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  • Wednesday, 3 March, 2021
    Covid-19 vaccines
    Chinese and South African police seize fake Covid vaccines

    Criminal gangs seek to capitalise on global demand for coronavirus jabs

  • Wednesday, 3 March, 2021
    Markets InsightDavid Lubin
    Will ‘copycat economics’ in emerging markets have to end?

    Some countries will find it difficult to match the fiscal expansion and central bank support in developed economies

  • Wednesday, 24 February, 2021
    South Africa’s economy is ‘dangerously overstretched’, officials warn

    Finance minister Tito Mboweni says government is not ‘swimming in cash’ despite tax windfall

  • Monday, 22 February, 2021
    News in-depth
    Test for inquiry and South Africa as Zuma faces jail

    Most dramatic moment in long-running corruption probe lies ahead with defiant former president under pressure

  • Saturday, 20 February, 2021
    FT Magazine
    Artist Sue Williamson explores South Africa’s painful history

    For more than 40 years, she has been documenting and reflecting on life under apartheid and freedom

  • Monday, 15 February, 2021
    South African scientists on pandemic’s frontline

    Decision to halt AstraZeneca roll-out highlights vital role played by country’s experts

  • Thursday, 11 February, 2021
    Justice Malala
    South Africa’s problems only begin with its Covid variant

    A stumbling economy and sense of drift in Cyril Ramaphosa’s once-promising government makes matters worse

  • Tuesday, 9 February, 2021
    Covid-19 vaccines
    South Africa forced to overhaul vaccine plan over variant fears

    Concerns over AstraZeneca efficacy against mutation prompt about-turn with global repercussions

  • Monday, 8 February, 2021
    Covid-19 vaccines
    South Africa halts rollout of AstraZeneca vaccine

    Preliminary data find no effect on mild or moderate disease caused by local variant

  • Promoted Content
  • Sunday, 7 February, 2021
    Covid-19 vaccines
    Oxford/AstraZeneca jab fails to prevent mild and moderate Covid from S African strain, study shows

    Impact on hospitalisations and deaths caused by variant not yet determined, according to preliminary findings

  • Sunday, 7 February, 2021
    Coronavirus economic impact
    South Africa’s fiscal crunch: ‘We do not have the money’

    The ANC is risking the electoral bargain on which its rule rests by reining in public sector services and wages

  • Friday, 5 February, 2021
    ReviewAlbums
    Various artists: Indaba Is — meditations on post-apartheid South Africa

    Gauteng’s leading jazz musicians come together to address the state of the nation on this compilation album

  • Monday, 25 January, 2021
    Coronavirus economic impact
    UK residents flying back from Covid hotspots face hotel quarantine

    Initial curbs to hit arrivals in England from countries including South Africa and Brazil, but No 10 reserves right to go further

  • Sunday, 17 January, 2021
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Coronavirus second wave surges across Africa

    Mildly hit the first time round, the continent’s death rate has now overtaken the global average

  • Wednesday, 13 January, 2021
    Coronavirus pandemic
    More infectious coronavirus variants will emerge, disease expert predicts

    Highly contagious strains already detected in several countries including UK and South Africa

  • Wednesday, 6 January, 2021
    Coronavirus treatment
    South African Covid variant may affect vaccine efficacy, warn scientists

    Mutation reduces ability of antibodies to bind to virus and could make some shots less effective

  • Monday, 4 January, 2021
    How To Spend It
    The best new wellbeing destinations

    From Botswana to Brazil – escapes that tick all the take-me-there boxes

  • Monday, 28 December, 2020
    South Africa battles to control second Covid wave as cases top 1m

    Infections surge feared to have been driven by behavioural change

  • Wednesday, 23 December, 2020
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Coronavirus variant first detected in South Africa identified in Britain

    Health minister says new strain may be more infectious than the one discovered in UK

  • Tuesday, 22 December, 2020
    Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd
    South Africa’s state power monopoly seeks to raise prices to avoid collapse

    Fate of Eskom a priority for President Ramaphosa as power shortages roil economy

  • Monday, 21 December, 2020
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Germany and Switzerland ban flights from South Africa over Covid variant

    Mutation with similarities to UK strain is believed to be driving second wave of infections

  • Wednesday, 9 December, 2020
    McKinsey
    McKinsey to repay more than $40m over South African scandal

    Consultancy agrees to hand back fees from work with companies linked to alleged ‘state capture’

  • Monday, 30 November, 2020
    Cyril Ramaphosa
    Global response is needed to prevent a debt crisis in Africa

    Social gains the continent has made since the early 2000s are threatened by the Covid pandemic

  • Monday, 23 November, 2020
    Jacob Zuma
    South Africa’s Zuma faces criminal investigation

    Former president’s decision to walk out of inquiry puts focus on judicial system

  • Sunday, 15 November, 2020
    South Africa seeks extradition of fugitive ‘prophet’

    One of continent’s richest pastors skips bail on charges of fraud and money laundering

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