet people thinking differently about the environment. For instance, could oubuildinge with more sustainable materials. Is this f thinking visionary or just sily farfetched . Olafur erdasson, welcome to halk. Thu, zeinab. You had a fairly unorthodox upbringing. Yoy parents were extremung when they had you your mother 20, you father 19 born in iceland, moved to denmark. Your mother was a seamstress, your father a cook. Hodid your early life influence you and your work . Well, my father moved back to icand, and so i always spent my vacations in iceland, whcking around in nature he was out painting. He also worked as an artist, actually, and my mother, then, in demark would make sure i would go to school, and wer ould say that my motr
Now on bbc news after social media suspended donald trump, some have questioned the power of the Silicon Valley giants. Has big tech gone too far, or is it long overdue . Hello and welcome to global questions with me, zeinab badawi. Many of us all over the world rely on social media for information, communication and entertainment, but the reach and power of Big Tech Companies is worrying many. Their decision to ban donald trump and decide what can and cant be said on their platforms has reignited the debate about Freedom Of Speech and whether we need new laws to regulate the tech giants. Thats global questions social media, is it more powerful than governments . Well, to bring you this edition of global questions, as always, our questioners and our two panellistsjoin us via video link. So let me tell you who is in the hot seat this week giving the answers. Kara swisher has been described by newsweek as Silicon Valleys most powerful technology journalist. Shes been covering the Tech In
Its hardtalk with Zeinab Badawi. Welcome to hardtalk, with me Zeinab Badawi in new york. My guest is the british actress, activist and model, jameela jamil. After breaking into the us and the critically acclaimed comedy series, the good place, she has been getting attention for her criticisms of celebrities like the kardashians, for their promotion of diet products to millions of young women on social media. Is her campaign to make us feel better about our bodies working . Jameela jamil, welcome to hardtalk. Hello. Thanks for having me. So, you were in your early 20s, you decided you wanted to go into music presenting and you get this big break, you become the solo female host of a very prestigious show on radio in the uk. How important is it for you to break barriers . I think its very important for me to break barriers. I come from a particularly erased people, you dont see south asians in positions of privilege very often, especially not in mainstream media. And so its something tha