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  • Monday, 30 November, 2020
    Africa
    Global response is needed to prevent a debt crisis in Africa

    Social gains the continent has made since the early 2000s are threatened by the Covid pandemic

  • Tuesday, 10 November, 2020
    South Africa
    South African police issue arrest warrant for top ANC official

    Move against Ace Magashule relates to corruption charges over his role in asbestos scandal

  • Tuesday, 13 October, 2020
    South Africa
    Bentleys, Ferraris and high political stakes in ANC corruption battle

    Long-running scandal comes to boil with South African president in struggle with party rival

  • Sunday, 4 October, 2020
    South Africa
    Leadership hopeful warns South African opposition to include black majority

    Mbali Ntuli aims to rebuild main rival to the African National Congress

  • Monday, 27 July, 2020
    African economy
    South Africa secures $4.3bn IMF loan

    Fund makes single biggest emergency financing for a pandemic-hit country

  • Wednesday, 17 June, 2020
    South Africa
    South Africa makes arrests in high-profile banking fraud

    Detentions seen as most significant step yet in president’s anti-corruption drive

  • Monday, 1 June, 2020
    Airlines
    South Africa considers resurrecting flag carrier with state funds

    New airline would be created out of South African Airways, according to draft proposal

  • Wednesday, 13 May, 2020
    Coronavirus pandemic
    ‘People’s vaccine’ for coronavirus must be free, leaders urge

    South African president and world politicians call for overriding of patents

  • Wednesday, 13 May, 2020
    Coronavirus pandemic
    S Africa plans localised lockdowns as pressure mounts to reopen

    Ramaphosa admits some restrictions have been unclear and inconsistent

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  • Thursday, 30 April, 2020
    David Pilling
    Africa’s Covid-19 response is a glimpse of how things could be different

    Leaders acted swiftly as they watched richer countries’ health systems crumple

  • Thursday, 23 April, 2020
    South Africa
    Ramaphosa prepares to reopen South African economy gradually

    Five-week shutdown to be eased stage by stage according to a series of rolling levels  

  • Thursday, 23 April, 2020
    South Africa
    South Africa discusses lifting lockdown sector by sector

    Ramaphosa administration wants phased reopening to limit damage to struggling economy

  • Tuesday, 21 April, 2020
    Coronavirus pandemic
    South Africa unveils $26bn stimulus and taps IMF for first time

    Coronavirus package aims to protect economy and fend off looming hunger crisis

  • Tuesday, 7 April, 2020
    Coronavirus pandemic
    South Africa’s army of informal workers face destitution

    Millions of cleaners, street vendors and others have been left out of financial relief schemes

  • Wednesday, 1 April, 2020
    David Pilling
    Lockdown could be worse than disease in poor countries

    Instructing people to stay at home is to confine millions to cramped housing

  • Monday, 23 March, 2020
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Ramaphosa orders 3-week lockdown for South Africa

    Army will be deployed after surge in coronavirus cases

  • Thursday, 12 March, 2020
    Public Investment Corp Ltd
    ‘Impropriety’ in way $150bn state fund did deals, Ramaphosa says

    South Africa president hands over report to prosecutor for possible criminal investigation

  • Tuesday, 10 March, 2020
    Joseph Cotterill
    South Africa’s ANC governance crisis smoulders on

    Money for infrastructure has been diverted to bloated payrolls and contracts for cronies

  • Sunday, 8 March, 2020
    South Africa
    Ramaphosa under fire as South Africa crisis deepens

    Criticism comes from all sides after second slide into recession within two years

  • Wednesday, 26 February, 2020
    South African economy
    South Africa cuts public wage bill to avoid downgrade

    Savings announced in budget set up clash with powerful labour unions

  • Thursday, 13 February, 2020
    South Africa
    Ramaphosa vows to break Eskom hold on South Africa energy

    Rolling blackouts are throttling economic growth, says president

  • Sunday, 19 January, 2020
    South Africa
    Calls to sack minister reveal split in South Africa’s ANC

    Party factions are pushing for Pravin Gordhan’s removal over crisis at state power utility

  • Monday, 18 November, 2019
    Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd
    South Africa’s Eskom makes surprise pick for new chief
  • Friday, 15 November, 2019
    South Africa
    President in showdown with unions over South African Airways

    Strike at national airline is a big test as Ramaphosa seeks to reform state companies

  • Friday, 1 November, 2019
    South African economy
    S Africa debt risks junk status after Moody’s move

    Cut signals rating agency’s concern that Ramaphosa government will fail to restart economy

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