Vol 64 No 4 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
After spending his first term fending off a rebellion from supporters of ousted President Jacob Zuma President Cyril Ramaphosa should now be able to sack all those ministers and top officials suspected of grand corruption and political sabotage...
Vol 64 No 4 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
But he's contending with plenty of other risks: the power and water crises which are pushing ANC voter support off a cliff; the machinations of ousted President Jacob Zuma's supporters within and outside the ANC; and the threat of legal action against him over the Phala Phala hidden cash saga (AC Vol 63 No 15 Sofa cash saga levels the ethical scores)...
South Africa has frequently been criticised for failing to use its economic power over Eswatini to compel political reforms especially when ex-President Jacob Zuma who was close to Mswati was marrying members of the royal family...
The forces constraining Ramaphosa will come less from the faction loyal to discredited former President Jacob Zuma and the so-called Radical Economic Transformation (RET) faction – the peak of their power has passed...
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South Africa has just ended a government subsidy set up by President Jacob Zuma for Central African Republic to run an embassy in Pretoria...
Khulubuse Zuma Jacob Zuma's nephew sits on the DIG board...
Vol 63 No 24 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
Given the animosity towards Ramaphosa of the dissident Radical Economic Transformation (RET) faction close to ousted President Jacob Zuma he coulde easily lose a parliamentary vote over the launching of an impeachment...
The Constitutional Court ordered the release of Janusz Walus who was sentenced to life in prison for the 1993 assassination of ANC stalwart Chris Hani on the same day the Supreme Court of Appeal ruled that former president Jacob Zuma's medical parole was unlawful and he should return to jail to serve his sentence for contempt of court...
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Vol 63 No 24 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
The differences in this case compared with the state capture episodes under Jacob Zuma's presidency seem to matter little in people's perceptions...
Vol 63 No 22 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
8bn) in tender fraud at Eskom during the almost 10 years of rule by convicted former President Jacob Zuma the arrests are seen as a significant milestone in President Cyril Ramaphosa's joint commitment to zero tolerance of corruption and building economic growth analysts said...
The last South African head of state to visit was President Jacob Zuma in 2010...
Vol 63 No 20 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
He has received endorsements from the majority of the country's provinces has the power of incumbency and emerged on top after bruising battles with his predecessor Jacob Zuma whose arrest in July last year sparked widespread unrest described by security chiefs as an insurrection...