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	South Africa
Population:	63.2m
GDP:	$403.04bn
Debt:	72.24% of GDP (2024)

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Vol 66 No 15 |

SOUTH AFRICA

Unity government shaken as police chief blows the whistle

25th July 2025

After explosive claims of cartel-backed infiltration, Ramaphosa suspended key officials and launched a judicial inquiry but risks losing control of the coalition

On 6 July, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) police commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi accused Police Minister Senzo Mchunu and Deputy National Police Commissioner Shadrack Sibiya of colluding with criminal elements to...

Vol 66 No 15 |

SOUTH AFRICA

The ANC’s 750 million rand gamble: will new dialogue restore trust or fuel opposition?

23rd July 2025

Ramaphosa says the forum will produce a social compact for jobs, power and security – critics dismiss it as political theatre

As accusations about top politicians’ colluding with people traffickers and drug dealers dominate public debate in South Africa, President Cyril Ramaphosa has been trying to refocus attention on...

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Vol 66 No 15 |

SOUTH AFRICA
G20

Two cheers for multilateralism

21st July 2025

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s G20 agenda was boosted by agreeing a consensus communique at Finance Ministers meeting in Durban on 18 July

The text itself is low on substance: its references to the importance of multilateral cooperation, the World Trade Organization and ‘rules based’ trade are hardly radical. Nor are...

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Vol 66 No 14 |

SOUTH AFRICA

Ramaphosa seeks to deflect focus from Democratic Alliance challenge

7th July 2025

Instead of removing ANC ministers, allies of former President Zuma have been arrested

Brian Molefe and Siyabonga Gama, both deputies for former President Jacob Zuma’s uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party will appear in court in October after being arrested on multiple corruption...

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Vol 66 No 14 |

SOUTH AFRICA

Centre-right Democratic Alliance baulks at collapsing the coalition after President Ramaphosa sacks its trade minister

30th June 2025

The latest crisis in the government of national unity points to its fragility and questions about how much longer it can survive

The Government of National Unity (GNU) was on the brink of collapse following the Democratic Alliance’s reaction to the sacking of Deputy Trade Minister Andrew Whitfield. The ostensible...

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Vol 66 No 13 |

SOUTH AFRICA
UNITED STATES

Ramaphosa hopes to relaunch trade talks in Luanda

23rd June 2025

Despite Trump’s bullying, South Africa may receive positive US response after generous offer

Despite leaving the G7 summit in Canada without a meeting with United States President Donald Trump, South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa is hoping to kickstart trade talks with...

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Vol 66 No 11 |

SOUTH AFRICA
UNITED STATES

Why Musk and Rupert hold key to the Ramaphosa-Trump summit

20th May 2025

Two South African billionaires have cleared the path for a business accord to unfreeze the diplomacy

Until a month ago, the chances of President Cyril Ramaphosa getting a constructive meeting with his United States counterpart Donald J Trump appeared vanishingly small. After a barrage...

Vol 66 No 10 |

SOUTH AFRICA
WHO'S WHO

Three finance ministers in the wings

16th May 2025

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has been weakened after the three-month budget dispute that brought President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Government of National Unity to the brink of collapse. Ramaphosa is...

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Vol 66 No 9 |

SOUTH AFRICA

Treasury is the big loser after the tax hike fiasco

28th April 2025

The ANC and the DA are both battered by the budget delay but more fights over spending are likely

The latest compromise on rates for value added tax in the much-delayed budget has kept the Government of National Unity in power – but at the expense of...

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Vol 66 No 8 |

SOUTH AFRICA

The budget fight threatening to shatter the coalition

18th April 2025

Both the ANC’s Ramaphosa and the DA’s Steenhuisen are fighting to preserve power-sharing – but for vastly different reasons

When Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana failed to secure backing within the Government of National Unity (GNU) on 12 March for his proposal to raise VAT from 15% to...

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