University Of Johannesburg

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South African president Cyril Ramaphosa: corruption inquiries likely to lead to his political enemies being held to account for alleged wrongdoing. Photograph: Wikus De Wet/AFP
Ramaphosa’s early progress has been structural and subtle

How well Cyril Ramaphosa has done as South Africa’s president since the African National Congress party won the country’s May 2019 general election de(...)

Public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane at a parliament briefing in Cape Town, South Africa. Photograph: Reuters/ Mike Hutchings
South Africa’s corruption watchdog back in court

There are increasing calls for the dismissal of South Africa’s public sector corruption watchdog following a string of high-profile court defeats that(...)

Jacob Zuma, former president of South Africa. Photograph: Rogan Ward/File Photo/Reuters
Dublin-based firm drawn into South African corruption scandal

A Dublin-based oil and gas company has been drawn into a massive corruption scandal in South Africa by a whistleblower testifying at a commission of i(...)

People gather with candles for Nelson Mandela outside the Medi-Clinic Heart Hospital where he is being treated in Pretoria, South Africa. Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
Obama plans US summit of African leaders in 2014

US president Barack Obama will host a summit of leaders from sub-Saharan Africa next year, the White House has said.The announcement came as Mr Obama (...)

US president Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama are greeted by South African minister of international relations and co-operation Maite Mkoana-Mashabne after arriving at Waterkloof air force base in Pretoria yesterday. Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Obama plays down hopes of Mandela meeting

US president Barack Obama yesterday dampened expectations that he might visit a critically ill Nelson Mandela during his tour of South Africa, saying (...)