Inner Circle | South Africa
Coalition partner Steenhuisen uses his team to stand up to dominant ANC

South Africa
Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister finally appoints chief of staff

The academic Clarence Tshitereke has just joined Gwede Mantashe's ranks, thus putting an end to a search marked by the rejection of two other candidates.

South Africa
Paul Mashatile refuses to reform ANC-DA's conflict resolution apparatus

While there have been many disagreements within the Government of National Unity, only one issue has been formally resolved by the conflict resolution platform set up in September and chaired by the deputy president, who nevertheless refuses to overhaul it.

South Africa
Pretoria sends mission to Washington to save its trade, with AGOA under threat

Faced with the threat of his country being excluded from the economically beneficial African Growth and Opportunity Act, President Cyril Ramaphosa has asked four of his closest aides to lead a delegation to the US.

South Africa
South African delegation will head to Paris's February AI summit

South Africa's deputy minister of communications and digital, Mondli Gungubele, from the ANC party, will be in Paris on 10 and 11 February for the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit organised by the Élysée Palace.

South Africa
Democratic Alliance manoeuvres to influence ANC foreign policy

As the second largest force in the African National Congress-dominated government of national unity, the centre-right DA party is no longer willing to play second fiddle when it comes to international relations.

The New Guard
South Africa, Morocco, Guinea

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

South AfricaRyan Smith, the Democratic Alliance's rising star

MoroccoHajar Mousannif, artificial intelligence pioneer

GuineaMouctar Bah, promoting financial ties between Africa and Europe

South Africa
ANC-DA alliance struggles to overcome legal vacuum

South Africa's ruling coalition is creaking in the absence of an applicable legal framework amid growing tensions between its two leading parties.

South Africa
Steenhuisen set for re-election as Democratic Alliance leader

The Democratic Alliance, South Africa's largest opposition party, will hold its national conference in April. Its current leader is expected to be re-elected unopposed. The party's focus is on the 2024 general election in which it hopes to push the ruling ANC into forming a governing coalition.