Vol 67 No 12 |
- DEVELOPMENT
- AID
France's President Emmanuel Macron had initially invited President Cyril Ramaphosa to represent Africa but the Trump administration had threatened to boycott if South Africa attended...
Vol 67 No 11 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
Copyright © Africa Confidential 2026 Cyril Ramaphosa has spent much of his presidency surviving political crises without ever fully restoring his authority...
Tshwane matters politically because it contains heavy concentrations of urban middle-class and younger voters who were part of Cyril Ramaphosa's reformist base...
Vol 67 No 11 |
- TRADE
- AFRICA
It showed the importance of cooperation with South Africa despite President Donald Trump's outbursts over some of President Cyril Ramaphosa's policies...
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Vol 67 No 11 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
The move helps Mbalula secure a crucial power base ahead of the 2027 succession battle but it may also weaken the party before municipal elections in a province where the centre-right Democratic Alliance is already pressing hard in Nelson Mandela Bay Keeping control of Eastern Cape province is crucial to Mbalula's ambitions to succeed President Cyril Ramaphosa at the ANC's elective congress in 2027...
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South Africa's Cyril Ramaphosa was a leading no-show said to have been irritated by France's apparent concession to Washington that Ramaphosa should not attend next month's G7 summit in Évian...
President Cyril Ramaphosa who was often at odds with Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has announced that elections for all district metropolitan and local municipalities will be held on 4 November in each of the nine provinces...
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has already said he will be too busy to attend...
Vol 67 No 8 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
The ANC has been chided by both President Cyril Ramaphosa who asked what it is about DA-controlled municipalities that makes them better run than ANC-controlled ones; and former President Kgalema Motlanthe who scolded the party for its inability to find credible mayoral candidates...
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Since he presented his credentials to South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa last month US Ambassador Leo Brent Bozell III has been toning down some of his criticism of the government in Pretoria...
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The loan is the latest in a series of moves by EU leaders to demonstrate their support for Cyril Ramaphosa's government...
