Vol 58 No 21 | SOUTH AFRICA Mabuza changes the race 20th October 2017 Mpumalanga Province becomes the most united voting block ahead of the ANC elections as President Zuma reshuffles his cabinet Taking a high-stakes gamble ahead of the leadership elections in December, President Jacob Zuma has broken with the African National Congress's traditional allies in the Communist ...
Vol 58 No 21 | SOUTH AFRICA Balancing the good cop with the bad 6th October 2017 The Reserve Bank is easing the pressure on KPMG. It worries about scaring investors while it tries to make companies more accountable The government is in disarray over how to handle the deepening crisis unleashed by the auditing firm KPMG’s involvement in the affairs of the Guptas and the 'state capture' p...
Vol 58 No 19 | SOUTH AFRICA KPMG feels the Gupta heat 22nd September 2017 The global auditor becomes the latest corporate casualty of a spiralling corruption scandal claiming unexpectedly prominent scalps In a grovelling public apology after 18 months of silence, auditing giant KPMG admitted that its senior executives in South Africa had 'made mistakes' and 'ignored red flags' in wo...
Vol 58 No 19 | SOUTH AFRICA ANC contest lands in court 22nd September 2017 The outcome of the leadership race in December may hang on a raft of legal challenges as to how conference delegates were chosen The campaign for Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma to succeed her ex-husband as African National Congress leader, which he is backing heavily, may fail if the courts allow the challenges of d...
Vol 58 No 18 | SOUTH AFRICA 'Dirty tricks' target Cyril 8th September 2017 The Deputy President sees the hand of his boss in the hack of his email account and smears on his ANC leadership bid The increasingly hotly contested battle for the leadership of the African National Congress got a little dirtier when Cyril Ramaphosa, Deputy President of the ruling party, was tar...
Vol 58 No 17 | SOUTH AFRICA Can the usurpers unite? 25th August 2017 After failing in a no-confidence vote, Jacob Zuma's opponents are lobbying for his impeachment Twenty minutes after Speaker Baleka Mbete had announced on 8 August that the President had survived yet another confidence vote, a beaming Jacob Zuma, surrounded by bodyguards, swe...
Vol 58 No 16 | SOUTH AFRICA ANC dilemma deepens 4th August 2017 The ruling party is under growing pressure to decide between its leader and its future As South Africa's political crisis deepens ahead of the no-confidence motion vote aimed at ousting President Jacob Zuma on 8 August, a broad front of civil society organisations is...
Vol 58 No 16 | RWANDASOUTH AFRICA Seek asylum elsewhere 4th August 2017 A Rwandan former general exiled in South Africa, Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa, has lost his official status as a refugee. Pretoria is using a May court ruling to improve its poor relat...
Vol 58 No 14 | SOUTH AFRICA Cyril's musical chairs 7th July 2017 The presidential hopeful depends on a delicate mix of favours, talent and self-interest to produce his leadership slate The Deputy President of the governing African National Congress, Cyril Ramaphosa, and his followers are performing an intricate balancing act. They are busy finalising nominations ...
Vol 58 No 13 | SOUTH AFRICA Factional fireworks threaten party 23rd June 2017 Next week's policy conference promises to bring all the party's problems together in an explosive combination Senior African National Congress leaders are deeply worried that the stresses within the governing party could tear the ANC apart as they look forward to next week's policy confere...
