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Ruling party has days to secure place in key municipal administrations after devastating electoral result this month
Poorest showing since end of apartheid in 1994 as local election results trickle in
Ex-South African president has served two months of 15-month sentence for contempt of court
Security and intelligence services also revamped in wake of ‘attempted insurrection’
The worst violence since the end of apartheid has left at least 300 dead and exposed vicious political rivalries and racial tensions
Jailing of former president ignites slow-burning tensions over unemployment and long lockdowns
Ramaphosa faces daunting task to clean up party riven by factions and cronyism
Legal letter fuels concerns that governing ANC does not want former president sent to jail
South Africa’s former president says he is too frail to survive jail term for missing corruption inquiry
Decision to sentence former president to jail time confirms constitutional court’s status as bulwark of democracy
Civil society activists hail sentencing of former president over failure to attend inquiry into corruption
Former secretary-general of South Africa’s ruling party contests his suspension
Ramaphosa’s remarks most direct admission yet of party’s failings as he takes stand in corruption probe
Most dramatic moment in long-running corruption probe lies ahead with defiant former president under pressure
Move against Ace Magashule relates to corruption charges over his role in asbestos scandal
Long-running scandal comes to boil with South African president in struggle with party rival
Mbali Ntuli aims to rebuild main rival to the African National Congress
Money for infrastructure has been diverted to bloated payrolls and contracts for cronies
Party factions are pushing for Pravin Gordhan’s removal over crisis at state power utility
Cut signals rating agency’s concern that Ramaphosa government will fail to restart economy
Maimane’s resignation a damning verdict on DA’s attempts to transform itself
In South Africa, a magnet for immigrants from across the continent, foreigners have been targeted
Growing lawlessness hit crisis point with rape and murder of student
Faction fighting within the party is disrupting government and delaying economic reform
South African leader’s advisers cool on allowing expropriation without payment
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