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CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has emerged as President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s most formidable challenger for the presidency when the country goes to the polls in the next few months. But analysts are also pondering over Chamisa and opposition politics’ future in the southern African nation if he loses to Mnangagwa. This is …

Both countries have been greylisted, but how soon can they get off the Financial Action Task Force’s radar? 

The greylisting of South Africa last month by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has made waves in the country, occupying substantial media attention. South Africa became only the second G20 country to have been greylisted other than Turkey  – an embarrassing fall from grace. Nigeria’s addition to the list seems to have gone relatively unnoticed, no doubt due to the past weekend’s national elections. FATF is an intergovernmental organisation founded in 1989 on the G7&r...

The shoddy state of Botshabelo in the Free State, where the ANC is holding celebrations to coincide with its 111th birthday, prompted newly elected secretary-general Fikile Mbalula to promise to clean up the metro within five days.

The Institute for Security Studies’ (ISS) Martin Ewi said while South Africans shouldn’t ignore the threat – they have every right to question its legitimacy.

Nicholas Woode-Smith writes in a response to a news article by Nicole McCain, saying the reason that xenophobia cannot be quelled by data is that it is founded on red-hot rage and hatred.

The European Union Peace facility agreed to support the Southern African Development Community Mission in Mozambique through a R259 million purse.

Experts said that aside from the need for prosecutions, South Africa needs a systemic programme to address corruption in the country.

Institute for Security Studies’ (ISS) Senior Researcher for African Futures and Innovation, Kouassi Yeboua, says the 2023 elections are providing

President, Emmerson Mnangagwa, blames banks for flooding the financial system with excess funds, fueling a currency slide and inflation.