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South African politics

  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2024
    Malema slams ‘back-stabbing’ Zuma as South African left reshapes

    Former president will dump defectors to his upstart party, says Economic Freedom Fighters leader

    A montage of Julius Malema, left, and Jacob Zuma
  • Tuesday, 10 December, 2024
    South Africa
    McKinsey’s $122mn bribery settlement in South Africa sparks outrage

    Politicians and campaigners say penalty is insufficient as country struggles with corruption

    Former South African President Jacob Zuma at a press conference in October 2022
  • Sunday, 13 October, 2024
    South Africa’s first Black central bank governor dies aged 65

    Tito Mboweni served as labour minister in Nelson Mandela’s first cabinet

    South African Finance Minister Tito Mboweni
  • Friday, 13 September, 2024
    Pravin Gordhan
    Pravin Gordhan dies after life fighting apartheid and corruption

    South African activist campaigned against failings of Jacob Zuma’s administration

    Pravin Gordhan is seen sitting and wearing a suit and tie at a judicial commission of inquiry into state capture.
  • Monday, 9 September, 2024
    News in-depthSouth Africa
    The South African bus chief taking a stand against ‘mafia’ demands

    Transport executive takes to courts to force action against organised crime’s hold on country’s economy

    An Intercape bus that had broken through a road barrier to slip down an embankment after being shot at on its way to Cape Town, South Africa in August 2022
  • Tuesday, 3 September, 2024
    South African economy
    South Africa signals more support for energy groups after Total exits gas project

    Energy minister says government could have done more to make offshore discovery commercially viable

    South Africa’s energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa
  • Thursday, 22 August, 2024
    Defections leave South Africa’s radical EFF party at risk of ‘imploding’

    Months of internal tensions come to a head with exit of powerful deputy leader to left-wing rival

  • Tuesday, 13 August, 2024
    Johannesburg mayor quits after turbulent 15 months in charge

    Resignation exacerbates leadership crisis for South African city run by eight mayors since 2019

    Kabelo Gwamanda talking to journalists
  • Tuesday, 13 August, 2024
    Signs of stability from South Africa’s unity government boost business confidence

    Coalition’s relatively smooth start raises hopes that the two main parties can work together in the longer term

    John Steenhuisen
  • Thursday, 18 July, 2024
    South Africa’s Ramaphosa vows to turn country into a ‘construction site’

    Presence of pro-market Democratic Alliance in president’s coalition government is fuelling business optimism

    South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa speaks during his opening of parliament address in Cape Town
  • Sunday, 14 July, 2024
    South African economy
    Eskom warns unpaid bills risk new power crisis in South Africa

    Failure by municipalities to pay debts worth billions of rand risks thwarting company’s recovery efforts, utility chief says

    Eskom power cables in the Johannesburg township of Soweto
  • Friday, 12 July, 2024
    South Africa’s Malema faces new corruption allegations

    Radical politician named as recipient of bribes in affidavit from former head of collapsed bank

    Close-up of Julius Malema seated
  • Sunday, 30 June, 2024
    Ramaphosa unveils new South Africa cabinet after coalition breakthrough

    Pro-market Democratic Alliance takes six ministerial posts in unity government after fraught negotiations

    Cyril Ramaphosa
  • Thursday, 27 June, 2024
    Ramaphosa holds talks with DA after its threat to quit coalition

    South African president and pro-business party’s John Steenhuisen seek to resolve dispute over cabinet posts

    South African Président Cyril Ramaphosa, right, with Democratic Alliance leader John Steenhuisen
  • Monday, 24 June, 2024
    South Africa
    South Africa’s coalition government hits early hurdle

    Formation of cabinet is delayed as ANC dismisses Democratic Alliance’s ‘outrageous’ demands

    Helen Zille
  • Thursday, 20 June, 2024
    Rachman Review podcast24 min listen
    Can South Africa’s national unity government succeed?

    Ramaphosa coalition heralded by some as new dawn for the country

  • Wednesday, 19 June, 2024
    South Africa
    Investors cheer as Ramaphosa sworn in as South Africa’s president

    Rand and equities rise after African National Congress seals power-sharing agreement with Democratic Alliance

    Cyril Ramaphosa, right, is inaugurated as South Africa’s president for a second term on Wednesday
  • Thursday, 13 June, 2024
    South Africa’s ANC has outline of a deal on new government, says official

    The country is poised to have a multi-party coalition administration led by Cyril Ramaphosa

    South African President Cyril Ramaphosa with National Executive Committee members Paul Mashatile and Gwede Mantashe
  • Monday, 10 June, 2024
    Gideon Rachman
    Ramaphosa and South Africa on the edge

    Despite losing his parliamentary majority, the president is determined to keep calm and carry on

    Illustration of a figure standing at a crossroads on the flag of South Africa
  • Thursday, 6 June, 2024
    South Africa’s ANC seeks ‘government of national unity’

    President Cyril Ramaphosa says preliminary talks have been held with several smaller parties

    Cyril Ramaphosa talks to  Paul Mashatile
  • Wednesday, 5 June, 2024
    ANC considers national unity government in South Africa

    Party has been locked in talks with rivals after losing its 30-year parliamentary majority in shock election result

    Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri giving a speech
  • Tuesday, 4 June, 2024
    Alec Russell
    How the ANC can save South Africa

    The party may ultimately be doomed — but it could yet stave off disaster for the country

    Voters queue to cast their ballots in South Africa
  • Monday, 3 June, 2024
    ANC begins coalition talks as Ramaphosa eyes unity government

    President thought to be seeking a deal with centrist DA but others want a pact with Jacob Zuma’s MK

    Cyril Ramaphosa smiles as he leaves after the announcement of the election results
  • Sunday, 2 June, 2024
    South Africa’s ‘humbled’ ANC stands by Cyril Ramaphosa

    Ruling party insists it will not be ‘bullied’ into removing President Cyril Ramaphosa despite poor result

  • Sunday, 2 June, 2024
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    South Africa on the precipice

    The ANC’s coalition choices will determine the country’s future

    Cyril Ramaphosa reacts after casting his ballot at Hitekani Primary School polling station in Soweto
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