South African lawmakers to discuss fitness for office of anti-graft watchdog

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A South African parliamentary committee will discuss a request to look into the fitness to hold office of Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane after a ...

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South African leftist leader Malema files graft complaint against Gordhan

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South Africa’s radical leftist leader Julius Malema on Tuesday filed a counter criminal complaint against Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan...

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South Africa’s Ramaphosa Reshuffles Cabinet

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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa returned Nhlanhla Nene to the finance ministry in a cabinet reshuffle on Monday that added new faces and remov...

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Deadline looms for S.Africa’s Zuma over revived graft charges

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Lawyers for Jacob Zuma have until midnight to file papers outlining why nearly 800 corruption charges shelved before he became South African presiden...

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South Africa’s top court okays secret no-confidence Zuma ballot, but won’t order one

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South Africa's top court ruled on Thursday that secret ballots may be held for motions of no confidence in parliament, a potential blow to the tenure ...

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South Africa’s Zuma quits May Day rally after boos from the crowd

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South African President Jacob Zuma made a hasty exit from a May Day rally on Monday after the crowd of workers that he was due to address became rowdy...

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South Africa’s Ramaphosa says leaders must listen to protesters

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South African Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has said that leaders should listen to protesters who have taken to the streets demanding that Presiden...

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South African tumult hinders Barclays’ exit from continent

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Barclays' plan to sell its African business and pull out of the continent are being hindered by South Africa's political upheaval and credit-rating do...

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South Africans protest against Zuma; violence hits Johannesburg

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Violence broke out in Johannesburg as more than 30,000 people marched in South African cities to protest against President Jacob Zuma on Friday, deman...

ANC-allied union calls for South Africa’s Zuma to quit

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South Africa's biggest trade union called on President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday to quit after his cabinet reshuffle cost the country one of its investmen...

S&P cuts South Africa’s credit rating to ‘junk’

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Credit ratings agency Standard and Poor's downgraded South Africa's rating to junk status on Monday, as pressure on President Jacob Zuma grows followi...

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South Africa’s ruling ANC headed for showdown after finance minister sacked

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Senior members of the ruling African National Congress met on Monday to discuss the political fallout from South African President Jacob Zuma's contro...

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S.Africa’s SACP warns of looting at treasury after Zuma axes finance minister

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South Africa's Communist Party (SACP), an ally of the rulingAfrican National Congress, said on Friday the public should take serious action to preven...

S.Africa’s Zuma considers stepping down early in deal to oust Gordhan

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Jacob Zuma is considering offering to step down next year, at least 12 months before his term as South African president ends, under a deal with oppon...

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South African deputy finance minister named in police probe

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South Africa's Deputy Finance Minister Mcebisi Jonas is being investigated by the Hawks elite police unit as part of a probe into allegations of corru...

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Barclays to pay Sh103bn to split from African business

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Barclays has agreed to pay Barclays Africa nearly $1 billion to fund investments needed for it to split from its African business, paving the way for ...

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South Africa watchdog calls for probe on influence peddling in Zuma’s govt

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South Africa's anti-graft watchdog called for a judge to investigate allegations of influence peddling in President Jacob Zuma's government, in a repo...

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S.African police fire stun grenades, water canon at anti-Zuma protesters

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South African police fired stun grenades and water cannon to disperse protesters who marched towards President Jacob Zuma's offices in the capital Pre...

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South Africa’s DP says time to rebuild confidence in country

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The dropping of fraud charges against South Africa's finance minister Pravin Gordhan this week provides a chance to rebuild confidence in Africa's mos...

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South African state prosecutor drops fraud charges against Gordhan

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South Africa's state prosecutor dropped fraud charges on Monday against Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan, executing a U-turn in a case that has rattled...

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