South Africa

  • Feb 23
  • 7 min read

Voter data presages key battles in South Africa poll

As elections approach, the ANC appears to be struggling to maintain its historic support bases or build new ones

South Africa
  • Feb 19
  • 7 min read

South Africa faces fiscal reform challenges

The government continues to promise to stabilise its finances but implementation of its reform pledges remains poor

South Africa
  • Feb 19
  • 2 min read

South Africa mining job cuts may add to ANC’s troubles

Platinum miners are expected to restructure operations resulting in potentially significant job losses

South Africa
  • Jan 30
  • 2 min read

South Africa’s ANC may have larger problems than Zuma

The ruling ANC has suspended former President Jacob Zuma’s membership of the party

South Africa
  • Jan 18
  • 7 min read

Weak policing hampers South Africa’s crime response

Entrenched problems with law enforcement are comprising the country's abilities to combat elevated levels of crime

South Africa
  • Jan 8
  • 7 min read

Crime will aggravate South Africa’s growth crisis

South Africa faces a multi-faceted economic crisis, to which crime is a major contributory factor

South Africa
  • Jan 2
  • 6 min read

Southern Africa court ruling limits mining liabilities

Mining conglomerate Anglo American has won a major case over liability for pollution at its former operations in Zambia

Southern Africa
  • Dec 14, 2023
  • 2 min read

South Africa’s power problems appear far from over

Eskom’s latest performance report undercuts government claims of progress in turning around the struggling power utility

South Africa