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The Zuma presidency brought into our homes names like Brian Molefe, Hlaudi Motsoeneng, Dudu Myeni, while squandering the moral authority as a power resource that had been built up by Mandela and Mbeki. Ramaphosa has tried his best, but his best has not been good enough. In the meantime, the RET...
It's time to ask tough questions, especially about why South Africa's lawmakers have been asleep at the wheel. That's according to political economist Patrick Bond. It comes in the wake of Glencore Plc's guilty plea to allegations of bribery and market manipulation. Glencore Plc has agreed to pay over R23-billion.
Pretoria’s position on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is complicating its economic and political relations, The international argument over how to respond Moscow's invasion of Ukraine played out, with some diplomatic grace, when Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited President Cyril Ramaphosa in Pretoria on 24 May. Ramaphosa argued that many African countries were suffering collateral damage, in the form of spiralling food and fuel prices, from western sanctions on Russia as well as the war itself.
IN THE CHANCERY COURT FOR RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TENNESSEE
IMichael Hudson and Patrick Bond debate the trade posture of China, such as whether its Belt and Road initiative is capitalist or socialist