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Vol 62 No 19 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
It is also disorganised and demoralised by the internal feuding between supporters of President Cyril Ramaphosa and ousted leader Jacob Zuma who was sentenced to 18 months gaol for contempt of court...
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Vol 62 No 18 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
Zondo's State Capture Commission has for three years been hearing evidence of corruption on a grand scale during the nine years of former President Jacob Zuma's government...
Ramaphosa needs Mantashe as he deals with the aftermath of the rioting sparked by the arrest of former president Jacob Zuma looming elections public sector wage negotiations and the run-up to the 2022 ANC conference...
Vol 62 No 17 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
The reshuffle has struck a decisive blow to the so-called Radical Economic Transformation (RET) wing of former President Jacob Zuma and suspended ANC Secretary-General Ace Magashule both of whom face protracted corruption trials (AC Vol 61 No 23 Ace arrest boosts Cyril)...
Ramaphosa narrowly beat Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma Jacob Zuma's ex-wife for ANC president at the elective conference in 2017 while Lindiwe Sisulu who has had more senior cabinet posts than any other woman in the ANC initially challenged Ramaphosa before withdrawing (AC Vol 59 No 1 Pushing Zuma to the exit & Vol 62 No 10 Magashule overplays his hand)...
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Vol 62 No 16 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
Two weeks after a failed insurrection cost 337 lives and inflicted over US$4 billion in damage to the already stuttering economy President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on 5 August that he has dismantled the State Security Agency (SSA) which was set up by his predecessor Jacob Zuma...
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Vol 62 No 16 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
The government is taking a hard look at its own intelligence and security leaders in the aftermath of the orchestrated campaign of sabotage and protests which morphed into an orgy of looting and violence following the arrest and jailing of former President Jacob Zuma...
Vol 62 No 16 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
Makhura's cabinet has now been purged of politicians affiliated to former President Jacob Zuma or Ace Magashule the embattled party secretary-general but remains a hotbed of intrigue...
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Vol 62 No 15 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
It has the biggest ANC membership of any province and was the launching pad for Jacob Zuma's bid for the presidency but the party is now riven by murderous factional rivalries and controversies over contract corruption on an epic scale (AC Vol 60 No 16 Meltdown in the party)...
Vol 62 No 15 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
A confluence of widespread economic despair hunger and protest sparked by the jailing of former South African President Jacob Zuma began with a deliberate act of sabotage (AC Vol 62 No 14 Relief as Zuma surrenders)...
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Vol 62 No 15 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
President Cyril Ramaphosa managed to get through his national TV address on Friday (16 July) condemning the people behind this 'attempted insurrection' without once mentioning the name of his predecessor Jacob Zuma...
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