Mzwanele Manyi, the new owner of the Gupta-linked ANN7 television news channel and The New Age newspaper.
Facebook/ANN7
Multichoice’s dominant power over South Africa’s public sphere suggests that dropping ANN7 may send a bad signal for media freedom and democratic debate.
Mmusi Maimane is leading efforts to combat the water crisis.
EPA/Mark Wessels (Pool)
Opposition leader Mmusi Maimane’s takeover of responsibility for tackling the Western Cape water crisis blurs party and state lines.
Protesters demand Congolese President Joseph Kabila step down.
Reuters/Thomas Mukoya
Too often developments in one country are seen in isolation. In southern Africa events in one affect others in the region.
Cyril Ramaphosa, the deputy president of South Africa and new president of the governing ANC, faces a dilemma in rooting out corruption.
Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko
After doing nothing for a long time to bring the Gupta family to book in South Africa, the country’s prosecuting authority has finally started to act.
Cyril Ramaphosa (left) has succeed South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma to lead the African National Congress.
EPA/Kim Ludbrook
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.
ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa celebrates the party’s 106th anniversary with its deputy general secretary Jesse Duarte and president of South Africa Jacob Zuma.
Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko
Cyril Ramaphosa seems to be on the way to uniting a fractious ANC. But he’s got a rough road to travel before he can claim any victories.