Julius Malema and his Economic Freedom Fighter are using President Cyril Ramaphosa’s anti-corruption campaign against him.
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The Economic Freedom Fighters’ strategy of painting President Ramaphosa and his allies as corrupt is unlikely to succeed.
Tom Moyane has been fired as South Africa’s tax boss on the recommendation of a commission of inquiry.
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Moyane’s axing ends one of the last vestiges of Zuma’s continued influence in the country’s governance.
A large number of poor South Africans live in informal settlements.
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Initiatives to boost South Africa’s economy could reinforce structural weaknesses without addressing the high levels of inequality.
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.
Voters line up in South Africa’s last election. Their concerns are shifting.
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South African voters are worried about how their country is being run. Most still support the ANC but in far fewer numbers.
South African president Cyril Ramaphosa addresses a recent investment summit.
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South Africa’s president has firmly thrown his weight behind the private sector. This could prove significant.
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.
South Africa needs to create more jobs - but there’s no clarity on how this might happen.
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South Africa’s job summit ignored the great chasms that exist on how to create jobs.
A significant number of South Africans can’t find jobs and scrounge for a living on the sidelines of the economy.
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South Africa’s jobs summit failed to acknowledge fundamental issues in the approach to development and job creation.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, left, introduces the country’s new Finance Minister, Tito Mboweni, in Cape Town.
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South Africa’s new finance minister comes with considerable skills and political finesse needed to steer the country out of its economic quagmire.
Nhlanhla Nene’s departure means that South Africa has had six finance ministers in four years.
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Nhlanhla Nene was highly regarded for refusing to fund former President Zuma’s ludicrous rent-seeking projects.
Cyril Ramaphosa’s economic stimulus package shows that he and his political allies are in charge of economic policy.
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Ramaphosa’s stimulus package is more interesting for what it says about the politics of economic decision making than for its likely impact on the economy.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was recently the subject of a racist video rant.
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Calls to impose harsh prison sentences for verbal crimen injuria are often premised on the need to deter such behaviour.
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.
Democratic Alliance leader, Mmusi Maimane is struggling to grow the party further.
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South Africa’s official opposition, the Democratic Alliance needs to face its racial dilemmas.
Former South African President Jacob Zuma has lost his grip on the country’s criminal justice system.
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The axing of the prosecutions head follows sweeping changes to other king positions in the security cluster by President Cyril Ramaphosa.
Former President Jacob Zuma: the Constitutional Court has ruled his appointment of the top prosecutor illegal.
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An effective, accountable National Prosecutions Authority needs at least two things: structural independence and competent personnel with expertise and integrity.
South African Police shot and killed striking mineworkers in Marikana, in 2012.
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Some prosecutions followed soon after President Cyril Ramaphosa promised accountability for the Marikana massacre.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is accused of pandering to Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini (right) and other traditional leaders.
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South Africa’s ruling party, the ANC , is mishandling the process leading towards land expropriation without compensation.
Lacklustre economic activity has rendered millions of South Africans unemployed and poor.
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It’s becoming increasingly difficult to take South Africa’s ruling party seriously when it talks about economic reform.