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Vol 66 No 18 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
South Africa has scrapped plans to hold a naval exercise with China and Russia in November in a bid to avoid diplomatic embarrassment as it would have coincided with a G20 summit hosted by President Cyril Ramaphosa...
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The most serious problem with South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Chief General Rudzani Maphwanya's visit to Iran from 12 to 14 August was that President Cyril Ramaphosa was neither informed nor involved in authorising it...
STRUGGLE VETERAN RAMAPHOSA ATTACKED BY ALL SIDES One of the last senior politicians from the struggle generation to lead South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa has just two years left in his 10-year double term as President of the African National Congress (ANC) and is grappling with a mountain of unresolved issues: how to fuel growth and investment in the country's ailing economy and to manage his succession...
President Cyril Ramaphosa described the tariffs as ‘punitive' and calamitous after a meeting of African National Congress officials in Johannesburg on 4 August adding that the country would have to do much more to speed the development of the African Continental Free Trade Area launched in 2021...
Vol 66 No 15 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
Facing mounting pressure over alleged criminal syndicate ties within law enforcement and the judiciary President Cyril Ramaphosa has moved to contain the fallout...
PATRICE MOTSEPE – RISING STAR IN LEADERSHIP STAKES Analysts say President Cyril Ramaphosa's response to Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi's allegations and the removal of Police Minister Senzo Mchunu could reshape the ANC's leadership race ahead of its December 2027 elective conference...
HOW ASSASSINATIONS AND CRIMINAL CARTELS ARE UNPICKING THE GOVERNMENT Dressed in military fatigues and flanked by masked officers in assault gear Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi made his televised revelations on 6 July while President Cyril Ramaphosa was at the BRICS summit in Brazil...
Vol 66 No 15 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
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 his legacy project – a National Dialogue to win broad agreement on a 30-year policy framework...
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Vol 66 No 15 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
- G20
But getting agreement on any text in the absence of the United States whose Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent boycotted the meeting for a second time underlining the pariah status which the Trump administration has given to Cyril Ramaphosa's government must count as a significant success (Dispatches 18/2/25 Brussels offers hand of friendship & AC Vol 66 No 7 Pretoria picks new envoy for the MAGA minefield)...
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Vol 66 No 14 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
It was tottering last week after the Democratic Alliance reacted to the dismissal of a deputy trade minister by demanding that President Cyril Ramaphosa sack the ministers from his African National Congress party who face corruption allegations (Dispatches 30/6/25 Centre-right Democratic Alliance baulks at collapsing the coalition after President Ramaphosa sacks its trade minister)...
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Vol 66 No 14 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
The ostensible reason for the dismissal is Whitfield travelling with another DA deputy Emma Powell to Washington for meetings with officials and lawmakers without President Cyril Ramaphosa's approval...
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South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has tightened immigration controls under domestic pressure aimed to deter thousands of Zimbabweans from crossing the border...
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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 Washington at next week's US-Africa Business Forum in Angola...
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