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Social gains the continent has made since the early 2000s are threatened by the Covid pandemic
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
Fund makes single biggest emergency financing for a pandemic-hit country
Detentions seen as most significant step yet in president’s anti-corruption drive
New airline would be created out of South African Airways, according to draft proposal
South African president and world politicians call for overriding of patents
Ramaphosa admits some restrictions have been unclear and inconsistent
Leaders acted swiftly as they watched richer countries’ health systems crumple
Five-week shutdown to be eased stage by stage according to a series of rolling levels
Ramaphosa administration wants phased reopening to limit damage to struggling economy
Coronavirus package aims to protect economy and fend off looming hunger crisis
Millions of cleaners, street vendors and others have been left out of financial relief schemes
Instructing people to stay at home is to confine millions to cramped housing
Army will be deployed after surge in coronavirus cases
South Africa president hands over report to prosecutor for possible criminal investigation
Money for infrastructure has been diverted to bloated payrolls and contracts for cronies
Criticism comes from all sides after second slide into recession within two years
Savings announced in budget set up clash with powerful labour unions
Rolling blackouts are throttling economic growth, says president
Party factions are pushing for Pravin Gordhan’s removal over crisis at state power utility
Strike at national airline is a big test as Ramaphosa seeks to reform state companies
Cut signals rating agency’s concern that Ramaphosa government will fail to restart economy
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