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South Africa

Population: 62.47m
GDP: $373.23bn
Debt: 75.4% of GDP (2024)

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Pragmatism trumps ideology

President Zuma's first cabinet keeps the economic power in the hands of the market-friendly centrists

A night of haggling preceded President Jacob Zuma's 10 May announcement of a new cabinet, which includes people from the left, the centre, black business, populists and even...


The security brigade

Who's who in President Jacob Zuma's security team

President Jacob Zuma's ally Siphiwe Nyanda, a former head of the defence force, was appointed Communications Minister; his numerous defence-related business interests disqualified him from the Defence Ministry....


Learning to love Jacob Zuma

A pragmatic coalition of pro-market politicians and presidential loyalists will dominate the new cabinet

There is some truth in Jacob Zuma's insistence that he owes no favours after the African National Congress's sweeping election victory on 22 April. It was the culmination...


Zuma's surprise package

The coming presidency will face the hard times with some unexpectedly right-wing measures and boosted security services

Jacob Zuma's inevitable ascent to the presidency has been achieved at considerable cost. The governing African National Congress has been absorbed for the last year in faction-fighting, dealing...


It's the political economy, stupid!

The economy contracted in the first quarter of 2009 and South Africa is entering its first recession in 17 years. The South African Reserve Bank has cut its...


Integrity in question

Claims that the World Bank’s Vice-President for Integrity and former head of South Africa’s Scorpions anti-corruption unit, Leonard McCarthy, used his position to pursue political vendettas against African...


Inevitable victory

As the challenges to the governing ANC fizzle out, people are asking what Jacob Zuma wants to do with power

There remains one main unanswered question about the elections due on 22 April : the size of the African National Congress’s vote. Most estimates put it at 55-65%...


The battle in the provinces

COPE focuses on just three provinces: Western Cape, Eastern Cape and Northern Cape, leaving KwaZulu-Natal to the ANC and Inkatha

Western Cape: The opposition parties – probably in a coalition of the Democratic Alliance, Independent Democrats and Congress of the People – will win. Northern...


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