South Africa moves to implement national health bill despite resistance
Johannesburg, South Africa Reuters South Africa is moving ahead with implementation of the National Health Insurance (NHI) bill, President Cyril Ramaphosa said, despite strong opposition from within and outside government. The NHI aims to provide universal coverage through a major overhaul of South Africa’s two-tier system. Ramaphosa signed the bill right before the May election […]
South Africa leader pledges to revive economy, include the poor
Cape Town, South Africa Reuters President Cyril Ramaphosa pledged on Thursday to revive South Africa’s flagging economy and extend prosperity to the many left out of it, by resuscitating factories and farms, building roads and seizing the opportunities presented by green energy. In his first policy speech to a new parliament since the African National […]
South Africa’s Ramaphosa announces cabinet that includes ex-opposition leader
Johannesburg, South Africa Reuters South African President Cyril Ramaphosa appointed former opposition leader John Steenhuisen as minister of agriculture on Sunday, bringing the Democratic Alliance and other parties into his new coalition cabinet. Ramaphosa’s African National Congress was forced to join forces with rival parties to stay in power after losing its majority for the […]
South Africa’s Ramaphosa vows to fight inequality as power-sharing begins
Pretoria, South Africa Reuters A weakened South African President Cyril Ramaphosa pledged on Wednesday that his new multi-party government would work to improve basic living conditions for all citizens as he was sworn in for a second term in office. Ramaphosa’s African National Congress will be sharing power with five other parties after it was […]
South Africa’s Ramaphosa re-elected as ANC strikes coalition deal
Cape Town, South Africa Reuters The African National Congress and its largest rival, the white-led, pro-business Democratic Alliance, agreed on Friday to work together in South Africa’s new government of national unity, a step change after 30 years of ANC rule. Once unthinkable, the accord allowed President Cyril Ramaphosa to win a second in term […]
South Africa’s ANC in 11th hour talks over unity government as deadline nears
Cape Town, South Africa Reuters South Africa’s African National Congress said late on Thursday that several other parties had agreed to join it in a unity government but the details were not yet finalised, the night before the newly-elected parliament was due to sit. The former liberation movement has been holding hurried talks with rivals […]
South Africa’s ANC will seek to form government of national unity
Johannesburg, South Africa Reuters South Africa’s African National Congress will invite other political parties to form a national unity government, its leader President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday, after it lost its majority for the first time in the democratic era. The former liberation movement once led by Nelson Mandela has run South Africa since […]
Essay: In South Africa, ANC’s lost majority ushers in a new era of coalition politics
STEPHAN CHAN, in an article first published on The Conversation, looks at the shift in South Africa’s political landscape in the wake of the general election…
South Africa’s President urges unity as ANC support plunges
Johannesburg, South Africa Reuters President Cyril Ramaphosa called on South Africa’s political parties to work together for the good of the country as final results from last week’s election confirmed his African National Congress had lost its majority for the first time. The result, announced on Sunday, is the worst election showing for the ANC […]
ANC on course to lose majority in South Africa’s seismic election
Midrand, South Africa Reuters The African National Congress looked set to lose the parliamentary majority it has held for 30 years, partial election results on Thursday showed, as voters punished the former liberation movement for years of decline in South Africa. While the party of the late Nelson Mandela looked likely to remain the largest […]