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South Africa
Population: 50.0 mn.
GDP: 364 bn.
Debt: 42.0 bn.
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ANC faction-fighting will dominate politics- and paralyse government business- ahead of the December 2012 ANC congress in Bloemfontein, where President Jacob Zuma should narrowly secure re-election as party president. The nationalisation is scaring foreign investors. 

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  • Vol 52 No 9
  •  29th April 2011

Local elections threaten the ANC's national grip

Municipal elections do not always stir passions but those on 18 May hold great significance for an African National Congress beset by infighting and disunity. They promise to be the most competitive polls since majority rule began in 1994 and will affect ...

  • Vol 52 No 9
  •  29th April 2011

Towns at risk for the ANC

The ANC faces tough electoral competition in several constituencies.

  • Vol 52 No 8
  •  15th April 2011

Zuma to the shores of Tripoli

The AU mission to Libya was an abject failure but the South African leader got a chance to catch up with an old pal

  • Vol 52 No 7
  •  1st April 2011

Zuma’s presidential primary

Claims of corruption and nepotism are weakening the ANC’s position ahead of key local elections

  • Vol 52 No 7
  •  1st April 2011

Who’s who in Zumaland

The inner circle, allies inside government, and chief personal enemies

  • Vol 52 No 7
  •  1st April 2011

Clubbing Beijing

South Africa formally enters the informal club of BRIC nations – Brazil, Russian, India and China – in April in Beijing. On 24 to 26 March, ten key policy analysts from each country met in the Chinese capital to set the agenda for the April meeting, sub-t...

  • Vol 52 No 5
  •  4th March 2011

It's all about jobs

Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan stakes everything on the government’s attack on unemployment

  • Vol 52 No 5
  •  4th March 2011

The Gupta factor

President Jacob Zuma’s critics again claim he is in thrall to the Durban-based Gupta family. If the African National Congress does badly in the coming local elections, party critics will again question his suitability as a presidential candidate. Br...

  • Vol 52 No 5
  •  4th March 2011

Making history

As next year’s centenary of the African National Congress approaches, a row is raging over how to portray Presidents Nelson Mandela, Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma in the ANC’s official history. Zuma appointed his ally Mac Maharaj, a former Transport Min...

  • Vol 52 No 4
  •  18th February 2011

Zumanomics sound better

There is little new in Zuma’s new economic strategy but his growing confidence is pulling in more support

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