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South Africa faces a critical juncture as Zimbabwe's ruling party, the ANC-endorsed ZANU-PF, is implicated in election fraud.

SA's significant investment in the BRICS Summit held in Sandton shows its diplomatic and financial commitment to the BRICS bloc.

South Africa has made a massive financial and diplomatic investment in the BRICS Summit being held in Sandton this week. The grouping which brings together Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa has become a cornerstone in Pretoria’s foreign policy and affects its claim to neutrality.

There is too much that has happened in the run-up to next week’s elections in Zimbabwe to ensure that these will be free and fair. The Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (Zanu-PF), the ruling party, which has been in power since independence in 1980, has shown itself to be a master of the arts of staying in power.

In the lead-up to Zimbabwe's upcoming elections, concerns over their fairness and freedom have heightened.

The collaboration between big business and government begs exploration into why businesses embraced this initiative without prerequisites.

Starlink is the satellite internet provider owned by Elon Musk’s company, SpaceX. It can provide fast high-quality internet service to most places on earth. The company is licensed as an internet provider in many countries and is rapidly gaining regulatory approval in others.

The standoff between SpaceX and the government is causing SA to miss out on potential revenue, job creation, and other opportunities.

South Africa could be on the verge of an economic tipping point. Once the Expropriation Bill is passed it will give the government wide-ranging powers to seize property of all sorts. That is likely to set off immense uncertainty over the security of property rights. And with that, there could be a steep drop in private investment.

While President Ramaphosa assures that the expropriation bill will be used judiciously, Katzenellenbogen raises concerns.