In germany to germany. Why not with. Its simple mind on your mobile and free. Music course. German made easy. Why subscribe to d. W. Books your favorite writer to see myself as the sky and the strange grown up. So i thought for a surgeon cope with 19 infections caused by a new variant of the virus hospital admissions are at their highest point since the pandemic the government has imposed fresh restrictions in response. Also coming up a german parliamentary inquiry is looking into the conditions that allowed same tech giant of wire cards to commit one of the biggest accounting folds in the countrys history. This is. Ferguson thanks for joining me. South africa is struggling to deal with a surge in covert 19 infections caused by a new more infectious variant of the virus earlier this week the government extended restrictions including a ban on alcohol sales and large gatherings the country has recorded more than 1300000 cases of the virus accounting for a 3rd of all registered infections in africa. And compulsory mask were in south africas response to the resurgent corona virus pandemic the regulations were introduced at the end of last year the government in pretoria is still struggling to get this 2nd wave of the virus under control and with over a 1000000 infected the countrys president is taking even more extreme counter measures. To reduce congestion and. The 20 ports of entry that are currently open would be closed. Until the 15th of february for general entry and departure. Decorum is suffering badly under the measures analysts estimate Gross Domestic Product fell by 7 percent last year and whereas johannesburg nightlife district used to be crowded with party goes now its eerily quiet another measure an early evening curfew is having a devastating effect on business here. The government says we could meet sufficient supports poor workplaces for industry used at i think said by its as much as supports the safety has also criticize the government for not having. Them been so corrupt before the virus that they did not. Use that money to save us. Even before the pandemic began south africas Unemployment Rate stood at a staggering 30 percent the virus has added another 10 percent to that and has cost the country millions of jobs. Lets bring in the reporter Allison Gallagher shes joining us from cape town as well these restrictions the end nuff to bottle this new more infectious there into the virus. Well we got some good news today at least from the western cape or theres the problems where i am in cape town and they say that it has been stabilising actually it has been dropping infections with an 8 percent but that said other parts of the countries do trends are still very worrying mainly in houten which is the economic heart of south africa and we hear about hospitals that the cant cope patients that are waiting in tents outside hospitals to get a place into hospitals and for example as well i spoke to a funeral procession in rula south africa today and he said that normally before corona you would have 30 funerals per month and now its looking at about 15 pretty and coffins are running out of prices a funerals are going up so so that fricken is definitely in the here and hugely a serious situation there what progress has the country made in terms of vaccinations you know thats a point of criticism here in inside africa the government has so far said that they managed to secure 20000000 vaccines but from a lot of those vaccines were actually not sure yet where theyre coming from and when they will arrive the only information we have so far is that the government says one and a half 1000000 vaccines will be from the Oxford Astra Zeneca vaccine coming from india the 1st batch should arrive still this month but theres not a 1st dates that actually will start vaccinating so theres been call here from the population also doctors and scientists that the government should become more transparent when are we starting what will the Program Look Like what we know what it will look Like Health Care workers will get the 1st shots here as well but everybodys really actions by the lack so far of a clear plan and what is the government done to offset the Economic Impact of these lockdowns. You know not enough as you heard of Business People as well saying in the reports you know there have been. Subsidies that happen next backgrounds but a lot of businesspeople are really really struggling and one of the things that they are trying to do is to to make a lot im less strict because although we have new measures now the 1st wave of restaurants and cafes for example are not even allowed to open so theyre really having a tough balancing act here bitstream curtailing the spread of juarez and the economy and thats also also have to say this actually needs to arrive soon because our economy needs to to get growing and thats of course the case everywhere in the world the media and a country like south africa inequality so tremendous other thank you so much here in germany a parliamentary inquiry is looking into the conditions that allowed disgraced fin tech giant a wire card to commit one of the biggest accounting fraud in the countrys history the firm went bankrupt last june after an admin admitting it had falsified almost 2000000000 euros in athens on tuesday a high ranking German Government official defended the decision to be on behalf of wire card to turn a visit to china according to the Financial Times germanys commits bank warned the countrys financial war watchdog about Money Laundering risks in early 2020. That speak ny to daniel baez hes the spokesperson for the german parliamentary inquiry into wire card mr baez the wire cross gondola has cost germanys financial regulator bothin in a very. Reporting today that come out already raised concerns about why a card back