Splits in South Africa’s ruling party over a police investigation of the finance minister are marking the battle lines for control of the ANC after President Jacob Zuma steps down as its leader next year. The tension within the party
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South Africa’s Gupta family, which has been accused of using its friendship with President Jacob Zuma for gain, plans to sell all its South African business interests by the end of the year. The family is in talks with
Eskom’s board is facing calls to appear before parliament with documents relating to the Ingula pumped storage scheme, which has allegedly seen costs spiral from R8,9bn to R36bn. On 27 July, President Jacob Zuma
The ANC’s senior leaders absolved President Jacob Zuma of blame for the ruling party’s worst performance in an election, choosing to take collective responsibility and risking further eroding support before a
The ANC lost its stranglehold on South African politics as voter discontent over the struggling economy, a scarcity of jobs and scandals surrounding President Jacob Zuma cost it control of key cities and buoyed the
The ANC faces the sternest test to its iron grip on South African politics since apartheid ended 22 years ago as rampant poverty, a weak economy and scandals associated with President Jacob Zuma threaten to alienate voters
Communications minister Faith Muthambi, who reportedly enjoys the strong backing of President Jacob Zuma, on Monday snubbed a meeting with the ANC at which she was expected to account for the mess at the SABC. The Sowetan reported on Tuesday that Muthambi
South Africa’s rand is overvalued and has little chance of strengthening in the next year due to the policies of President Jacob Zuma’s “populist” government, according to the currency’s best forecaster for the past four quarters. Instead it may
Seven former SABC executives have written to President Jacob Zuma, communications minister Faith Muthambi and SABC chairman Mbulaheni Maguvhe, criticising events at the public broadcaster. The seven include
South African regulators are seeking details from India’s Bank of Baroda of accounts belonging to businesses owned by the Gupta family, intensifying scrutiny of the friends of President Jacob Zuma, according to a person close to the