International relations
[Source: Daily Maverick by Marianne Thamm.]
A key to former president Jacob Zuma’s State Capture political project required the placing of pliant and ruthless individuals in key positions, particularly law enforcement agencies, and who were able to do Zuma’s bidding. Read more
[Source: Daily Maverick by Kevin Bloom.]
The king of Western Pondoland’s contracts with a Chinese company could see an untouched stretch of the Wild Coast undergo massive development. Read more
[Source: Politicsweb by David Bullard.]
I’m getting pretty used these days to the lefty keyboard warriors of social media labeling me alt-right, a white supremacist and (obviously) a racist whenever I express a view as to how the country could, in my opinion, be run rather better than it is at the moment. Read more
[Source: Business Day by Karyn Maughan.]
Former president Jacob Zuma says a proposed nuclear deal with Russia, which emerged as a factor behind the firing of two finance ministers and market turmoil during his scandal-hit administration, would have prevented the country’s energy crisis. Read more
[Source: Moneyweb by Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo of Reuters.]
South Africa‘s foreign direct investment more than doubled in 2018 to reach its highest in five years, the central bank said on Wednesday, giving a boost to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s pledge to woo investors to help revive a struggling economy. Read more