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took a donation of a millon pounds from the bin laden family of saudi arabia two years after osama bin laden was killed. the family disowned him in 1994. now on bbc news, its hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. south africa is in a long—term flirtation with political and economic chaos. mass unemployment, power cuts and rising crime are stoking discontent and instability. my guest today isjulius malema, former anc loyalist turned populist enemy of th...

my guest today isjulius malema, former anc loyalist turned populist enemy of the ruling party. could one of africas richest nations be consumed by insurrectionist violence? julius malema in bloemfontein, south africa, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. mr malema, south africans are facing a very grave economic crisis. theres deep uncertainty in the country. why are you adding to that uncertainty by calling for the removal of president ramaphosa? its the most logical thing that, ...

of birmingham. this is bbc news. now, its time for hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. south africa is in a long—term flirtation with political and economic chaos. mass unemployment, power cuts, and rising crime are stoking discontent and instability. my guest today isjulius malema, former anc loyalist turned populist enemy of the ruling party. could one of africas richest nations be consumed by insurrectionist violence? julius malema in bloemfontein...

julius malema in bloemfontein, south africa, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. mr malema, south africans are facing a very grave economic crisis. theres deep uncertainty in the country. why are you adding to that uncertainty by calling for the removal of president ramaphosa? its the most logical thing that, when a leader of a current government doesnt perform well, or the country is in a crisis, that leader should leave office and give others an opportunity who can come and do ...

Wrongdoing. the reason why hes been struggling to answer questions to the public protector is because hes got no answers to give. so its not true that ramaphosa has ever denied, because to deny is to lie and to lie is another charge of perjury, that the whole president existing under oath can loosely lie. you cant quote ramaphosa here on hardtalk where he says, "i vehemently deny the allegations". he says, "i will cooperate with the investigation "authorities". he has never denied that there was...

We pursue and hold the executive accountable. we still want answers from what happened in marikana, because... crosstalk. all right, lets not go back to the marikana mines incident because you had your say on that many times over many years. let us focus on what is happening to the people of south africa today. youve got an unemployment rate at a record well over 30%. youve got hunger across the nation. there are people in your nation who are facing starvation. and you, because of your politicki...

Struggling to answer questions to the public protector is because hes got no answers to give. so its not true that ramaphosa has ever denied, because to deny is to lie and to lie is another charge of perjury. that the whole president existing under oath can loosely lie. you cant quote ramaphosa here on hardtalk where he says, "i vehemently deny the allegations". he says, "i will cooperate with the investigation "authorities". he has never denied that there was something that went wrong. so, lets...

We pursue and hold the executive accountable. we still want answers from what happened in marikana, because... well, lets not... all right, lets not go back to the marikana mines incident, because you had your say on that many times over many years. let us focus on what is happening to the people of south africa today. youve got an unemployment rate at a record well over 30%. youve got hunger across the nation. there are people in your nation who are facing starvation. and you, because of your p...

Through a difficult time. did that seem like that was his intention? >> no. his intention was trying to sleep with me. >> assembly member kim, how on earth does governor cuomo think that he can remain governor of the state of new york one more minute after something like that? >> its absolutely ridiculous. i want to first acknowledge charlotte and the other woman who bravely and courageousing stepped up. especially at a time when we have a culture where we do not believe women. they stepped up a...

Nancy pelosi is contemplating based on what mitch mcconnell and lindsey graham and others have already said, that there would not be a fair trial in the senate. and i think what were seeing in nancy pelosi is somebody who understands that today has reflected the strength of the republic, the greatness of the republic in some ways that we have an independent legislative body thats able to hold the executive accountable. but also recognizing the weakness of the moment, that in many ways our nation...