in january of last year did willfully ignore those warnings. Well if you take a look at the history of the financial supervisor barfield and its relation to wire car you can see that many mistakes have been made so my question is why did baffin consider wire car a tech Company Rather than this Financial Holding because a Financial Holding would would have made it easier to overlook activities a groat or why didnt buffeting go follow up on the Money Laundering hints and most important to me why did boston released a short sell in bed and went after the journalists of the Financial Times because this was the moment where buffett decided to stand on the side of my account on the side of crew most rather than to take the critical hits from journalists and from a hedge fund seriously these are some of the questions that we want to follow up in a special Investigation Committee and im not is he a fit permission and what about the role of on there is as 10 young auden at wired for a several year as well epic consequences for its failure to uncover at this massive fraud. Well yes thats a major question that we are definitely following up in our special Investigation Committee so there are 2 levels to it one is we will interrogate ernst and young very seriously in order to find out what went wrong and why they ought to cost of lee for so many years for wire cut even though basic evidence such as banking account statements of the bank have been missing for years level 2. 00 which is what consequences what political consequences that have does that have in terms of regulation of Auditing Companies my i think that for example we should exchange auditors between companies more of lets say every 6 to 8 years or all of that were in a race to probability in order to detect criminal fraud activity such as france we got into why or cant lets talk more about Corporate Governance what needs to change in germany to make sure this can never happen again. Well i dont know if we can say this will never ever happen again. Because the science reforms of the financial supervisor all of the incumbent is we need to take Corporate Governance very seriously im convinced that we need to strengthen the independence to control rights experts use all supervisory boards within large german corporations and we need to define ritual oratory criteria on top of that we need people on the boards that understand the complexity dont know because the risks that come along with the Business Model and of course they need to have that critical attitude and the moral integrity because obviously this is something we looked at the way a car there and i think we need to draw some consequences. That i dont buy a spokesperson for the german parliamentary inquiry into why a card thank you very much if you phone time now for a look at some of the other business stories making News New York mayor bill de blasio has announced the city is terminating its business contract with donald trump in response to last weeks violence at the u. S. Capitol to gladio said the Trump Organization ahrens about 17000000. 00 a year in profits from running 2 ice skating rinks a carousel and a golf course. While way has admitted it was wrong to apply for a pay for technology which could single weaker muslims the company said it would alter the filing which was uncovered by u. S. Researchers Rights Groups accuse the Chinese Government of trying to wipe out the weaker minority in western China Digital nomads are used to packing their laptops and heading off to work in whatever destination most appeal to them at a given time often they follow the sun with more workplaces now offering the possibility of Remote Working an increasing number of regular Office Workers are racing a lifestyle. Lispenard portugals picturesque capital is a favorite destination for Digital Nomads among them is Melissa Edgar to 28 year old goes to and has previously lived in canada and sweden a year ago she began a new adventure in portugal. When i came here i was like what am i doing here i didnt know a Single Person i didnt know a single word put i didnt know how to say thank you. But this is not me to come here for me it was one of my best decisions the world im going to have. Melissa eggers employer is based in canada her work is digital and flexible leaving her free to live where she pleases and lisburn really appeals to her with its mild climate and beatrice on her doorstep. But egger says its a misconception that digital no mance always work on the beach or in their pajamas in bet she regularly runs a flexible workspace in the city center for. You need to be detrimental to your work even if theres nobody sitting behind you and say well read no youre not doing your work please go back to work so its a lot of self discipline and self planning your day. Its evening in a bar in central lisbon. Melissa regularly meet her friends here some of them are locals and some are experts like her who loft in the madigan existence i want to see more before i even. Try my parents house. Oh throw is in the will remain her home but at 28 she still finds its true parochial there right now giving up her life with a Digital Nomad is out of the question. And thats it from me for more you can visit our website at. You can find us on facebook and twitter from me on the team its goodbye to take. The fight against the coronavirus pandemic. How has the rate of infection been developing. Measures are being taken. What does the latest research say. Context. Coronavirus and the code of special monday to friday. People for information they provide. The food they want to express d w on facebook and twitter up today in touch follow us. This is due to a show coming up today of vaccine roll out in the wilds for most often this country. 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