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South Africa

  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2024
    South African politics
    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
    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
  • Thursday, 5 December, 2024
    McKinsey
    McKinsey pays $122mn to resolve probes into South Africa bribes

    Deferred prosecution agreement covers corruption scandal involving state-owned companies during Zuma presidency

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  • Sunday, 17 November, 2024
    Trapped illegal gold miners hold out against police in South Africa

    Court seeks to halt blockade on abandoned Stilfontein mine over concerns that hundreds hidden underground are at risk

    Police and people from the local community inspect the Buffelsfontein Mine in Stilfontein, east of Johannesburg
  • Wednesday, 30 October, 2024
    South Africa cuts growth target as economic reality bites

    Lower GDP projection comes despite coalition’s charm offensive to win over foreign investors

    Enoch Godongwana, South Africa’s finance minister, at a news conference ahead of delivering his mid term budget policy statement to parliament in Cape Town on Wednesday
  • Sunday, 27 October, 2024
    Russian tensions expose faultlines in South Africa’s unity government

    Cyril Ramaphosa angered the ANC’s largest coalition partner by calling Vladimir Putin a ‘valued friend’

  • Thursday, 24 October, 2024
    Fashion
    ‘Not a one-trick pony’: how summer brands adapt for winter

    Labels known for season-specific products are finding ways to expand into year-round offerings

  • Wednesday, 16 October, 2024
    Optimism builds on South Africa’s ‘second miracle’ coalition

    Unity government led by ANC and Democratic Alliance works to resolve tensions as it passes 100-day milestone

    From left, John Steenhuisen, Cyril Ramaphosa and Paul Mashatile
  • Sunday, 13 October, 2024
    South African politics
    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, 11 October, 2024
    House & Home
    Ben Pentreath: my volte face from committed renter to new homeowner

    Ten years ago, the architectural and interior designer wrote a piece for this paper extolling the virtues of renting. But he broke his own rules — and is now on the road to home ownership

    Two men, one wearing a red checked shirt, the other a kilt, stand in front of some packing boxes. They are smiling
  • Tuesday, 8 October, 2024
    Interview
    Privatisation not a ‘swear word’, says South Africa’s deputy president

    Coalition government is seeking more foreign investment in energy, water and infrastructure

    South Africa’s deputy president Paul Mashatile at the Financial Times on October 4 2024
  • 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-depth
    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
  • Friday, 6 September, 2024
    South African economy
    South African postal service on brink of collapse as ‘Day Zero’ looms

    Institution relied on by millions will be put into liquidation unless it receives a government bailout by the end of next month

    Post Office branch in Western Cape
  • 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
    South African politics
    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
    South African politics
    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
    South African politics
    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
  • Monday, 5 August, 2024
    ReviewTheatre
    The Outrun, Edinburgh — a mercurial journey through addiction

    Isis Hainsworth’s performance makes the adaptation of Amy Liptrot’s memoir soar

    A man and a woman in casual clothes recline talking
  • Tuesday, 23 July, 2024
    Energy Source
    A cautionary tale from South Africa’s ‘just energy transition’ Premium content

    Eskom chief says repurposing of coal plant created an ‘atomic bomb scenario’ for local jobs

    Cooling towers at the Komati coal-fired power station
  • Thursday, 18 July, 2024
    South African politics
    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 African politics
    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
  • Saturday, 6 July, 2024
    South African economy
    South Africa’s Eskom expects fresh loss as it keeps lights on

    State-owned utility manages 100 days without power cuts

    A night view of Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Sunday, 30 June, 2024
    South African politics
    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
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