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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 50 No 25
  •  18th December 2009

Ready or not, here they come

President Zuma’s government is confident about the 2010 World Cup preparations, despite professional fouls in the organising committee

  • Vol 50 No 25
  •  18th December 2009

Liberation economics, 20 years on

In 2010, South Africans will celebrate the two decades since the release of Nelson Mandela from gaol on 11 February 1990. Polemicists of all stripes will assess the political achievements – ending apartheid, unbanning opposition parties, free elections, a...

  • Vol 50 No 24
  •  4th December 2009

The other power struggle

Efforts to raise electricity tariffs and tackle underinvestment in the energy industry prompt rows with government and the trades unions

  • Vol 50 No 23
  •  20th November 2009

In favour and out of cash

The ANC government’s left-wing supporters in Cosatu and the SACP want more of their comrades in the cabinet and more social spending

  • Vol 50 No 23
  •  20th November 2009

Jackie Selebi on trial

Nothing is going according to plan with the prosecution for corruption of former police chief and former Interpol director Jackie Selebi (AC Vol 50 No 16). As he tries to exonerate himself, Selebi is uncovering a vast network of political and commercial s...

  • Vol 50 No 21
  •  23rd October 2009

Zuma's faith

After the African National Congress leadership in the Western Cape was suspended because of the governing party's poor showing there in this year's elections, President Jacob Zuma set up a task team. Headed by Minister of Labour Membathisi Mdladlana, its ...

  • Vol 50 No 17
  •  28th August 2009

So far, so Zuma

Economic downturns, rising joblessness and a wave of strikes and protests fail to dampen the rising popularity of the new President

  • Vol 50 No 17
  •  28th August 2009

Suing the messenger

Jacob Zuma rarely hides his distaste of journalists - particularly those who ridiculed his presidential ambitions and his political commitment - and his supporters rail against media enemies who portrayed him as a populist buffoon. His landslide election ...

  • Vol 50 No 16
  •  7th August 2009

Township protestors take on the ANC government

After weeks of angry protests in the townships, President Zuma and his ministers promise to make the problems of the poorest a priority

  • Vol 50 No 16
  •  7th August 2009

The poorest protest

Gauteng Province, around Johannesburg, is the most heavily industrial part of South Africa, with tightly crammed townships and informal settlements for those who came to find work. It has therefore been the scene of repeated and often violent protests.

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