Cabinet reshuffles are always much less important events than the hype which surrounds them would suggest.
Persistent rampant povery has been blamed on the compromises made by the African National Congress during negotiations to end apartheid.
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South Africans supporting visiting New Zealand rugby teams took root in a tumultuous time as an expression of defiance against apartheid.
South Africa’s Deputy President, Cyril Ramaphosa and former finance minister Trevor Manuel were instrumental to the making of the country’s National Development Plan.
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South Africa’s five-year-old National Development Plan suffers from gross misinterpretation by different parties.
South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma (right) and Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa. The jury is out on whether Ramaphosa will break ranks.
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The stakes have not been higher since the heady days of the early 1990s when South Africa also looked over the brink. Now it is less about brink and more about who will blink
The South African currency, the rand, fell to its lowest level in four years after President Jacob Zuma removed the country’s finance minister.
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