ANC supporters show support for corruption accused and suspended party secretary general Ace Magashule outside court in Bleomfontein.
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To his credit, former South African president Thabo Mbeki set up anti-corruption institutions that survived his own efforts to erode them.
President Cyril Ramaphosa testified at the Zondo commission.
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Rebuilding South Africa after the devastation of state capture would not be possible without the work of the Zondo commission.
Former South African President Jacob Zuma deployed spies in factional battles within the governing party.
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Revelations show that the State Security Agency did little to safeguard the country and much to protect Zuma’s political faction and to funnel public money into private ends.
Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo, chair of the state capture commission.
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Justice Raymond Zondo found that the test for recusal had not been met.
ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule in court in Bloemfontein, on corruption charges.
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For every office holder who may lose a seat because they are prosecuted, another job opens up.
The late Kimi Makwetu was mortified by the extent of corruption.
Kimi Makwetu embodied the values of integrity, selflessness, humility and hard work. He steadfastly believed in the South African constitution.
African National Congress treasurer Paul Mashatile wants more money for political parties from the government.
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Since parties always need money, forcing them to depend on private funders means throwing them into the hands of donors who will demand favours for their cash.
Small-scale farming creates more jobs in South Africa.This one is in Soweto, Johannesburg.
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The new initiative reproduces the core weaknesses of post-apartheid state land and agricultural policy. These have done little to improve the livelihoods of the poor.
The country will take years to recover economically.
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Emergency relief measures were operational for six months and are due to end soon. But the impacts of COVID-19 will be felt long after.
Cyril Ramaphosa addresses MPs after being elected president of South Africa.
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Jacob Zuma was removed by the people’s effect, which connected the dots of corruption, a mismanaged state and rapacious capitalism.
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South Africa’s perilous decline under Jacob Zuma’s presidency is set out in two non-fiction books that provide unsettling, but essential reading.
South African President Jacob Zuma. Mounting allegations of corruption at home are having international repercussions.
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There are disturbing questions around the complicity - witting or unwitting - of UK global financial institutions in the transnational network set up by President Jacob Zuma and the Gupta family.