Welcome to hardtalk. I m stephen sackur. These are tough times in south africa. Officially, covid has taken more than 55,000 lives. Researchers reckon the real figure is much higher and right now there are fears of a third wave of infection. But many minds in the ruling party are consumed not by this national health and economic crisis, but by anc infighting and mudslinging over corruption and accountability. My guest is finance minister tito mboweni. Has the anc lost the plot? tito mboweni, in limpopo province, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much for having me here. I have been here before on hardtalk, but those days i was at the studios in london. This time i am speaking to you from limpopo province. Thank you very much indeed. Well, it is a pleasure to have you on the programme, minister. Last time you were with us on hardtalk, of course, none of us had heard of covid 19. Now your country is still in the grip of a national crisis thanks to the pandemic. How damaging, in that co
The day she was last seen. A covid scare hits the g7 summit in london, with the entire indian delegation self isolating after two of them test positive for coronavirus. The prime minister has arrived at the talks. The first of their kind to take place, face to face, for more than two years. The government prepares for a booster vaccination campaign in the autumn as official figures show the number of covid deaths in the uk has reached its lowest level since last september. And the multi billion pound project to save the world s coral reefs from overfishing and climate change. A very good afternoon to you. It s five o clock. We re at holyrood in edinburgh on the final day of campaigning in a series of elections across great britain. Only northern ireland won t be going to the polls. The voting tomorrow represents the biggest set of local and national elections in almost half a century. Political parties here in scotland are making theirfinal push ahead of elections to the holyrood parli
Welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. These are tough times in south africa. Officially, covid has taken more than 55,000 lives. Researchers reckon the real figure is much higher. And right now there are fears of a third wave of infection. But many minds in the ruling party are consumed not by this national health and economic crisis, but by anc infighting and mudslinging over corruption and accountability. My guest is finance minister tito mboweni. Has the anc lost the plot? tito mboweni in limpopo province, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much for having me here. I ve been here before on hardtalk, but those days i was at the studios in london. This time i m speaking to you from modjadjiskloof in limpopo province. Thank you very much indeed. Well, it s a, it s a pleasure to have you on the programme, minister. Last time you were with us on hardtalk, of course, none of us had heard of covid 19. Now your country is still in the grip of a national crisis thanks to the pandemic. Ho
Welcome to hardtalk. I m stephen sackur. These are tough times in south africa. Officially, covid has taken more than 55,000 lives. Researchers reckon the real figure is much higher and right now there are fears of a third wave of infection. But many minds in the ruling party are consumed not by this national health and economic crisis, but by anc infighting and mudslinging over corruption and accountability. My guest is finance minister tito mboweni. Has the anc lost the plot? tito mboweni, in limpopo province, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much for having me here. I have been here before on hardtalk, but those days i was at the studios in london. This time i am speaking to you from limpopo province. Thank you very much indeed. Well, it is a pleasure to have you on the programme, minister. Last time you were with us on hardtalk, of course, none of us had heard of covid 19. Now your country is still in the grip of a national crisis thanks to the pandemic. How damaging, in that co
in the united states, canada, and around the world. i m kim brunhuber and this is cnn newsroom. we begin with signs that the coronavirus vaccine supply in the u.s. may soon outstrip demand. according to the u.s. centers for disease control and prevention, more than 93 million people have been fully vaccinated. but over the past few weeks, average daily vaccination rates have started to fall. cnn s polo sandoval takes a look at what might be behind the drop. reporter: as johnson & johnson s covid-19 vaccine is cleared to go into arms again, a slight but ongoing drop in overall shots being administered a day. that average number, according to the cdc, dipped below 3 million this week. the biden administration attributing it to vaccine hesitancy. it s a trend that the university of washington s institute for health metrics and evaluation has been closely watching, even before j&j s pause. facebook runs a survey every day. and we look at that data on a daily basis. and th