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South Africa not ditching coal 'just like that', Cyril Ramaphosa cautions

Coal-rich but energy-starved South Africa will not immediately abandon its fossil-fuelled electricity generating plants as it transitions to cleaner forms of power, President Cyril Ramaphosa said Sunday

Can South Africa thrive without President Cyril Ramaphosa?

Cyril Ramaphosa has been embroiled in a controversy over the alleged theft of thousands of dollars kept in violation of foreign exchange rules at his Phala Phala farm in Limpopo in 2020. This has led many to ask whether the country would be better off with or without the president

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa fights for political future over scandal

Cyril Ramaphosa, 70, says he's innocent of charges that he hid at least $580,000 in a sofa at his game ranch

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa gets lifeline as ruling party stands by him despite scandal

Earlier on Monday, Ramaphosa filed papers in the Constitutional Court to review and set aside the Section 89 panel report that found he may have violated the Constitution

South African leader braces to head off impeachment threat

The ruling African National Congress (ANC) will meet Monday to discuss Ramaphosa's fate after a parliamentary panel's report last week said he might have acted illegally in covering up a burglary at his farm

African National Congress Foundation Day: All you need to know about 110th anniversary celebrations

According to ANC, they feel that together they have fought for land, low wages, high rents, education, right to vote among others. And that is why, it is a day about their struggle for freedom and justice

South Africa's African National Congress sees big decline in local elections

The governing African National Congress, the party of late anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela, got less than 50% of ballots cast in local elections

South Africa's highest court to hear Jacob Zuma's challenge to jail sentence on 12 July

The constitutional court on Tuesday sentenced Zuma to 15 months in jail after he repeatedly refused to appear at the Commission of Inquiry into State Capture

Ex-South Africa president Jacob Zuma gets 15-month jail sentence for contempt of court

The 79-year-old, accused of enabling the plunder of State coffers during his nearly nine years in office, has refused to appear before graft investigators

Ex-South African president Jacob Zuma says he helped Gupta family establish media empire; denies having broken law

South Africa's former president Jacob Zuma confirmed that he initiated the idea of having an "alternative media" that led to Gupta family's media empire.