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[Source: The Economist.]
Eskom, South Africa’s state-owned electricity monopoly, is in crisis. So said Cyril Ramaphosa, the country’s president, in his annual “state of the nation” speech on February 7th. Read more
[Source: The Washington Post by Zaheer Cassim and Jabeen Bhatti.]
Exactly one year ago, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa mounted the stage in parliament Feb. 15, 2018 and told the nation that things were going to change. Read more
[Source: Daily Maverick by Susan Booysen.]
The first anniversary of Cyril Ramaphosa’s presidency of South Africa (CR-1) this Friday is set to be a festival of mixed signals. It was a year of phenomenal turnarounds, stirred up with intractable problems and inconclusive solutions. Read more
[Source: Business Day by Claire Bisseker.]
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s state of the nation address placed growth and job creation at the centre of the nation’s agenda. He also outlined some policy shifts in how this might be achieved, but has he done enough to shift the needle on growth? Read more
