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South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa

flex time

Ramaphosa’s reshuffle deals with Zuma camp without alienating them

Close to midway through his current term, President Cyril Ramaphosa has made extensive changes to his executive for the first time. The move ... is both a reflection of his weakness and his power. If his gambles at finance and security pay off, Ramaphosa may have laid the foundations for a second term.

SPIRITUAL OPIUM

China’s tech crackdown leaves Naspers exposed as Tencent slides

China's crackdown on the tech sector leaves investors little reason to risk exposure to Tencent via Naspers and Prosus. Should investors head ... for the exit?

major shake-up?

South Africa’s Deputy President Mabuza returns from sick leave in time for cabinet reshuffle

South Africa's deputy president David Mabuza is back after five weeks of sick leave, and his absence co-incided with one of the most violent ... episodes since democratic rule in 1994. He re-appeared just in time for a long-overdue cabinet shake-up, rumoured to be due in a few days' time.

capacity catalyst

South Africa: ‘Covid crisis is stimulating vaccine independence for Africa’ – Aspen Pharma

It has taken a pandemic as severe as Covid-19 to jostle Sub-Saharan Africa into action to bolster its vaccine production capacity and capability, ... argues Stavros Nicolaou of Aspen, Africa's biggest drug company. For the first time in the region’s history, the continent is pooling its resources and aggregating volumes to mount a collective and co-ordinated response for its coronavirus vaccine needs.

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Wheeler Dealer

South Africa: Mediclinic to cut Eskom dependence with renewable-energy accord

Silicon Cape

South Africa: New Cape Town Stock Exchange to target the small caps JSE leaves behind

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa testifies before the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into State Capture in Johannesburg

overplayed hand?

South Africa: Zuma’s early release from prison sparks doubts about Ramaphosa

Wheeler Dealer

South Africa: Mediclinic to cut Eskom dependence with renewable-energy accord

Silicon Cape

South Africa: New Cape Town Stock Exchange to target the small caps JSE leaves behind

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa testifies before the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into State Capture in Johannesburg

overplayed hand?

South Africa: Zuma’s early release from prison sparks doubts about Ramaphosa

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political rivalry

South Africa: Who is leading KwaZulu-Natal?

The leading party in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) is the African National Congress (ANC), with 44 out of 80 seats. ...

coronavirus champion

South Africa’s Dr Fauci back to battling the long pandemic of HIV

Celebrated epidemiologist Salim Abdool Karim, known as 'South Africa's Dr Fauci', has moved on from his work on the South African Ministerial ... Advisory committee on Covid-19, to serve as a member of the African Task Force for Coronavirus and the Lancet Commission on Covid-19. He's also gone back to focusing on his life's work of fighting the HIV/Aids pandemic.

KINGS OF AFRICA

Chanzo Capital seeks up to $100m to hunt African unicorns

Chanzo Capital is seeking to raise between $50m and $100m for a new fund which will enable African tech start-ups to achieve scale, managing ... partner Eric Osiakwan tells The Africa Report.

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DEAD-END NATIONALISM

How South Africa’s elites are stunting the economy and democracy

It has been 27 years since South Africa held its first democratic election achieved after centuries of political struggle. But many South Africans ... have lost interest and no longer bother to vote.

Rwandan military troops depart for Mozambique, at the Kigali International Airport in Kigali

total war

Mozambique: Rwandan troops celebrate first success, South Africa forces arrive

Battle-hardened Rwandan soldiers have claimed their first victories over insurgents in northern Mozambique. Meanwhile South Africa is beginning ... to deploy its troops to its neighbour to enforce SADC's operation to stamp out the Islamist insurgency in the north.

two wrongs don't make a right

South Africa: Hundreds of foreign-trained doctors shut out as Covid rages

In the grips of a third Covid-19 wave, along with soaring rates of the delta variant, South Africa needs all hands on deck. But many of those ... trained hands are blocked from working as doctors in the health sector due to a quota system that was meant to undo the wrongs of the past. Only now it's creating a new wrong.

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