Vol 57 No 11 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
The brothers are well known for their closeness to President Jacob Zuma who has been accused of using his influence to favour their businesses...
Africa votes in 2016 Country Date Type Uganda February General Yoweri Museveni repressed opposition and fixed vote CAR February-March Presidential & legislative Sporadic organisational problems Niger February-March Presidential & legislative Mahamadou Issoufou won presidential vote in 2nd round after fixes Cape Verde March Legislative Widely seen as credible Benin March Presidential Over 30 contenders and credible poll Congo-Brazzaville March Presidential Denis Sassou-Nguesso pushed constitutional changes fixed election Tanzania (Zanzibar) March Regional Zanzibar election rerun widely condemned Senegal March Referendum Credible vote after hesitation on reforms Comoros February-April Presidential Constitutional court to decide on 2nd round vote Sudan April Referendum on Darfur Omer el Beshir repressed opposition fixed vote threatens new offensive Equatorial Guinea April Presidential Teodoro Obiang repressed opposition and fixed vote Chad April Presidential Idriss Déby Itno repressed opposition and fixed vote Djibouti April Presidential Ismaïl Omar Guelleh repressed opposition and fixed vote Gabon August Presidential Ali Ben Bongo in tight race history of fixing Zambia August Presidential Edgar Lungu in tight race; his supporters threaten opposition Cape Verde August Presidential Shootings raise tension South Africa August Local elections Critical test of Jacob Zuma's leadership...
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Vol 57 No 9 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
Part of the influential Premier League lobby group within the governing ANC Magashule is one of President Jacob Zuma's closest allies...
Vol 57 No 9 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
NUMSA split from Cosatu after turning against President Jacob Zuma (AC Vol 55 No 20 Labour movement schism deepens)...
Vol 57 No 8 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
Jacob Zuma's ultimate test may come on 27 April – South African Freedom Day – when a broad coalition of civic and faith-based organisations social movements and political activists including many former ANC leaders will engage in country-wide actions which could include marches on the Presidency in Pretoria...
The presence of the virtually unknown Ntombenhle Perpetua Msiza said to be a daughter of South African President Jacob Zuma spoke volumes about the distance between Moroccan and South African centres of power...
Vol 57 No 8 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
The last straw Howa implied was the decision of First National Bank ABSA Barclays Africa Sasfin and the auditing firm KPMG to cut ties with Gupta companies over their relationship with President Jacob Zuma...
Vol 57 No 7 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
Just days before the attack this group published a memorandum highly critical of President Jacob Zuma's style of government (AC Vol 57 No 6 Gordhan and Zuma slug it out)...
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Sudanese critics put this down to President Jacob Zuma's cosy relationship with Omer el Beshir (see Box Mbeki riles the opposition and AC Vol 56 No 13 Fugitive flees as courts sidelined)...
Vol 57 No 6 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
Earlier the media group headed by Iqbal Survé Chairperson of Independent Newspapers and a supporter of President Jacob Zuma carried a story saying that Gordhan had until 4 p...
That would increase the cost of borrowing and force foreign funds to withdraw many of their investments in the country accelerating the outflow of capital since '9/12' the term coined for 9 December 2015 when Zuma unilaterally swapped finance ministers sending the currency and stock market into free fall (AC Vol 56 No 25 Jacob Zuma's costly week)...