Jacob Zuma

Politics & Policy

South Africans are learning that they’re not that exceptional after all

In the wake of a series of destabilising corruption scandals, financial mismanagement and the incompetent leadership of President Jacob Zuma, South Africa is no longer that exceptional from the rest of Africa
Politics & Policy

What a downgrade means for South Africa and what it can do about it

Rating agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has cut South Africa’s foreign currency rating to sub-investment grade status. Two other global ratings agencies, Fitch and Moody’s, may well follow suit.
Politics & Policy

Xenophobia again jeopardises South Africa’s interests in Africa

It is high time South Africans tackle the problem of xenophobia for what it is – if only for the sake of self-interest.