President Cyril Ramaphosa is pushing to win back the support of black middle-class voters in Wednesday’s election, but many are outraged over the endemic corruption in the African National Congress.
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South Africa Voters in the Dark About Who is Financing Elections
With a pivotal general election this week, South Africans know little about how the A.N.C. and other parties are financing their campaigns. A new law won’t help.
South Africa’s President Can’t Keep the Lights On, Just as Elections Approach
President Cyril Ramaphosa came to power promising a “new dawn. But weeks before an election, South Africa is crippled by rolling blackouts.
South Africa Politician Arrested in Killing of Whistle-Blower
A high-ranking leader of South Africa’s African National Congress was arrested in the killing of an anticorruption whistle-blower.
In South Africa’s Fabled Wine Country, White and Black Battle Over Land
A generation after apartheid, the Stellenbosch region is gripped by a struggle that pits white citizens who still control much of the economy against their black neighbors.
Bribes Like ‘Monopoly Money’ Were Given to South Africa’s Leaders, Panel Hears
A former executive at a logistics company delivered explosive testimony about corruption inside the African National Congress, South Africa’s governing party.
South Africa Leader, Wooing Investors, Pledges End to Corruption
“We cannot carry on like this,” President Cyril Ramaphosa said in an interview at the Davos economic forum.
In Gupta Brothers’ Rise and Fall, the Tale of a Sullied A.N.C.
An Indian family rose to the heights of power and fortune in South Africa with the help of eager officials in the legendary party of Nelson Mandela.
Corruption in South Africa: A Guide to Our Recent Reporting
South Africa’s corruption scandals have upended the country’s view of their governing party, the African National Congress, threatening decades of power.
South Africa Killings Should Be Investigated, Anti-Corruption Agency Says
The agency called on the police to investigate the killings of three politicians who accused rivals of diverting money from a renovation project.