Vol 59 No 4 | SOUTH AFRICA A Saint Valentine's Day massacre, of sorts 19th February 2018 After Zuma's messy fall, new President Ramaphosa has to revive the economy, social welfare and his party When it came, the end for Jacob Zuma came quickly. A week before, he was brusquely rebuffing polite entreaties by senior African National Congress politicians to resign from...
Vol 59 No 4 | SOUTH AFRICA Zuma goes down fighting 13th February 2018 The ANC reaches crunch point in the Zexit talks as the State President goes to the wire trying to ease the terms for his departure The African National Congress has decided to remove President Jacob Zuma from office after a tenure dogged by corruption, scandal and economic stagnation. The dramatic decision came in...
Vol 59 No 3 | SOUTH AFRICA The goodbye gets longer 9th February 2018 After weeks of messy negotiations, Jacob Zuma is due to quit this month but will be spending more time with his lawyers The latest deadline for Jacob Zuma's exit from the Presidency is 21 February. On that day the budget is due to be read in parliament, according to Baleka...
Vol 59 No 2 | SOUTH AFRICA Big change, no fanfare 25th January 2018 The ANC's new leader is preparing the ground for his team in government and some radical policy shifts Cyril Ramaphosa, with a mixture of determination and pragmatism, has embarked on a year of sweeping changes in his party and the government that it runs. Since winning...
Vol 59 No 1 | SOUTH AFRICA Cyril presses his advantage 12th January 2018 The ANC's new leader will need all his legendary negotiating skills to edge Zuma out of the Union Buildings The centre of gravity in the governing African National Congress has shifted towards its new President, Cyril Ramaphosa, who now has a decisive tactical advantage over the national...
Vol 59 No 1 | SOUTH AFRICA Pushing Zuma to the exit 5th January 2018 New ANC leader Ramaphosa faces an early trial of his political strength in party and government The next test for Cyril Ramaphosa, elected president of the African National Congress on 18 December, is to engineer the departure of his predecessor Jacob Zuma from the...
Vol 58 No 25 | SOUTH AFRICA A fight to the photo-finish 15th December 2017 Contenders for the ANC presidency are scrapping for every single delegate vote with all the means at their disposal The epic struggle between Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and current Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa for the leadership – some say the soul – of the governing African National Congress will... READ FOR FREE
Vol 58 No 24 | SOUTH AFRICA The countdown begins 1st December 2017 Campaigning for the ANC presidential nomination is reaching its peak as lobbies for the main rivals release early tallies With barely two weeks to go before the crucial African National Congress elective conference on 16-20 December in Johannesburg, supporters of Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma claim they are leading the...
Vol 58 No 23 | SOUTH AFRICA The race gets uglier 17th November 2017 The African National Congress is at risk of breaking apart under the strain of factional fighting The battle between Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and Cyril Ramaphosa for the leadership of the African National Congress now centres on the fate of Secretary General Gwede Mantashe, who is...
Vol 58 No 23 | SOUTH AFRICA SACP on the ballot 17th November 2017 The South African Communist Party (SACP) will stand in its own name in local bye-elections in the Free State Province on 29 November. It will be the...