After helping topple one of Britain’s best known PR companies, South African anti-corruption groups are now targeting US consultancy McKinsey & Co and auditing firm KPMG for doing work for
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Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has an edge in the race to become the next leader of the ANC, according to a survey of analysts. Sixteen of 26 analysts canvassed by Bloomberg named Ramaphosa as the front-runner to take over
South Africa’s richest man, Johann Rupert, said on Wednesday that “radical economic transformation”, the policy championed by the President Jacob Zuma to reduce racial inequality, is no more
Business confidence has fallen to the lowest level since a partial state of emergency declared by the former all-white government in 1985. An index compiled by the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry fell
The high court has overturned the election of ANC leaders allied to President Jacob Zuma in KwaZulu-Natal province, a decision that could sway the outcome of the race to become leader of the party and the nation. The decisions
Bell Pottinger’s attempt to sell itself has reportedly collapsed amid an exodus of clients and staff, succumbing to an unprecedented backlash over the London PR firm’s involvement in a racially divisive
South Africa’s economy exited its second recession in almost a decade in the three months ended 30 June after agricultural output surged. GDP increased at an annualised 2.5% in the second quarter
Bell Pottinger has been thrown out of the UK industry body for public relations companies in an unprecedented ruling following an investigation into work it carried out on behalf of the Gupta family in South Africa. The company’s
The worst may be over for Africa’s two largest economies as they likely emerged from a slump in the second quarter. Official data on Tuesday will probably show South Africa’s economy expanded in the three months to June
South African business leaders are preparing for more credit-rating reductions as mismanagement hobbles state companies and after bad decisions by President Jacob Zuma, according to the head of one of the country’s biggest corporate lobby groups