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South Africa's ruling party has favoured loyalty over competence - now cadre deployment has come back to bite it

Cadre deployment is one of the best-known policies of the African National Congress (ANC), which has governed South Africa since the end of apartheid in 1994. And many of the party’s woes over the past decade can be traced back to it.

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The legal woes of former South African president Jacob Zuma

The judge presiding over former South African President Jacob Zuma’s corruption trial recused himself this week and said he didn’t want there to be any chance that the proceedings could be viewed as biased against Zuma

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South Africa's ANC wants to use disaster rules to ease power crisis

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Ukraine recap: supply of German and US tanks to make Kyiv 'a real punching fist of democracy'

For the past several days the focus of war news has been squarely on Germany’s Olaf Scholz. The chancellor has been battling with his conscience over whether to accede to Volodymyr Zelensky’s plea to supply Ukraine with his country’s fearsome Leopard 2 tanks.

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Russia rekindles old friendship with South Africa, its ally against apartheid

The recent announcement that the South African, Russian and Chinese navies will conduct joint exercises off the east coast of South Africa between February 17 and 27, has alarmed the United States. Washington has condemned the decision as the exercises would appear to compromise South African neutrality in the diplomatic…

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Why South Africa continues to be neutral in Ukraine-Russia war

Pretoria has refused to condemn Moscow’s invasion but continues to call for dialogue.

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Two held with mephedrone worth Rs 23 lakh in Mumbai

MUMBAI: Two persons were arrested by the Mumbai police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) for alleged possession of mephedrone worth Rs 23 lakh in suburban Shivaji Nagar area, an official said on Sunday.

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Russia, China to hold naval drills off South Africa

Russia and China will conduct naval drills off the coast of South Africa next month in another indication of their strengthening relationships with Africa’s most developed country amid the war in Ukraine and global financial uncertainty

The Independent UK

Macron, Sánchez set to bolster Franco-Spanish ties at Barcelona summit

French President Emmanuel Macron will meet Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez in Barcelona on Thursday, for a bilateral summit aimed at strengthening cooperation in the wake of a recent spat over a gas pipeline project that has since been shelved.

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Ramaphosa cancels Davos trip amid South Africa energy crisis

Africa’s most industrialised economy being hit by daily power cuts as anger grows among opposition and public

The Guardian - UK

Farming in South Africa: 6 things that need urgent attention in 2023

South Africa’s agriculture remains an important sector of the economy and holds great potential to reduce poverty. It’s also central to the political economy of the country, as evident in the governing African National Congress’s (ANC) recent policy documents.

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Frene Ginwala: First democratic S African parliament speaker dies

Frene Noshir Ginwala, called the ‘torchbearer’ of the post-apartheid parliament, dies aged 90 after suffering a stroke.

Al Jazeera

Frene Ginwala remembered: trailblazing feminist and first speaker of South Africa's democratic parliament

Frene Ginwala, feisty feminist, astute political tactician and committed cadre of South Africa’s governing party, the African National Congress (ANC), has died at the age of 90. In a country blessed with exceptional leaders, Ginwala must surely count among the best. Typically for her, but unusually for the ANC leadership,…

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South Africa's ANC alludes to greater central bank jobs focus

South Africa's African National Congress (ANC) alluded to a greater focus on job creation by the country's central bank in resolutions from its recent national conference, but stopped short of calling for its mandate to be changed.

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South Africa's ruling ANC party fetes 111th anniversary

South Africa’s ruling African National Congress party on Sunday marks its 111th anniversary with celebratory events in Mangaung, Free State province, where the organization was founded in 1912

Bangkok Post

South Africa's cash-stuffed sofa saga lingers

'Don't have a couch stuffed with cash? Don't worry, you can keep reading for free," read the ad on the website of the Daily Maverick, a tough and sometimes very funny South African news site. President Cyril Ramaphosa's cash-stuffed sofa has become a powerful, universally recognised meme, but it still…

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Ramaphosa's power base boosted, but South Africa's reform path still rocky

President Cyril Ramaphosa's re-election as leader of South Africa's ruling party has strengthened his hold on power, but a core of vocal opponents in its new executive suggests the country's path to much-needed reforms will remain a rocky one.

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South Africa's Ramaphosa eyes 2024 election with call to revamp ANC

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa urged his ruling African National Congress (ANC) on Tuesday to improve on the poor delivery of basic services that led to its worst election result in living memory, a day after it re-elected him as its leader.

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South African leader urges his ANC party to fight corruption

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged his party, the ruling African National Congress, to fight corruption

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South Africa’s Ramaphosa re-elected as leader of ruling ANC party

The party conference has been marked by divisions and scandals surrounding Ramaphosa and his rival Zweli Mkhize.

Radio France Internationale

South Africa's scandal-hit Ramaphosa re-elected as ANC leader

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has been re-elected leader of the ruling African National Congress paving the way for him to contest the presidency again in 2024.

Reuters

South Africa's Ramaphosa: wounded president re-elected to party helm

President Cyril Ramaphosa, the anti-apartheid champion who become one of South Africa's wealthiest businessmen, survived a challenge for the leadership of his party on Monday, days after he was spared impeachment proceedings over a scandal dubbed "Farmgate".

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South African president reelected leader of ruling ANC party

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has won reelection as leader of the ruling African National Congress party

Reuters

Ramaphosa survives 'Farmgate' scandal to stay at helm of South Africa's ruling ANC

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was re-elected leader of the governing African National Congress (ANC) on Monday, overcoming the "Farmgate" scandal and paving the way for him to contest the presidency again at 2024 elections.

Reuters

South Africa's ANC gathers to vote on new leader

Delegates of South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) gathered on Sunday to choose a new party leader, pitting President Cyril Ramaphosa against former health minister Zweli Mkhize.

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