S&P Cuts South Africa’s Credit Rating To ‘junk’
Credit rating agency Standard and Poor's downgraded South Africa's rating to junk status on Monday, as the country's currency continued ...
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Rand Falls Further As Concern Mounts
Worries over the health of South Africa's economy continued on Monday, as comments by the new finance minister failed to ...
South Africa Rand Sinks Further Amid Concern About Credit Downgrade
Worries over the health of South Africa's economy continued on Monday, as comments by the new finance minister failed to ...
Memorial of S.Africa Icon Turns Into Anti-Zuma Protest
A memorial service Saturday for anti-apartheid icon Ahmed Kathrada was transformed into a fierce attack on South African President Jacob ...
S. Africa New Finance Minister Vows To Enforce ANC Policies
South Africa's new Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba on Saturday pledged to implement the policies of the ruling ANC as the ...
New South Africa Finance Minister Gigaba Calls For Radical Reform
South Africa needs to "radically transform" its economy, the country's new finance minister has said. The treasury has been seen ...
Protests Erupt After President Zuma Sacks Ministers In South Africa
The sacking of South Africa’s Finance Minister, Pravin Gordhan , has divided the ruling ANC party and the South African ...
Remembering the Anti-Apartheid Giant Ahmed Kathrada
Flags were lowered to half-mast and mourners lined the streets outside Westpark Cemetery on Wednesday morning. Many embraced tearfully as ...
From Anti-Apartheid Fight To Internal Struggles
South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC), now struggling with internal conflicts, started out as an elite black group. The ...
Potential Successors of S.Africa’s Zuma
The backlash against South African President Jacob Zuma's shock reshuffle has intensified pressure on him to resign ahead of the ...
South Africa Leaders Divided After President Zuma Sacks Gordhan
South Africa’s Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has described the sacking of Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan as “totally unacceptable”. His late ...
South Africa Cabinet Bloodbath Exposes ANC Generational Divide
South African President Jacob Zuma's sweeping cabinet overhaul exposes deep divisions between the ANC's apartheid-struggle old guard and a new ...
Malema Speaks Out On Plan ‘to Get Rid of President Zuma’
Julius Malema, leader of South Africa's radical opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party, is briefing the media following President Zuma's ...
S.Africa’s Popular Former Finance Minister
Pravin Gordhan, who was sacked late Thursday, is liked and admired by many ordinary South Africans -- an unusual achievement ...
SA Rift Over Finance Minister Sacking
Pravin Gordhan has been seen as standing up to President Jacob Zuma in cabinet South Africa's Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa ...
South Africa Leaders Divided After President Zuma Sacks Gordhan
South Africa's Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has described the sacking of Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan as "totally unacceptable". His late ...
Zuma Sacks Finance Minister In Major Reshuffle
South Africa's President Jacob Zuma sacked finance minister Pravin Gordhan in a major cabinet reshuffle after days of speculation that ...
SA President Zuma Sacks Finance Minister
South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has sacked Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan after days of speculation that rocked the country’s markets ...
S.African Rand Plunges After Finance Minister Sacked In Reshuffle
South Africa's rand plunged five percent Friday after President Jacob Zuma sacked his finance minister and made ten new cabinet ...
Asian Traders Tread Carefully As Quarter Draws To A Close
Asian investors moved cautiously Friday following a Wall Street rally inspired by better-than-expected US economic growth data, while South Africa's ...