Mandela, Faith Schools, Buddha

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We report from South Africa on an nation in mourning and remembrance The Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mervis talks to Edward about the special relationship between the Jewish community in South Africa and Nelson Mandela. The former Archbishop of Capetown, Njongonkula Ndungane was also a prisoner on Robben Island, he talks about Mandela's leadership. Rev Dirkie Van Der Spui from the Dutch reform church in South Africa discusses the changes in the South African Churches since Mandela's release. We speak to Durham University's Professor Robin Coningham on the breakthrough discovery into the origins of Buddhism. It's one month on from the storm that hit the Philippines and Jim Murphy (the Shadow Secretary of State for International Development) has just returned. He talks to us about how the church is crucial to the population in an emergency and how Britain handles the increased frequency and ferocity of extreme weather events. As the situation in the Central African Republic deteriorates further, we hear from the Most Reverend Nestor Désiré Nongo Aziagbia Bishop of Bossangoa & Vice-President of the Central African Catholic Bishops' Conference. The Fair Admissions Campaign claim that faith schools in the UK admit fewer poor pupils than secular schools. Kevin Bocquet investigates. Producers: Carmel Lonergan and Catherine Earlam.