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South Africa
Population: 63.2m
GDP: $403.04bn
Debt: 72.24% of GDP (2024)

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Tax and spend row opens new schism in coalition

The Government of National Unity’s credibility is on the line as finance minister Godongwana prepares to return to parliament with an amended budget

When finance minister Enoch Godongwana told the cabinet on 19 February of his plan to raise value added tax to 17% from 15% just hours before he was...

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Brussels offers hand of friendship

The hostility of the Trump presidency towards Ramaphosa’s government, has given Europe an opportunity to strengthen its ties with Pretoria

EU High Representative on Foreign Affairs Kaja Kallas will hold talks with President Cyril Ramaphosa and ministers on 19 February, ahead of a G20 foreign ministers meeting the...

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Land law poses first major test to coalition

The ANC faces a careful balancing act as Ramaphosa signs the controversial ‘expropriation without compensation’ bill 

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to sign a controversial Expropriation Bill into law is likely to be the first major test to his governing coalition. Signed on 23 January,...

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The country looks north as the party goes south

A fresh bout of optimism about the prospects for economic recovery isn’t helping the venerable ANC

From key note addresses to international investor conferences, nation-boosting speeches to the UN General Assembly to grassroots rallies in the township, President Cyril Ramaphosa knows how to tailor...

Political marriage holds together

Disunity among leftists, trade unionists and the populists of the EFF and MK has weakened opposition to the centrist GNU

Cyril Ramaphosa’s grand political coalition has survived its first six months with modestly rising investment levels, lower inflation, and energy reforms. As the first African country to chair...

The rise, fall and rise again of Jacob Zuma

Like his populist counterpart across the Atlantic, South Africa’s much prosecuted leader keeps bouncing back

Jacob Zuma’s uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party is shaping the landscape as it gears up for its first anniversary on 16 December, its ranks bolstered by several high-profile defectors...

MK pins its hopes on Shivambu

The new national organiser, who defected from the EFF, is expected to develop clearer policies for the struggling party

Jacob Zuma’s uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party has wasted no time in getting its policy tsar to work, laying on motorcades around the provinces with local MK leaders, political...

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