news

by country & category

South Africa

South Africa
Population: 50.0 mn.
GDP: 364 bn.
Debt: 42.0 bn.
Overview:

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. 

South Africa Country Report



news from South Africa

Category: all

Found 315 articles.

Displaying 31-40 out of 315 results.

  • Vol 51 No 24
  •  3rd December 2010

Why Nyanda had to go

When President Jacob Zuma reshuffled his cabinet last month, he fired the powerful Communications Minister, General Siphiwe Nyanda. We can reveal that Nyanda fell out of favour for refusing to support Zuma's allies and financiers, the Gupta brothers, i...

  • Vol 51 No 22
  •  5th November 2010

Party unity trumps national reforms

To placate the one-time friends who have fallen out with him, the President reshuffles his hand of party cards

  • Vol 51 No 21
  •  22nd October 2010

Battle of the plans

Rival ideas and personalities obstruct a promised plan for growth and the President will not pick a winner between the ideological factions

  • Vol 51 No 20
  •  8th October 2010

Buttering up Zuma

In trying to sort out its relations with Africa, Brussels takes care to befriend its main trading partner on the continent

  • Vol 51 No 19
  •  24th September 2010

Postponing the policies

After fighting back against his detractors at the party summit, Zuma has won himself a few more months to remake his shaky presidency

  • Vol 51 No 19
  •  24th September 2010

After the council, a reshuffle

Amid the doctrinal squabbles in Durban, speculation intensfied about how President Jacob Zuma might reshuffle his cabinet. Hard-line presidential allies such as the Communications Minister, General Siphiwe Nyanda, fear the erosion of the President’s autho...

  • Vol 51 No 18
  •  10th September 2010

President under pressure

The would-be usurpers plotting against President Jacob Zuma should not underestimate their target’s determination

  • Vol 51 No 18
  •  10th September 2010

Vavi and the unions stake their claim

Not only have trades unionists pushed the government to accept most of their demands for higher wages and housing allowances but some of their leaders now believe they should provide a replacement for President Jacob Zuma. The unions’ candidate against Zu...

  • Vol 51 No 17
  •  27th August 2010

Mounting strikes

Support is building for the national strike of nurses, teachers and clerks since it was launched on 18 August, presenting two serious threats to President Jacob Zuma’s government. First there is the disruption of the post-World Cup euphoria, and second, t...

  • Vol 51 No 16
  •  6th August 2010

An uneasy ruling alliance

The ANC needs stronger leadership to referee the intensifying internal debates ahead of the policy-making conference in September

Displaying 31-40 out of 315 results.