Vol 62 No 5 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
The leftist and populist wings of the ruling African National Congress and the trade unions want President Cyril Ramaphosa to sack Mboweni...
Treasury as a pawn As if the Treasury were not under enough pressure already it has become a battleground in the struggle between the Zuma faction of the ANC led by the beleaguered general secretary Ace Magashule and President Cyril Ramaphosa...
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Vol 62 No 4 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
Zuma and his ally ANC Secretary General Ace Magashule who is also facing corruption charges are trying to build up grassroots resistance to the government's economic policies directly challenging ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa's leadership (AC Vol 62 No 1 Challenging the statist quo & Vol 61 No 22 The 'Ramaphosa Compromise')...
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Vol 62 No 4 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
President Cyril Ramaphosa's attempt to fight grand corruption in state agencies and the ruling party faces critical tests over the next month on two parallel tracks...
Former Safety and Security Minister Sydney Mufamadi led the investigation into the State Security Agency (SSA) and delivered it to President Cyril Ramaphosa in December 2018...
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Vol 62 No 4 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
Given his political plans said to include challenging President Cyril Ramaphosa for the presidency of the ANC Magashule finds his current party position far too useful...
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Vol 62 No 3 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
That triggered a showdown between President Cyril Ramaphosa and his foes in the governing African National Congress (ANC) when he called for tougher rules for officials abusing their positions (AC Vol 61 No 17 Graft puts ANC on the spot)...
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Vol 62 No 3 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
In a nearly empty parliament on yesterday evening (11 February) President Cyril Ramaphosa resorted to pastoral analogies to convey the devastation of the coronavirus pandemic and fire up his State of the Nation Address in a ceremony stripped of its usual bustle and razamatazz...
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Vol 62 No 3 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
Only 50 people instead of the usual 1 200 will attend the parliamentary session when President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers his state of the nation address in parliament next Thursday...
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Vol 62 No 3 |
- AFRICAN UNION
In comes Félix Tshisekedi President of Congo-Kinshasa to replace South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa as chair of the AU...
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Vol 62 No 2 |
- AFRICA
- COVID-19
While the outgoing chair of the African Union South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa was able to make a triumphant announcement on 13 January that the AU had 'secured' 230 million doses of vaccine the small print of the arrangement is complicated delivery is distant and it falls well short of what is required (see Box The high price of the shots)...
Vol 62 No 2 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
The NEC refusal even to discuss the issue is regarded as a victory over President Cyril Ramaphosa and his allies by Magashule's supporters in the NEC who include: Zuma former Minister of Environmental Affairs Nomvula Mokonyane former Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini former North West premier Supra Mahumapelo and former ANC Secretary General in the Western Cape Tony Yengeni...
