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    • Monday, 6 February, 2023
      Anglo American PLC
      Anglo American chief sounds alarm on South African infrastructure

      FTSE 100 miner’s Duncan Wanblad warns country’s economy under threat from ‘scourges’ of power cuts, broken logistics and corruption

    • Friday, 27 January, 2023
      News in-depthWar in Ukraine
      South Africa’s support underscores Moscow’s propaganda success

      Pretoria’s shifting position reveals Kremlin’s success in stoking doubt about responsibility for Ukraine war

    • Thursday, 26 January, 2023
      South African Reserve Bank cuts forecasts after blackouts hit economy

      Rate-setters slow pace of policy tightening as growth outlook weakens

    • Thursday, 19 January, 2023
      News in-depth
      South African businesses turn to diesel and solar panels as Eskom crisis deepens

      Companies beset by blackouts lead a surge in investment in their own supplies, mostly renewables

    • Monday, 16 January, 2023
      US foreign policy
      Yellen to visit African countries as US steps up overtures

      Washington is seeking to entice nations away from financial and resource ties to China

    • Thursday, 12 January, 2023
      News in-depth
      Assassination attempt underscores criminal hold over S Africa’s Eskom

      Alleged attempt to kill chief executive André de Ruyter shows challenges he has faced in rooting out corruption

    • Monday, 9 January, 2023
      Ramaphosa pledges to move control of Eskom to South Africa’s energy ministry

      Plan highlights battle over power producer, whose outgoing chief suffered recent attempted poisoning

    • Monday, 9 January, 2023
      InterviewHow to Lead
      Investec’s Fani Titi: ‘I tell my story because I think it can make a difference’

      The financier says his journey from poverty to the boardroom has been fundamental to becoming a successful leader

    • Sunday, 8 January, 2023
      Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd
      Boss of South African power producer Eskom survived poisoning attempt in December

      André de Ruyter, who resigned after trying to overhaul the troubled utility, claims he was given cyanide-laced coffee

    • Sunday, 8 January, 2023
      Travelista
      Four healing hotels for 2023

      Where to get your groove back, from Highland hikes to an African sanctuary

    • Sunday, 1 January, 2023
      David Pilling
      Corrupt, failing Eskom is a picture of South Africa in miniature

      Without reliable power, the country cannot generate economic growth and overcome the festering legacies of apartheid

    • Monday, 19 December, 2022
      Justice Malala
      South Africa needs to move beyond the ANC

      Ramaphosa’s re-election as party president buys him a bit more time at the helm but does little for the country

    • Monday, 19 December, 2022
      Cyril Ramaphosa
      South Africa president Ramaphosa re-elected ANC leader despite scandal

      Former unionist’s path to victory had been clouded by fallout over theft at private game farm

    • Saturday, 17 December, 2022
      EU trade
      EU’s trading partners accuse bloc of protectionism over carbon tax plan

      Brussels negotiations continue as world-first levy faces criticism from US, China and African nations

    • Wednesday, 14 December, 2022
      Chief executive of South Africa’s Eskom quits as blackouts surge

      André de Ruyter to step down from struggling state monopoly amid national energy crisis

    • Saturday, 10 December, 2022
      Person in the News
      Cyril Ramaphosa: the South African president clinging to power

      A descent into legal scandal is not the arc envisaged for a leader who won early glory battling apartheid

    • Thursday, 8 December, 2022
      African politics
      ANC grassroots back South Africa’s Ramaphosa — for now

      Party fears losing its biggest electoral asset ahead of crucial elections next year

    • Tuesday, 6 December, 2022
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      The humbling of Cyril Ramaphosa

      Scandal around South Africa’s president is likely to hasten decline of the ANC

    • Monday, 5 December, 2022
      Cyril Ramaphosa
      Ramaphosa fights back as scandal rocks South Africa’s presidency

      Ruling African National Congress backs troubled leader over theft at his game reserve

    • Sunday, 4 December, 2022
      Cyril Ramaphosa
      ANC set to decide Cyril Ramaphosa’s fate

      South African leader’s legal team prepares to rebut abuse of office allegations

    • Friday, 2 December, 2022
      News in-depthCyril Ramaphosa
      ‘Phala Phala’ scandal threatens Ramaphosa’s legacy as ANC saviour

      South Africa’s president on brink of resignation after damning parliamentary report into theft at his game farm

    • Friday, 2 December, 2022
      Cyril Ramaphosa’s presidency hangs in the balance ahead of ANC meeting

      South African leader’s future in turmoil after damning report into theft from his private game reserve

    • Thursday, 1 December, 2022
      Ramaphosa presidency under threat after panel finds he ‘abused position’

      South African leader faces pressure to step down over $500,000 stuffed inside sofa at his game farm

    • Monday, 21 November, 2022
      Eskom warns of lack of funds to fuel South Africa’s back-up power plants

      State electricity monopoly ‘urgently’ working with treasury to find money to buy diesel

    • Tuesday, 8 November, 2022
      Special ReportManaging Climate Change
      South Africa’s green deal on coal power cut fails to ignite

      Most money earmarked to aid the switch to renewables is unspent

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