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  • 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

  • Friday, 4 November, 2022
    South Africa warns $8.5bn climate package risks fuelling debt burden

    International financing aimed at curbing reliance on coal relies too heavily on loans, says Pretoria

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