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Vol 63 No 13

Published 23rd June 2022


South Africa

How manganese pipeline helps the ANC

The ruling party's ambivalence on Ukraine reflects its parlous finances as well as its internal feuding and ideological posturing

A transparency law on political party funding has embarrassed the ruling African National Congress by revealing its links to Viktor Vekselberg, a Russian oligarch under global sanctions. This critical source of money may explain, pundits say, President Cyril Ramaphosa's reluctance to condemn Russia's war in Ukraine.

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