President Jacob Zuma has warded off calls to resign over the scandals that have marred his administration and spread dissent in the ruling party largely thanks to a bloc of politicians known as the “premier league” that has his back. With urban voters deserting
Opposition from Eskom and government infighting threatens to sabotage the world’s fastest growing green energy programme. Eskom is stalling on signing government-brokered deals to buy renewable energy
South Africa’s chances of repeating its escape from a junk credit rating in 2017 are in the balance as focus intensifies on tepid economic growth and simmering political tensions. S&P Global Ratings kept its assessment
A succession of scandals implicating President Jacob Zuma are catching up with him, with calls for his removal spreading to his cabinet and the upper echelons of the ANC. While a bid to oust Zuma at a meeting of the ANC’s 110-member
The national executive committee of the ANC did not support calls for the president to step down following a marathon NEC meeting in Pretoria over the weekend. “We affirm him as the president of the party and the country,” ANC secretary
Jacob Zuma blamed a Western plot and opposition collaborators for the bid by officials in the ruling party to oust him as the nation’s president as he refused to resign, saying he won’t hand himself over to his enemies. The president’s outburst
President Jacob Zuma survived the most serious challenge to his leadership yet, after a contingent of top officials failed to force him from office during a meeting of the ruling party’s national executive committee. The committee, which
Jacob Zuma’s future as president of South Africa hangs in the balance as an increasing number of his governing party’s national executive committee members backed a motion for him to step down. The move to oust Zuma has significant
President Jacob Zuma’s future as the leader of the ANC remains in the balance as the party’s national executive committee extended until Monday a meeting that’s considering a motion for him to step down
President Jacob Zuma’s office has refused to confirm or deny claims of an imminent cabinet reshuffle. The Sunday Times reported that Zuma was planning to restructure his cabinet after the ANC’s birthday
