South Africa

Frontline: Imagining the future

The continent is seeing the first tremors in a massive upswelling of change impacting society, politics, business and culture. It is being driven, ... like all revolutions, by the young and by the technology they wield

South Africa: Who guards the guardians?

Key judicial and security institutions were undermined over the course of Zuma's two terms as president. Fixing them is one of the new Ramaphosa ... administration's top goals

Opinion: Rebuilding South Africa’s trust is Ramaphosa’s next struggle

On the steps of Cape Town City Hall on 11 February to celebrate the 28th anniversary of the release of Nelson Mandela from prison in Paarl, African ... National Congress (ANC) president Cyril Ramaphosa promised "a new beginning" for the party and the country under his watch. But Ramaphosa will be in the state presidency for less than a year before the 2019 national elections, and this means he will have to choose carefully the priorities that will deliver maximum impact over a short period.

South Africa’s growing chorus for land reform

Black South Africans are tired of waiting to get their land back. In 1994, hopes soared that the government would start to return land to the ... landless. The lack of action has fuelled demands for a more radical approach that the new ANC leadership cannot ignore

South Africa’s tourism sector needs to try harder

Despite its great potential for job creation, South Africa's tourism sector has been hard hit by short-sighted visa policies and a cash-strapped ... domestic market

‘It’s absolutely business as usual’: Mike Brown, chief executive officer of Nedbank

The announcement of a "managed separation" of Old Mutual's global and emerging-market assets finally brings some clarity for Nedbank, which has ... lived with uncertainty over the intentions of Old Mutual South Africa for several years.

‘South Africa’s banks are feeling the pinch’: Credit downgrades, state capture and sluggish growth

The head of the banking lobbying group discusses credit downgrades, finance's role in economic transformation and threats to the independence ... of the central bank

‘We can bring all these brands to the party’: South African billionaire Christo Wiese reshuffles his empire

After failing to merge major retailers Steinhoff and ShopRite last year, South African billionaire investor Christo Wiese is trying new ways ... to get the companies he has invested in to work closer together as they expand across the continent

‘It’s going to be a tough election’: South Africa’s ANC votes for a new leader

Amid speculation that he may emerge as a compromise candidate in the ANC leadership election, Mkhize tells The Africa Report what the party needs ... to fix to win back voters

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela: ‘It’s time for change of leadership’

President Jacob Zuma has led the governing ANC party to the lowest point in its history due to corruption, and South Africa is reverting to the ... racist state, says the activist, former first lady and ANC stalwart, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela