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Weak Ramaphosa will rue his hesitancy: The president is at his most powerful in the ANC, but his strategy of playing the long game could work against him
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Weak Ramaphosa will rue his hesitancy
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Weak Ramaphosa will rue his hesitancy: The president is at his most powerful in the ANC, but his strategy of playing the long game could work against him
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Weak Ramaphosa will rue his hesitancy
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Kenya ranked fourth wealthiest country in Africa: Kenya has been ranked among the big five wealthy markets in Africa having millionaires and billionaires
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Kenya ranked fourth wealthiest country in Africa
Quick Glance: Kenya Among Top 5 Wealthiest Countries in Africa
  • Kenya is recognized as one of the prosperous markets in Africa with a significant number of millionaires and billionaires.

  • As per the 2024 Africa Wealth Report released by an international wealth advisory firm, Kenya holds the fourth position in terms of wealth ownership.

  • Following South Africa, Egypt, and Nigeria ranking at positions one to three, Kenya comes.

  • The data in the report indicates that Kenya has a substantial population of affluent individuals, totaling 7,200 millionaires.
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Ramaphosa tells ANC it needs 14 million votes to win elections outright, as party marshalls ministers to tout successes
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Ramaphosa tells ANC it needs 14 million votes to win elections outright ...
Quick Glance: Ramaphosa Urges ANC to Secure 14 Million Votes for Clear Victory
  • The ANC has mobilized all its ministers to 'aggressively communicate its success stories' in the critical campaigning weeks ahead of the May 29th national elections.

  • President Cyril Ramaphosa stated in a leaked recording of the national executive committee meeting last week that the party would need 14 million votes for a clear victory, compared to the previous 10 million.

  • ANC head of elections Mdumiseni Ntuli delivered a report on the party's campaign battle plan to remain in government, emphasizing the need to strengthen the base and win back disgruntled voters.

  • Ramaphosa expressed concern during the meeting that some NEC members had not met their commitments towards campaigning for an outright majority and emphasized consequences for those who fail to meet campaign work targets.
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South Africa Mines Minister Signals Opposition to BHP-Anglo Deal: South African Mines Minister Gwede Mantashe signaled his opposition to BHP Group Ltd ...
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South Africa Mines Minister Signals Opposition to BHP-Anglo Deal
Quick Glance: BHP Proposes Acquisition to Anglo American
  • Anglo American receives BHP buyout proposal, reshaping the copper market.

  • The proposal involves BHP acquiring Anglo shares, sparking industry transactions.

  • Anglo reviews proposals after profit decline, plans demergers to reduce South Africa exposure.

  • The potential deal could make BHP the world's largest copper producer with market impacts.
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ANC assured of a clear majority, Ramaphosa says: The president told supporters in Kwa-Zulu Natal that Jacob Zuma’s MK party posed no threat to the ANC in next ...
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ANC assured of a clear majority, Ramaphosa says
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South Africa Sends Top Officials to UAE Over Gupta Extraditions: South Africa’s state prosecuting authority urged the presidency to help resolve an impasse with ...
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South Africa Sends Top Officials to UAE Over Gupta Extraditions
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US legislators threaten ‘consequences’ if SA arrests citizens for serving in Israeli army
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US legislators threaten ‘consequences’ if SA arrests citizens for serving ...
Quick Glance: US Legislators Issue Warning Over Arrests of Citizens Serving in Israeli Army
  • Six US Congress legislators have cautioned President Cyril Ramaphosa that arresting dual South African-Israeli citizens who served in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) will have 'consequences for the US-South Africa relationship'.

  • The legislators, representing both Republican and Democratic parties, also questioned Ramaphosa about measures to protect Jewish South Africans from rising anti-Semitism and hostile statements by senior government officials.

  • The signatories include four Republicans - Joe Wilson, Maria Elvira Salazar, James Baird, and Michael Waltz - along with two Democrats, Jared Moskowitz and Josh Gottheimer.

  • US legislators seek responses from Ramaphosa and highlight potential 'dire consequences' if dual South African-Israeli nationals serving in the IDF are falsely accused.
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Malema: South Africa will go on stage six load-shedding after elections: The Economic Freedom Fighters leader also said his deputy, Floyd Shivambu ...
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Malema: South Africa will go on stage six load-shedding after elections
Quick Glance: Malema Warns of Escalating Power Outages and Praises Finance Minister Candidacy
  • EFF leader Julius Malema defended his statement that the party would consider entering a coalition with the ANC if EFF deputy president Floyd Shivambu was appointed as finance minister.

  • Malema warned that Eskom will move to stage six load-shedding after the elections and strongly criticized the current officials in charge.

  • He emphasized that Shivambu is an expert on the country's economy, the continent, and the world at large, and has not stolen any money.

  • Malema stated that the escalation of power outages after the elections is due to the incompetence of officials, not sabotage.
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South African butts rated biggest in the world: It's bottoms up for Mzansi as we top the list of biggest booties in the world
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South African butts rated biggest in the world
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Ramaphosa hits out at South Africa’s banks, calls for reform: President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged for decisive economic reforms to address the monopolistic ...
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Ramaphosa hits out at South Africa’s banks, calls for reform
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Why rebuke Naledi Pandor for safeguarding South Africa’s sovereignty?: South Africa has a right to pursue its national interests anywhere in the world and not to ...
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Why rebuke Naledi Pandor for safeguarding South Africa’s sovereignty?
Quick Glance: Critique of Naledi Pandor's Defense of South Africa's Sovereignty
  • South Africa's geopolitical attributes and strategic position interest investors.

  • The Anti-Apartheid Movement in the USA led to the passing of the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act 1986.

  • ANC history shows international support from countries like the Soviet Union and China.

  • Critics question Pandor's efforts for a US partnership and South Africa's role in international conflicts.
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Malema now more power-hungry than populist: Malema has toned down his populist bluster on the campaign trail, because he has the spoils of high office in his ...
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Malema now more power-hungry than populist
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Another rare visitor sent home to Antarctica from SA may help unlock marine mysteries
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Another rare visitor sent home to Antarctica from SA may help unlock ...
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Ramaphosa intervenes in unemployed teacher's predicament: 'I want this matter resolved,' said Ramaphoda.
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Ramaphosa intervenes in unemployed teacher's predicament
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Thebe Magugu’s latest campaign debuts in British Vogue featuring Thuli Madonsela: Line-up of South African celebs appear in 'Lobola Negiotiations' ...
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Thebe Magugu’s latest campaign debuts in British Vogue featuring Thuli ...
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Don’t be fooled by shopping platform Temu’s childlike interface: Temu’s South African debut should be seen as part of the dawn of a new era in consumerism.
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Don’t be fooled by shopping platform Temu’s childlike interface
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Leadership, resilience is behind the success of one rural school: It is possible for South African schools facing huge challenges to get noteworthy results.
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Leadership, resilience is behind the success of one rural school
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Top G20 Ministers Back 2% Wealth Tax for Global Billionaires | Common Dreams: "It is time that the international community gets serious about tackling ...
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Top G20 Ministers Back 2% Wealth Tax for Global Billionaires | Common ...
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DA risks the race by ignoring race: It would have been easy for the DA to make good progress without dumping race in policy
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DA risks the race by ignoring race
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South African butts rated biggest in the world: It's bottoms up for Mzansi as we top the list of biggest booties in the world
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South African butts rated biggest in the world
Quick Glance: South African Butts Rated Biggest in the World
  • South Africa tops the list of the biggest butts in the world in the latest research.

  • South Africa's successful athletes have won the Rugby World Cup and a mixed martial arts trophy in recent years.

  • The size of the buttocks fluctuates with fashion trends, but genetics play the most significant role.

  • South Africa's butts have long been a symbol of posteriors. Researchers at Gitnux evaluated the top 15 countries with the biggest buttocks, with South Africa leading the list.
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Springbok rugby has regained its identity: The quality of established Bok and South African players returning to South Africa is changing.
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Springbok rugby has regained its identity
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Patriotic Alliance manifesto: (our) God first, others must stay out: If the Patriotic Alliance came into power it would reintroduce conscription and religious ...
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Patriotic Alliance manifesto: (our) God first, others must stay out
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Ramaphosa puts on his boxing gloves: Rumours of the ANC’s demise — like those about it’s leader — might be greatly exaggerated
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Ramaphosa puts on his boxing gloves
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Shimmer of hope — what’s behind another gold rush in South Africa: A decline in labour unrest and safer mines have made exposure to gold a less-risky ...
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Shimmer of hope — what’s behind another gold rush in South Africa
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Ant and Dec dealt major blow as ITV 'axe' show despite huge ratings: ITV bosses have reportedly decided to axe one of the biggest spin-off shows of the year ...
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Ant and Dec dealt major blow as ITV 'axe' show despite huge ratings
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South Africa rushes to dehorn rhinos to protect them from poachers: The extreme measure helps the species survive, but it’s not without its dangers: according to ...
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South Africa rushes to dehorn rhinos to protect them from poachers
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Opposition couldn't win in 2021, so they certainly won't now: Mbalula: ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has argued that the opposition failed to ...
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Opposition couldn't win in 2021, so they certainly won't now: ...
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After the Bell — does South Africa need another two banks?: I can’t get over the sense that South Africa is overbanked. Here is why little red lights are ...
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After the Bell — does South Africa need another two banks?
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Ten years in jail for celebrity chef who defrauded Sars of R3.1m: A celebrity chef who defrauded the South African Revenue Service (Sars) of millions was on ...
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Ten years in jail for celebrity chef who defrauded Sars of R3.1m
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PSG challenges South Africans to help solve SA’s economic growth woe: PSG Financial Services has launched the inaugural PSG #ThinkBigSA Competition in ...
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PSG challenges South Africans to help solve SA’s economic growth woe
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Ramaphosa is using taxpayers’ resources to benefit ANC, says Steenhuisen: Voters will be sold out to EFF ‘in a coalition that will plunge SA into chaos’
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Ramaphosa is using taxpayers’ resources to benefit ANC, says Steenhuisen
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South Africa: Another loss for ANC to stop Jacob Zuma's MK party | Africanews: The Durban high court on Monday ruled in favour of the uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) ...
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South Africa: Another loss for ANC to stop Jacob Zuma's MK party | ...
Quick Glance: Court Rejects Delayed ANC Bid to Block Use of MK Trademark by Zuma's MK Party
  • The KwaZulu-Natal High Court has dismissed the ANC’s bid to prohibit Jacob Zuma’s MK party from using the names and symbols of its disbanded anti-apartheid military wing.

  • The judgment handed down allows the recently-established MK party, led by former president Jacob Zuma, to use the 'uMkhonto we Sizwe' name and symbols.

  • The judgment highlighted that the ANC only considered the consequences of the name and symbols' use after Zuma publicly declared his support for the MK party.

  • The court deemed the ANC's delayed application as 'self-created' due to the responsibility falling on party secretary general Fikile Mbalula to ensure timely action.
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IEC Chair insists election rigging ‘impossible’ and that they will be ready: IEC Chairperson Mosotho Moepya sought to alleviate concerns that the highly ...
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IEC Chair insists election rigging ‘impossible’ and that they will be ...
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Time to vote them out — the relentless cynicism of South Africa’s foreign policy: It is nothing less than risible that the ANC has suddenly become champions of ...
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Time to vote them out — the relentless cynicism of South Africa’s foreign ...
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Blast from the past: Ntini’s 13-wicket haul blows Windies away: Today in SA sport history: April 12
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Blast from the past: Ntini’s 13-wicket haul blows Windies away
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Naledi Pandor is treading the Pik Botha path to SA’s diplomatic oblivion: The ANC faces cold winds of disapproval, in part because it is now so full of its brand ...
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Naledi Pandor is treading the Pik Botha path to SA’s diplomatic oblivion
Quick Glance: South Africa's Foreign Policy Under Scrutiny
  • In a mirror image of Pik Botha’s missions during apartheid to sell South Africa's 'good intentions' to the US, International Relations and Cooperation Minister Naledi Pandor is striving to defend her government's somewhat battered foreign policy.

  • South Africa seems to believe that maintaining good relations with the White House allows it to challenge US sentiments, values, and interests in international relations without jeopardizing its economic ties.

  • Following the Ukraine invasion and our misguided stance, it is crucial for South Africa to rediscover its democratic foundations and advocate for ordinary people across the continent who seek transparent and accountable freely elected governments.

  • A recurring pattern emerges: South Africa takes hasty positions and hastily retraces its steps when faced with diplomatic repercussions. The ANC now confronts the chilly winds of disapproval, struggling to cope, partly due to its overwhelming commitment to sanctimonious ideological rhetoric that clouds its judgment.
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Akani Simbine keeps his 100m crown as he reclaims old Mr Cool image: Akani Simbine raised his arm in victory as he won his sixth national 100m crown at the South ...
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Akani Simbine keeps his 100m crown as he reclaims old Mr Cool image
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Myths to test and lay to rest: Are the pollsters reflecting reality or is it a case of the tail trying to wag the dog?
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Myths to test and lay to rest
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An exquisite musical twilight with Abdullah Ibrahim: We drank deeply from the musician’s ‘Water From an Ancient Well’ tour
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An exquisite musical twilight with Abdullah Ibrahim
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Burna Boy, William Ruto land a spot on ‘TIME’ 2024 Most Influential People | Africanews
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Burna Boy, William Ruto land a spot on ‘TIME’ 2024 Most Influential People ...
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Should those who flee the ship be welcomed back when it’s saved?: Your relationship with your country is as intimate and deep as a personal relationship with ...
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Should those who flee the ship be welcomed back when it’s saved?
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Taste was everything to Peter Veldsman, icon of South African food: Reading about the death of Peter Veldsman, the focus is on his status as a South African food ...
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Taste was everything to Peter Veldsman, icon of South African food
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‘Despite challenges, our democracy is in good health’ — Ramaphosa: President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa's democracy is in good health despite ...
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‘Despite challenges, our democracy is in good health’ — Ramaphosa
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WATCH | South African vocal group The Joy perform with Doja Cat at Coachella: "It’s been so hard to keep this a secret!"
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WATCH | South African vocal group The Joy perform with Doja Cat at ...