Ramaphosa’s #SONA in full
The reactions to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address have been diverse, from appreciation to eulogy and dismissal.…
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Ramaphosa pins hopes on $100bn investment plan
At a busy investment conference in Johannesburg in October, a procession of international business leaders took to the stage alongside President Cyril Ramaphosa to unveil billions of dollars worth of projects in South Africa.…
South Africa’s tourism sector aims high
South Africa’s tourism industry has great untapped potential.…
Mboweni urges Ramaphosa to close SAA
Finance minister Tito Mboweni has urged the government to close loss-making South African Airways as he looks to cut state spending amid a deteriorating economic climate.…
South Africa: FM Nene resigns, Mboweni takes over
South Africa’s Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene resigns after Gupta family meetings. …
South Africa looks for exit from ‘Ramacession’
With South Africa feeling the effects of the recession and elections looming next year, President Ramaphosa faces a race against time to turn things around.…
South Africa: Ramaphosa announces $3.5bn stimulus plan
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa unveiled on Friday a 50bn rand ($3.5bn) stimulus programme to revive the country’s ailing economy.…
Ramaphosa details land reform plans as Trump calls for inquiry into farm murders
South African president Cyril Ramaphosa has dismissed allegations that his proposed land reform programme in South Africa will amount to a ‘land grab’, just as US President Donald Trump entered the debate with an inflammatory tweet calling for a report into alleged land expropriation and the ‘large scale killings’ of white farmers in the country.…
South Africa: Cyril rebound falls flat
It was the culmination of Cyril Ramaphosa’s long road to the presidency of South Africa.…
Silicosis deal offers way forward for South African mining
In poverty-stricken townships and forgotten rural villages across Southern Africa, thousands of desperately poor black labourers cough and wheeze their way towards an early grave.…