Lets ta ke lets take a look outside Stadium Australia as the anticipation builds they are. The fans are arriving, they are. The fans are arriving, they have all got tickets. Mostly failed with matildas fans. Lets speak to shaimaa khalil, in sydney where fans are starting to gather. With less than one hour to go, it is best described as fever pitch amongst the matildas with you. film. Amongst the matildas with you. Oh, m god. Amongst the matildas with you. Oh, my god the amongst the matildas with you. Oi my god. The countdown amongst the matildas with you. 31, my god. The countdown started amongst the matildas with you. 1,u my god. The countdown started a long time ago, since the beginning of the day, but this is the real countdown. Less than one hour to go in that Epic Semifinal between the matildas and the lionesses. As you can see, this is essentially a scene of green and gold. I am this is essentially a scene of green and gold. Iam in this is essentially a scene of green and gold.
Moment has finally, the moment has come . He moment has come finally, the moment has come . Tie moment has come indeed. Just finally, the moment has come . Tue moment has come indeed. Just as we were coming to speak to you, there was kick off and as i stand now looking at the big screen. All eyes are now on the big screen in the fan zone. It is starting already. It is starting already. To cheers and the jeers. This has been so much build up, so much excitement and so much nervousness around this game. It is the rivalry we have been speaking about in so many sports and now you can add the football to it, the matildas versus the lionesses. England come into this as the european champions. They are a strong and resilient team, even if they havent been at their most fluid. But the matildas are riding on a huge wave of love and support. They are everything anyone is talking about all over the country, they are on the front and back pages of newspapers and they are playing to a sold out crow
south africans are realising that if they don t change the way they vote, south africa is going to end up in a very, very dark place. there will be anarchy, there will be looting all over this country because nothing will be working. - if certain things are not resolved we will become a failed state. the anc, mandela s party, has ruled uninterrupted for 29 years. is a day of reckoning coming? welcome to hardtalk, on the road from south africa. i m stephen sackur. back in 1994, the one overwhelming emotion in this country was hope. the repressive, racist apartheid regime had been toppled. the new power in the land was the african national congress, promising a better life for all south africans. well, three decades on, it s time to judge how the anc is doing. to too many south africans, this looks and feels like a story of failure. khayelitsha township, cape town. nestled under majestic table mountain, a sprawling reminder of south africa s status as the most unequal society
overwhelming emotion in this country was hope. the repressive, racist apartheid regime had been toppled. the new power in the land was the african national congress, promising a better life for all south africans. well, three decades on, it is time to judge how the anc is doing. for too many south africans, this looks and feels like a story of failure. khayelitsha township, cape town. nestled under majestic table mountain. a sprawling reminder of south africa s status as the most unequal society on earth. in africa s most advanced economy, at least half of young people can t find work. life here is never easy, but right now, south africa s power crisis is hitting the poorest hardest. no one in khayelitsha wants to be sick when the power is off. but it happens every day. the main township hospital has had to adapt to what they call load shedding . the man in charge is david binza. with load shedding now in place, and the different stages instead of reducing they are actually