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South Africa's electricity crunch declared 'state of disaster'

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared a national "state of disaster" over the country's rolling power shortages. Energy provider Eskom says its ageing coal-fired power plants cannot keep up with demand and it's been imposing scheduled cuts. The blackouts are weighing on business activity and South Africa's economic growth.…

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Nigeria's cash shortage crisis taints election campaign

In tonight's edition: With little more than two weeks to go before Nigeria's presidential election, the tensions caused by a chaotic change in currency have soured the mood. Also, as daily rolling power cuts across South Africa continue to hit the economy hard, President Cyril Ramaphosa declares a state of…

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South African president declares 'state of disaster' over power crisis

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South Africa's Ramaphosa to address nation amid power cuts

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is under pressure to convince the country that his government is addressing the nation’s dire electricity crisis and bleak economic outlook in his annual State of the Nation Address on Thursday

The Independent UK

Tottenham miss out on South Africa sponsorship deal worth £42.5m after major outcry

The agreement met widespread opposition in South Africa amid worsening poverty and power cuts

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In South Africa, ‘load shedding’ takes a toll on small businesses

Small business owners say the scheduled power cuts are hurting their daily operations.

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South Africa's ruling party has favoured loyalty over competence - now cadre deployment has come back to bite it

Cadre deployment is one of the best-known policies of the African National Congress (ANC), which has governed South Africa since the end of apartheid in 1994. And many of the party’s woes over the past decade can be traced back to it.

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Weed in South Africa: apartheid waged a war on drugs that still has unequal effects today

Cannabis is being commercialised into a multibillion-dollar global industry and South Africa wants a piece of the pie. In his 2022 state of the nation address, President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke of developing a hemp and cannabis sector to boost the post-COVID economy.

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The legal woes of former South African president Jacob Zuma

The judge presiding over former South African President Jacob Zuma’s corruption trial recused himself this week and said he didn’t want there to be any chance that the proceedings could be viewed as biased against Zuma

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South Africa and Russia: President Cyril Ramaphosa's foreign policy explained

January was a busy diplomatic month for South Africa. The country hosted Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov and US treasury secretary Janet Yellen. Josep Borrell, vice-president of the European Commission, was also in town.

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South Africa's ANC wants to use disaster rules to ease power crisis

By Carien du Plessis

Reuters

Russia, China to hold naval drills off South Africa

Russia and China will conduct naval drills off the coast of South Africa next month in another indication of their strengthening relationships with Africa’s most developed country amid the war in Ukraine and global financial uncertainty

The Independent UK

South Africa government faces legal threat over crippling blackouts

Opposition politicians and South Africa’s biggest labor union say they’re readying a lawsuit against the head of the state-owned power company and a government official that oversees it as blackouts cripple the nation.

Tribune News Service

Ramaphosa cancels Davos trip amid South Africa energy crisis

Africa’s most industrialised economy being hit by daily power cuts as anger grows among opposition and public

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South African leader skips Davos amid electricity crisis

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has canceled his trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos in order to deal with his country’s worsening power blackouts

Reuters

South Africa's president to skip WEF to deal with crippling power cuts at home

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will no longer attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos due to the ongoing energy crisis in the country, his spokesman said on Sunday.

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Frene Ginwala: First democratic S African parliament speaker dies

Frene Noshir Ginwala, called the ‘torchbearer’ of the post-apartheid parliament, dies aged 90 after suffering a stroke.

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South Africa wants probe into 'disturbing' Mozambique clip

South Africa wants an investigation into a "disturbing" video allegedly showing one of its soldiers present while bodies were being burned on a pile of rubble in Mozambique, President Cyril Ramaphosa's spokesman said.

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Kenya and South Africa are working to address trade barriers: where to start

Trade volumes between Kenya and South Africa have always been minimal compared to each country’s engagement with its other major trading partners. But in recent years, leaders of the two countries have been taking steps to stimulate trade. South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa was on the same mission late last…

The Independent UK

South Africa's ruling ANC party fetes 111th anniversary

South Africa’s ruling African National Congress party on Sunday marks its 111th anniversary with celebratory events in Mangaung, Free State province, where the organization was founded in 1912

Daily Mirror

Horror and disgust as white South Africans charged for 'apartheid-style' attack

The three adult men were trying to prevent the two black teenagers from jumping in the pool at the Maselspoort resort in the South Africa's Free State province after claiming it was for "white people only"

Reuters

South African tanker blast death toll climbs to 18

The death toll from a gas tanker explosion in Johannesburg on Christmas Eve has climbed to 18, officials said on Tuesday, as South African President Cyril Ramaphosa promised to support people affected by the blast.

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South Africa's cash-stuffed sofa saga lingers

'Don't have a couch stuffed with cash? Don't worry, you can keep reading for free," read the ad on the website of the Daily Maverick, a tough and sometimes very funny South African news site. President Cyril Ramaphosa's cash-stuffed sofa has become a powerful, universally recognised meme, but it still…

Reuters

Ramaphosa's power base boosted, but South Africa's reform path still rocky

President Cyril Ramaphosa's re-election as leader of South Africa's ruling party has strengthened his hold on power, but a core of vocal opponents in its new executive suggests the country's path to much-needed reforms will remain a rocky one.

Reuters

South Africa's Ramaphosa eyes 2024 election with call to revamp ANC

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa urged his ruling African National Congress (ANC) on Tuesday to improve on the poor delivery of basic services that led to its worst election result in living memory, a day after it re-elected him as its leader.

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