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South Africa

Population: 47.4 million
GNI: $255300 million
Debt: $20900 million
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The ANC leadership battle continues in August when party President Jacob Zuma faces corruption charges while his supporters plot against national President Thabo Mbeki. The political mayhem will undermine the economy.

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  • Vol 46 No 8
  • 15/04/2005

Moscow marriages

Russian businessman and director of prestigious British banking consultancy Fleming Family & Partners (FF&P) Mark Garber is developing a reputation as a key marriage broker between Moscow-based oligarchs and South African mining houses.

  • Vol 46 No 5
  • 04/03/2005

All about the jobs

The budget boosts public spending and reduces taxes but cutting unemployment will be the key test

  • Vol 46 No 4
  • 18/02/2005

Welcome back to the state

The Mbeki government tilts towards the ANC's roots after a decade of market economics

  • Vol 46 No 2
  • 21/01/2005

Crabs in a barrel

Exclusive update on the Equatorian coup plot deals - only available online

  • Vol 45 No 23
  • 19/11/2004

Honoured dictator

There has been neither visible mention of nor comment on President Thabo Mbeki's recent posthumous decoration of the late President Ahmed Sekou Touré of Guinea.

  • Vol 45 No 23
  • 19/11/2004

Russian roulette

A touted take-over of Gold Fields by Harmony Gold, both major South African companies, looks as though it may be about to fall flat on its face. Harmony is currently tabling a hostile US$7.5 billion bid for Gold Fields which, if successful, would creat...

  • Vol 45 No 22
  • 05/11/2004

Drama in the Durban dock

Deputy President Jacob Zuma's future is on the line as his friend and financial advisor goes on trial

  • Vol 45 No 22
  • 05/11/2004

A very private war II

Erynis Iraq replies to Africa Confidential

  • Vol 45 No 21
  • 22/10/2004

Facts on a fax

Pressure is mounting on Deputy President Jacob Zuma following claims by state prosecutors on 19 October that he received a 500,000 rand (US$79,000) bribe from France's Thomson-CSF.

  • Vol 45 No 20
  • 08/10/2004

That golden moment

A foreign take-over of a local bank could mean the end of exchange controls

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