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my guest today isjulius malema, former anc loyalist turned populist enemy of the ruling party. could one of africa s 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. there s deep uncertainty in the country. why are you adding to that uncertainty by calling for the removal of president ramaphosa? it s the most logical thing that, when a leader of a current government doesn t perform well or the country is in a crisis, that leader should leave office and give others an opportunity who can come and do much better work, because i don t think that mr ramaphosa has got a coherent plan as to how he s going to save south africa. but that s not the way democracy works, mr malema. mr ramaphosa has a mandate given to him by the south african people and, indeed, if you look at the business community, if we re talking about ....
of birmingham. this is bbc news. now, it s time for hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i m 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 africa s 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. there s deep uncertainty in the country. why are you adding to that uncertainty by calling for the removal of president ramaphosa? it s the most logical thing that, when a leader of a current government doesn t perform well or the country is in a crisis, that leader should leave office and give others an opportunity who can come and do much better work. because i do ....
julius malema in bloemfontein, south africa, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. mr malema, south africans are facing a very grave economic crisis. there s deep uncertainty in the country. why are you adding to that uncertainty by calling for the removal of president ramaphosa? it s the most logical thing that, when a leader of a current government doesn t perform well, or the country is in a crisis, that leader should leave office and give others an opportunity who can come and do a much better work. because i don t think that mr ramaphosa has got a coherent plan as to how he ll save south africa. but that s not the way democracy works, mr malema. mr ramaphosa has a mandate given to him by the south african people. and, indeed, if you look at the business community, if we re talking about the economy, it seems business leaders think that removing ramaphosa would actually make south africa s situation worse. no, democracy works like that. that s why our constituti ....
this government will never stop trying to help people. to fix problems, to fix problems where we can. to do what is right. we problems, to fix problems where we can. to do what is right. can. to do what is right. we pushed for a windfall can. to do what is right. we pushed for a windfall tax can. to do what is right. we pushed for a windfall tax and can. to do what is right. we pushed for a windfall tax and they - for a windfall tax and they adopted it. fora windfall tax and they adopted it this for a windfall tax and they adopted it. this government is out of ideas, out of it. this government is out of ideas, out of touch it. this government is out of ideas, out of touch and out of time. but will it help borisjohnson? four tory mps have broken cover to call for him to resign since the publication of sue gray s report on the lockdown parties at no 10. tonight with the context, the former governor of newjesery christine todd whitman and the political sketch w ....
the israeli army just announcing it s killed a hamas commander who, quote, directed of the october 7th attacks on israel. the idf says his elimination significantly harms hamas efforts to disrupt israel s ground operation. it comes as israeli ground forces pushed deeper into gaza, advancing both tanks and other armored vehicles. the idf also rescued one of its own, a female soldier who had been held hostage since hamas stormed israel on october 7th. prime minister benjamin netanyahu once again rejecting growing calls for a cease fire. the united states would not agree to a cease fire after bombing of pearl harbor or after the terrorist attack of 9/11. israel will not agree to a cessation hostilities with hamas after the horrific attacks of october seventh. the u.s. government also voicing opposition to a cease fire, saying it would benefit hamas. but with the war now in its fourth week, american officials are pushing to get more much needed aid into gaza. the more t ....