God and politics in South Africa: the ruling ANC’s winning strategy: Pastors pray for former South African president and ANC leader Jacob Zuma. Rajesh Jantilal/AFP via Getty Images Religion shapes some of the most controversial decisions that governments need to make: access to abortion, same-sex marriage, the death penalty and the legal status of sex …
Ramaphosa scandal looks set to intensify the ANC’s slide, ushering in a new era of politics: Cyril Ramaphosa, the president of South Africa and leader of the governing party. GCIS The African National Congress (ANC) faces an increasingly uncertain future as the dominant political party in South Africa following the recent scandal engulfing its leader, …
South Africa in the news: ANC’s failure to pass Section 25 Amendment Bill a victory – John Steenhuisen: What South Africa needs is a pragmatic and rational approach that will operate within the confines of current constitutional provisions on land reform. Nationalisation of land and the exclusion of the …: “South Africa” – BingNews Welcome …
South Africa in the news: Load shedding could put ANC’s lights out after electricity delivery emerges as top factor: Daily Maverick readers have told us that load shedding will affect who they vote for.Electricity, power cuts and prices have become the biggest issues in the campaign for the 1 November elections – …: “South Africa” …
Book predicts ANC’s last decade of political dominance in South Africa: The governing ANC is losing its political hegemony. EFE-EPA/Yeshiel Panchia The declining political dominance of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) has increasingly attracted scholarly attention since 2009. Political analyst Ralph Mathekga’s new book, The ANC’s Last Decade: how the decline of the …
South Africa in the news: Funding Crisis Hits South African Ruling ANC’s Election Campaign: South Africa’s ruling African National Congress has been forced to scale back its campaigning ahead of upcoming municipal elections because it has run short of cash. “We will have to tighten the belt, …: “South Africa” – BingNews Global Forecast-Celsius: GMT …
South Africa in the news: ANC’s Victimhood Central: Whose friends and family became indecently wealthy through tenders and the lack of government’s spending control? While millions of poor South Africans live on the edge of hunger and homelessness?: “South Africa” – BingNews Things that we should find in the ashes: Love Thy Library: Libraries, by …
South Africa in the news: ANC’s personality fights are individual faces of a perpetual, vicious contestation for power: South African politics, dominated as ever by the ANC, appears to now be consumed by a conflict between President Cyril Ramaphosa and ANC Secretary-General Ace Magashule. However, even a cursory …: “South Africa” – BingNews Cape Town …
South Africa in the news: ANC’s personality fights are individual faces of a perpetual, vicious contestation for power: South African politics, dominated as ever by the ANC, appears to now be consumed by a conflict between President Cyril Ramaphosa and ANC Secretary-General Ace Magashule. However, even a cursory …: “South Africa” – BingNews Kenyan passport …
South Africa in the news: Ace Magashule’s appearance before Integrity Commission an act of courage, says ANC’s spokesperson: General Ace Magashule’s upcoming appearance before the ANC Integrity Commission was praised as an act of courage by ANC spokesperson Pule Mabe at a briefing on the outcomes of the ANC NEC meeting from …: “South Africa” …
South Africa in the news: Ace Magashule, the ANC’s smallanyana skeleton-general: He is the man the modern ANC is designed to nurture and protect. Until he is thrown in prison – and, perhaps, after he leaves – Ace is as ANC as a Madiba-branded coffee mug.: “South Africa” – BingNews English Liberty Overseas, 1600–1900: Britain’s …
South Africa in the news: As Ramaphosa dithers, DA exposes fresh allegations that ANC’s ‘Clyde’ turned the Public Service Commission into his own personal harem: This brings a whole new meaning to the extent to which ANC cadres are screwing the taxpayers of South Africa. Yet, even more disturbing is the assertion made by the …
ANC’s anniversary statement – damp squib or new benchmark for South Africa?: Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa and the governing African National Congress. EPA/Nic Bothma The statement issued by the African National Congress (ANC), South Africa’s governing party, each January to mark the anniversary of its launch in 1912, is many things to many …
Ramaphosa saves the ANC’s bacon. But this could be its last chance: Cyril Ramaphosa has led South Africa's African National Congress to its sixth electoral victory. But he's got his work cut out. EPA-EFE/Yeshiel Panchia The African National Congress (ANC) will govern South Africa for another five years. But this sixth victory of the democratic …
Survey shows Zuma and ANC’s mutual dance to the bottom: Former South African President Jacob Zuma sings at the ANC National Conference in December. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko Opinion polls in South Africa have clearly shown the sharp decline in citizens’ approval of Jacob Zuma’s performance as president over the past three years. What has been less …
South Africa in the news: Is the ANC’s plan to nationalise the Sarb a red herring?: Over the last few years there have been growing concerns in South Africa about the weakening of key State departments and institutions. The SA Reserve Bank (Sarb) has however remained strong and independent, and has successfully pushed back against …
South Africa in the news: ANC’s land plans economic suicide, warns Agri SA: And agriculture needs investment. It can create much needed jobs in rural areas, but agriculture in South Africa should compete with the best in the world, as it does at the moment. “New investment is needed in agriculture technology, and new markets …
Opposition parties have found the ANC’s Achilles heel: Jacob Zuma: President Jacob Zuma celebrates winning the eighth vote of no confidence against him. Reuters/Mike Hutchings Just when many thought that President Jacob Zuma’s fate was sealed, he emerged victorious against a motion of no confidence in him – for the eighth time. The fanfare associated …