President Cyril Ramaphosa’s party, the ANC, faces a tough set of elections in May.
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The African National Congress faces two big challenges: fewer South Africans trust it, while its electoral support has been waning.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at the launch of the governing ANC’s 2019 elections manifesto in Durban.
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The vision set out by Cyril Ramaphosa has the seeds for galvanising South Africans to get back on the right path. But it urgently needs a plan to make it happen.
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.
South Africa’s Finance Minister Tito Mboweni must walk a fiscal tightrope.
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South Africa’s finance minister has chosen to walk a tightrope rather than face tough choices about cutting expenditure or raising taxes.
South Africa is struggling to eradicate poverty.
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Despite a relatively slow start, South Africa can speed up its implementation of the SDGs.
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.
Thousands marched to demand an end to xenophobic violence in South Africa recently.
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A survey shows 70% of South Africans feel immigrants pose a threat to the country.
Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin greets former South African President Nelson Mandela in 2000.
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Mandela did not make the decision to jettison Taiwan and recognise China. He adhered to a decision by the governing ANC.
Lindiwe Sisulu, South Africa’s minister of international relations, is reviewing the country’s foreign policy.
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South Africa must position itself to play a decisive role in shaping a new world order as the theUS retreats from global leadership.
Nelson Mandela embodied South Africa’s long, arduous journey to freedom and equality.
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Nelson Mandela’s centenary celebrations provide a chance to debunk the lie that he sold out black South Africans.
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela at her 80th birthday celebrations.
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The way Winnie Madikizela-Mandela is being remembered recalls the outpouring of grief and iconic status Eva Peron the First Lady of Argentina was accorded.
Former South African President Jacob Zuma at the 5th anniversary celebrations of the country’s National Development Plan.
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It’s important yet complicated to align national development plans with the SDGs. But it isn’t impossible.
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South African commercial law courses do not address the question of what norms and procedures govern business relations in indigenous African communities.
South Africa’s president Cyril Ramaphosa needs to formulate a long term strategy for economic growth with an eye on the 2019 elections.
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Both the state of the nation address and budget speech didn’t leave a sense that there has been much reflection on the depth of the economic malaise gripping South Africa.
Members of parliament applaud South Africa’s new president Cyril Ramaphosa.
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A tumultuous era has ended and there’s a silver lining to the cloud that has been hanging over South Africa.
Negotiation was key to convincing Jacob Zuma to step down as South Africa’s president.
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The politicians who removed Zuma are likely to be running the government for the next five years. Current events were their first test and offered a hint of how the country may be governed.
Cyril Ramaphosa addresses a rally to commemorate Nelson Mandela’s centenary year in Cape Town, South Africa.
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Cyril Ramaphosa is no Messiah, and when the post-Zuma champagne corks stop popping, South Africans need to assess him as a mere mortal.
Cyril Ramaphosa (left) has succeed South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma to lead the African National Congress.
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President Jacob Zuma’s camp is pushing to have him replaced by an interim leader as an excuse to prolong his disastrous rule for their own benefit.
South African Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba kicked the can of change down the road during his medium term budget speech.
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South Africa’s finance minister’s medium term budget speech offered hope of potential economic game changes. But will he be bold enough to make them?