(Bloomberg) — South Africa’s energy insecurity presents the biggest risk to the ruling African National Congress’ prospects of winning this year’s election, Justice Minister Ronald Lamola said. Most Read from Bloomberg Africa’s most-industrialized economy has battled a 15-year power crisis that’s left the nation without electricity for up to 12 hours a day. It’s crippled […]
By announcing he will not vote or campaign for South Africa’s governing African National Congress (ANC) in next year’s general election, former president Jacob Zuma is seeking to portray himself as its saviour. This might seem a contradiction in terms, but the strategy appears clear from his words, including the highly personal attack on his […]
Former South African president Jacob Zuma says he will not vote for the African National Congress (ANC) and is creating a new political party. Mr Zuma was the country’s president between 2009 and 2018. He said it “would be a betrayal” to campaign for the ANC of current President Cyril Ramaphosa. Mr Zuma’s new party […]
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Former President Jacob Zuma on Saturday denounced the governing African National Congress party and announced that he would vote for a newly-formed political formation in South Africa’s general election next year. Zuma, who was president of the ANC from 2007 to 2017, said that he’s backing the newly-formed Umkhonto we Sizwe party […]