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1 week ago |
theafricareport.com | Carien Du Plessis
Jacob Zuma’s uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party has emerged as South Africa’s most disruptive political newcomer. But one of its founding figures is now lifting the lid on what he describes as a party gripped by paranoia, internal looting, and manufactured conspiracy theories. Get full access to The Africa Report
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1 week ago |
theafricareport.com | Carien Du Plessis
South Africa’s post-apartheid Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) policies re-ignited debate when billionaire businessman Elon Musk complained that these policies are racist and are preventing him from bringing Starlink into South Africa, even though he was born there. Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) policies should not be blamed for the lack of economic growth in South Africa, businessman Saki Macozoma tells The Africa Report in an exclusive interview.
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2 weeks ago |
theafricareport.com | Carien Du Plessis
Politics and writing have been keeping veteran South African diplomat Ebrahim Rasool occupied since he returned from his brief second stint in the United States to a hero’s welcome in Cape Town almost three months ago. He was in the job barely two months. Still supremacistRasool says has been busy writing a chapter for a book on 30 years of democracy in South Africa. During our telephonic interview, he reveals that he’s also advising the African National Congress (ANC) in the Western Cape.
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2 weeks ago |
theafricareport.com | Carien Du Plessis
Former South African president Jacob Zuma’s uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party has expressed support for Morocco’s claim over Western Sahara, sparking controversy within the African National Congress (ANC) — the largest party in South Africa’s governing coalition — where a fierce debate is underway about maintaining diplomatic ties with Morocco.
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2 weeks ago |
theafricareport.com | Carien Du Plessis
For the first time, African Union and European Union leaders issued a carefully worded joint call for peace in Ukraine, a symbolic but significant move that officials say signals stronger alignment between the two blocs. Their final communiqué, released after the 21 May foreign ministers’ meeting, also addressed other contentious conflicts, including the war between Israel and Hamas. Get full access to The Africa Report
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