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Vol 62 No 22 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
The elections in South Africa's 278 municipalities on 1 November are a 'now or never moment' for the ruling African National Congress (ANC) to win back the confidence of the people President Cyril Ramaphosa told closing campaign rallies...
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South Africa's Cyril Ramaphosa says he will not attend due to local elections due on the following day but his government will send one of the continent's biggest delegations...
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Vol 62 No 21 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
For President Cyril Ramaphosa the local elections on 1 November will be a referendum on his reforms and a sign of his party support a year before he stands for re-election as president of the governing African National Congress...
Vol 62 No 21 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
The put-down came from ANC election chief Fikile Mbalula who also serves as Transport Minister in President Cyril Ramaphosa's government...
Despite his past ownership of mining interests and links with the top companies President Cyril Ramaphosa says the government will appeal the judgement...
Vol 62 No 19 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
He has fairly cordial relations with President Cyril Ramaphosa despite occasional sharp differences of opinion particularly over the rules for Covid-19-related lockdowns...
Cyril Ramaphosa's election has given the ANC a boost in the Western Cape and thanks to favourable by-elections it controls nine municipalities in the province...
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Vol 62 No 19 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
It is also disorganised and demoralised by the internal feuding between supporters of President Cyril Ramaphosa and ousted leader Jacob Zuma who was sentenced to 18 months gaol for contempt of court...
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Vol 62 No 18 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
President Cyril Ramaphosa has warned the African National Congress that a judicial commission headed by Acting Chief Justice Raymond Zondo – which enjoys the support of the President and the ANC – will portray the ANC government as 'corrupt and incompetent' in a long-awaited report...
Political butterflyThe affair came just after a court dismissed the so-called 'Butterfly' case in which the government tried to prosecute Welheminah Maswabi aka 'Butterfly' a former intelligence agent in a case that appeared to implicate South African billionaire Brigitte Motsepe-Radebe President Cyril Ramaphosa's sister-in-law in money-laundering (AC Vol 61 No 17 Bridgette's border war escalates)...
Vol 62 No 17 |
- MINING
- ENERGY
He alleged that Glencore had used its relationship with now-President Cyril Ramaphosa to get its way in disputes over coal prices and penalties imposed for delivering low quality coal...