Massacre in South Africa (part 2)

Two decades after the fall of Apartheid, why did police open fire on mine workers? The Lonmin massacre goes beyond a dispute over wages inside platinum mines and shows up the chronic imbalances between rich and poor in today’s South Africa.

DEBATE

Sipho JANUARY. France 24 Observer - from Cape Town;
Eusebius McKAISER. Witwatersrand University - from Johannesburg;
Ebba KALONDO. Africa Editor, France 24;
Sean JACOBS. Assistant Professor of International Affairs, The New School; Founder, 'Africa is a Country' blog - from New York.

Produced by François Picard, Anelise Borges, Mary Colombel, Christopher Davis.

Watch the first part here.

Presenter

François Picard

18/11/2010 - THE DEBATE

Gastronomy - Do the French still deliver? part 1

The traditional French sit-down meal gets top nods from Unesco, listed as one of humanity's "intemporal" cultural treasures. But sadly in France, the midday meal is less and less a sit-down affair. So what's so great these days about French food and French eating habits? Still quite a lot argues François Picard’s panel in the France 24 Debate.

17/11/2010 - THE DEBATE

Eurozone: Ireland's troubles (part 2)

Where did it go so wrong for the Celtic Tiger? As the EU pushes Dublin to accept bailout money, the France 24 debate looks at what could be a blow to Ireland's sovereignty and the wider threat facing the entire eurozone.

17/11/2010 - THE DEBATE

Eurozone: Ireland's troubles

16/11/2010 - THE DEBATE

France reshuffle: Sarkozy plays his hand (Part 2)

After trimming down his cabinet, is Nicolas Sarkozy in fighting form for his assumed 2012 re-election bid? The polls indicate the opposite and critics feel the "hyperpresidency" needs to slow down, but our panellists tell François Picard how with a free hand in parliament, the French president can still afford to push on with reforms.