President Cyril Ramaphosa’s efforts to fix South Africa are being undermined from within his own party, the ANC.
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Ramaphosa’s detractors are unlikely to succeed in their rumoured bid. And, their failure will not be because they’ve suddenly become weak within the administration.
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s speech failed to inspire confidence.
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The year ahead promises to be a very difficult but also a very decisive year for South Africa. Is President Ramaphosa equal to the challenge?
Mcebisi Jonas appears at a commission probing grand corruption in South Africa.
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This book is a booster to morale. It tells South Africans they can enjoy the impressive economic growth they once achieved.
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South Africans seem to be fascinated with the way in which spying is entwined in the country’s politics.
Former President Jacob Zuma is fighting a batttle for political capital.
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By positioning himself as a loveable granddad to supporters and the punchline of a joke to his opposition, Zuma adroitly defangs the very serious charges against him.
Former South African President Jacob Zuma recanted his decision to walk out of the Zondo Commission.
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The dilemma for Zuma and his legal team is this: by putting him on the witness stand, there is a risk that he would be found wanting, especially in terms of the detail of any matter.
Former South African President Jacob Zuma at the Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture.
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Trump and Zuma seek to sell explanations of their misfortunes to the socially insecure and economically vulnerable. To an alarming extent they succeed.
Former South African President Jacob Zuma.
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South Africans may well be seduced by the prospect of Zuma appearing at the Zondo commission, but he was not alone in driving the state capture project.
The collapse of VBS Mutual Bank in South Africa shows that corruption is endemic.
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Much deeper social forces underlie the struggles within the governing ANC and society over the shape of the economy.
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa putting final touches to his state of the nation address in which he took a hard stance on corruption.
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Corruption has, over the past decade and a half, become one of South Africans’ biggest concerns.
The commission chaired by Justice Raymond Zondo has heard shocking testimony on the extent of corruption in government.
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Corruption in South Africa became increasingly organised under former President Jacob Zuma.
A new law will promote transparency in the funding of political parties in South Africa.
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Countries that regulate political party funding do so to preserve their sovereignty and integrity of domestic politics.
Angelo Agrizzi, the former chief operating officer of private security firm, at a South African commission of inquiry into corruption.
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The state capture inquiry is a remarkable political as well as legal event.
South Africa needs a new economic policy that envisages an overhaul of the power utility Eskom, which can’t keep the lights on.
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South Africa needs a policy that drives growth and positions if for the 21st Century.
Former South African Deputy Finance Minister Mcebisi Jonas gave damning evidence at the State capture commission.
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Unrealistic expectations about what commissions can achieve comes from the fact that they’re often confused with courts of law.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is now more popular than his governing party, the ANC.
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The ANC has lost so much support among its traditional voters it’s now forced to look beyond them to retain power.
Deputy chief justice Raymond Zondo is heading up the inquiry into corruption in South Africa.
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Justice Zondo needs to get under the skin of the politics of state capture in South Africa, to get on record what happened, and why.