Vol 62 No 10 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
There was no hint of triumphalism in Cyril Ramaphosa's measured speech on 10 May at the end of a dramatic three-day National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting that saw his main opponent within the African National Congress Secretary-General Ace Magashule seal his own demise...
Team Cyril wins out Business community and civil society leaders the political class and the judiciary threw their weight behind President Cyril Ramaphosa's efforts to reform the African National Congress (ANC) resulting in a win over the faction led by suspended Secretary-General Ace Magashule and former President Jacob Zuma...
As President Cyril Ramaphosa consolidates power after his victory over his party rivals he can plan the long-delayed restructuring of the government...
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They include South Africa's Cyril Ramaphosa Ghana's Nana Addo Akufo-Addo Côte d'Ivoire's Alassane Ouattara Senegal's Macky Sall Nigeria's Muhammadu Buhari Ethiopia's Sahle-Work Zewde Mozambique's Filipe Nyusi and Angola's João Lourenço together with three prime ministers: Spain's Pedro Sanchez Italy's Mario Draghi and Portugal's António Costa (AC Vol 62 No 4 France holds tight in the Sahel & Vol 62 No 9 Death on the front line a coup and then an about turn)...
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Vol 62 No 10 |
- FRANCE
- AFRICA
A clutch of sub-Saharan and European leaders will attend including francophone presidents Alassane Ouattara (Côte d'Ivoire) and Denis Sassou-Nguesso (Congo-Brazzaville) but also Cyril Ramaphosa (South Africa) Muhammadu Buhari (Nigeria) and Paul Kagame (Rwanda)...
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Vol 62 No 10 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
Party insiders say President Cyril Ramaphosa has the support of more than 70% of the executive in the latest round of his battle with Magashule and allies...
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Vol 62 No 9 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
It will be a highly politically charged vote due to Magashule's status as leader of the faction opposing ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa, and close ally of ousted President Jacob Zuma...
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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and Botswana's Mokgweetsi Masisi were both unable to attend the planned SADC Troika meeting on Thursday (29 April) explained officials with Masisi being forced to quarantine after being in contact with someone who has contracted Covid-19...
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Much of that was in South African President Cyril Ramaphosa's speech to the summit in which he said his country's emissions would peak in 2025 and then decline after 2035...
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Vol 62 No 9 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
President Cyril Ramaphosa has the constitutional power to suspend a judge pending impeachment proceedings if the reputation and workings of the entire judiciary are at stake...
Vol 62 No 8 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
Some of the funds looted from state companies may be financing opposition to President Cyril Ramaphosa...
The problem is Cyril Ramaphosa...
Dropping the dissidents Fresh from winning two key battles in the African National Congress President Cyril Ramaphosa calculates he has enough backing to sack some of his harshest critics when he reshuffles and slims down the cabinet...
Vol 62 No 7 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
Zuma's involvement in succession politics would probably help his struggle with President Cyril Ramaphosa because the latter will be wary of being portrayed as attacking the Zulu community...