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South Africa

Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa

Date of Birth: 17 November 1952
Place of Birth: Johannesburg


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Dire warnings on energy crunch raise questions on green investment

Yet President Cyril Ramaphosa's government remains divided over strategy: specifically about the mix between fossil fuels and renewables and the pace at which the country retires its massive coal-fired power stations (AC Vol 62 No 22 Leaders clash over climate)...

One of the most publicised is that of mining magnate Patrice Motsepe President Cyril Ramaphosa's brother-in-law which announced a medium-term target of adding 5 000MW of renewable power to South Africa's grid and 2 000MW over the next year...

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Net closes around the Guptas

They are likely to rat on Zuma and his allies in exchange for a lighter sentence So far President Cyril Ramaphosa has not reacted publicly to the Guptas' arrest but the timing is helpful as he is fighting off accusations from Arthur Fraser former intelligence chief and ally of Zuma's that he had broken forex regulations and was storing US dollars in his farmhouse...


Zuma's securocrats rattle Ramaphosa

Arthur Fraser the former head of the country's State Security Agency has called for a criminal investigation against Cyril Ramaphosa which will badly damage the ruling African National Congress and the President's reputation...


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Delegates agree rules for the next pandemic

That was followed by the frustration of many African leaders at the difficulty and delays in obtaining Covid vaccines prompting accusations of 'vaccine apartheid' from South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa (Dispatches 7/11/21 Rich countries offer funds for future vaccine production but do little this year to get the serum to developing economies)...

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Diplomacy on ice

The international argument over how to respond Moscow's invasion of Ukraine played out with some diplomatic grace when Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited President Cyril Ramaphosa in Pretoria on 24 May...


War offers Ramaphosa more options

ARM founder and chair South African billionaire Patrice Motsepe is the brother-in-law of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa who is under fire from critics at home and abroad for abstaining in three United Nations resolutions to condemn Russia for the invasion (AC Vol 63 No 5 Moscow invasion strains bilateral ties)...


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