Vol 66 No 22 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
Business once supportive of President Cyril Ramaphosa has grown disillusioned with his failure to honour promises of zero tolerance for corruption and economic reform...
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Since a bilateral spring summit in South Africa the EU has promised new energy investment and the prospect of better trade terms to Cyril Ramaphosa's government (AC Vol 66 No 6 Targeted by Trump – Africa and Europe draw closer)...
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‘These investments should not replace one dependency with another ' said South African President Cyril Ramaphosa during the two-day meeting in Brussels...
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President Cyril Ramaphosa faces crunch trade talks with United States President Donald Trump's administration next week with talks expected on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York that starts today...
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But months later when Cyril Ramaphosa was consolidating power as the ANC and national president he appointed Tau as the only deputy minister from outside parliament (AC Vol 62 No 16 Who runs Gauteng...
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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...