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South Africa aware of legal obligations regarding Putin visit

South Africa is aware of its legal obligation, a spokesperson for President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Sunday, referring to a proposed visit by Vladimir Putin after an international court issued an arrest warrant against the Russian leader.

Reuters

‘Farmgate’: Cyril Ramaphosa inquiry ‘clears’ South African president but police still investigating

ANC leader was accused of failing to report theft of foreign cash hidden in sofas at his ranch

The Guardian - AU

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.

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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

The Guardian - UK

South African President Ramaphosa readies defense before key ANC meeting

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s lawyers are preparing a court challenge against an advisory panel report that said there may be grounds for his impeachment, as governing party officials continue talks on how to respond to the damning findings.

Tribune News Service

S. Africa's scandal-hit president 'not resigning'

Johannesburg (AFP) - South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa, embroiled in scandal and under threat of impeachment, has no intention of resigning and will fight both politically and judicially, his spokesman said Saturday.

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Scandal-hit S. African President Ramaphosa seeks to hang on to power

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Ramaphosa political fate hangs in balance in South Africa

Johannesburg (AFP) - President Cyril Ramaphosa's political future hung in the balance on Friday, as South Africans wondered whether he would cling to power or resign over accusations that he sought to cover up a burglary at his farm.

AFP

South Africa's leader faces calls to resign over charges of cash stuffed in couches

The calls for South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to resign follow allegations that Ramaphosa tried to conceal the theft of a huge sum of cash stuffed into couches at his farm in 2020.

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S.Africa's Ramaphosa in talks with ANC as future hangs in balance

Johannesburg (AFP) - President Cyril Ramaphosa was in talks with South Africa's ruling party late Thursday as pressure mounted for him to quit or be forced from office over a cash burglary at his farm that he allegedly covered up.

AFP

South Africa to let Russian billionaire's superyacht dock

South Africa will allow a $500 million superyacht linked to sanctioned Russian billionaire Alexey Mordashov to dock in Cape Town despite attempts from the city’s mayor to get its entry blocked

The Independent UK

South Africa allows superyacht belonging to Putin ally billionaire to dock in Cape Town

Russian tycoon Alexey Mordashov is one of the many sanctioned by western countries

The Independent UK

Ethiopia’s warring sides meet for talks in South Africa

The event marks first formal meeting between Ethiopian gov’t and Tigray forces since war broke out in November 2020.

Al Jazeera

Peace talks under way in South Africa to end Ethiopia’s brutal conflict with Tigray

Peace talks to end Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict have begun in South Africa, a South African government spokesman said Tuesday. It is the highest-level effort yet to end two years of fighting that has killed perhaps hundreds of thousands of people.

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Ethiopia peace talks open in South Africa

Johannesburg (AFP) - The first formal peace talks between the warring sides in the brutal two-year conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region opened in South Africa on Tuesday.

Irish Independent

South Africa says Ethiopia peace talks have begun on Tigray

Peace talks to end Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict have begun in South Africa, a government spokesman said.

Reuters

Ethiopia peace talks start in South Africa

(This Oct. 25 story has been corrected to clarify in paragraph 13 the sequence of events that led to the war)

The Telegraph

Fury greets plans to make taxpayers pay ministers’ water and electricity bills

South Africa’s government drops the controversial proposals amid ongoing anger at faltering utility supplies

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S.Africa's Ramaphosa to miss UN General Assembly over power crisis

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will miss the United Nations General Assembly this week, instead returning home from Britain to address a national power crisis, his spokesman told local media including television channel eNCA.

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