National Congress

South Africa
Planned $3m gift to Cuba lands foreign minister Naledi Pandor in hot water

Announced in February, the proposed 50m-rand gift has sparked a row with the opposition and a legal battle. The whole affair has lifted the veil over dealings between Pretoria and Havana.

Subscribers only Politics 25.05.2022

The minister for international relations and cooperation Naledi Pandor.

South Africa
Energy minister Gwede Mantashe's nuclear ambitions in limbo

A firm believer that a nuclear programme is the solution to South Africa's energy crisis, Mantashe is facing opposition to his plan.

Subscribers only Energy, Politics 24.05.2022

South African Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe, shown here at the Investing in African Mining Indaba conference in May 2022.

South Africa
Malema's Economic Freedom Fighters take aim at French African policy

On 25 May, the radical left-wing party, which is the third biggest in the country and has close links with Russia, is organising a march on the French embassy in Pretoria. Unprecedented in South Africa, the demonstration is billed as denouncing France's interference in the continent's affairs.

Free access Politics 24.05.2022

Namibia
TotalEnergies' huge discovery pushes up bidding on Venus

The Orange Basin, home to two of the largest crude oil discoveries in Africa in recent decades, is currently the focus of intense competition that could lead to record-breaking deals.

Subscribers only Energy 24.05.2022

Kenya
Ruto gambles on reversing Kenyatta reforms to win presidency

The vice-president, at daggers drawn with his former ally, is defying the outgoing head of state by threatening to reverse some of his flagship measures. His bravado has divided his own campaign team.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Politics 23.05.2022

South Africa
MPs to debate new oil bill as TotalEnergies looks anxiously on

South Africa's parliament is at last about to start debating the draft hydrocarbons bill after numerous postponements but there is still a long way to go before it passes into law.

Subscribers only Energy 19.05.2022

South Africa
Mkhize's uphill battle to wrest ANC presidency from Ramaphosa

In the face of Cyril Ramaphosa's popularity within the African National Congress, his former health minister Zweli Mkhize is banking on his native KwaZulu-Natal province to bolster his position, but various political and judicial obstacles stand in his way.

Subscribers only Politics 19.05.2022

Former South African health minister Zweli Mkhize.

The New Guard
DRC, Madagascar, Congo, Botswana

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence reveals the next generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

DRCMatthieu Kayoka, Kabila's party diplomatic adviser

MadagascarLova Rinel, former adviser to Rajaonarimampianina, majority candidate for France's parliamentary elections

CongoLoic Mackosso, Brazzaville's ubiquitous financial adviser

BotswanaFrom London to Paris, Kaene Disepo the campaigner from Gaborone

Subscribers only Finance, Politics, Diplomacy 18.05.2022

South Africa
Why no Zondo report suspects are yet facing criminal charges

The commission of enquiry into state capture has fingered a growing number of criminal suspects but South African prosecutors have yet to formally charge any of them as a result. What's going on?

Subscribers only Politics 17.05.2022

South Africa
Parliamentary committee chairs still in post despite damning Zondo report

The African National Congress leadership has taken no concrete steps to urge three MPs to step down from their key roles even though they have been named in the explosive corruption investigation.

Subscribers only Politics 12.05.2022

The New Guard
Morocco, Chad, Uganda, South Africa

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence reveals the next generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

MoroccoAli Seddiki, a pillar for Minister Mohcine Jazouli.

ChadFrom Paris to Abidjan, Succès Masra's grand promotional tour.

UgandaDoreen Nyanjura, Deputy Lord Mayor of Kampala follows in Kizza Besigye's footsteps.

South AfricaRonald Lamola, Ramaphosa's ambitious justice minister.

Free access Politics 11.05.2022

Kenya
Turncoat speaker Justin Muturi champions Ruto in Kenyatta stronghold

The speaker of the national assembly abandoned the presidential camp and joined Ruto in April. He now wants nothing less than the deputy president's seat in return for playing a pivotal role in rallying the centre of the country.

Subscribers only Politics 10.05.2022

Speaker of the National Assembly Justin Muturi.

South Africa
Opponents to Karpowership floating power plants ready to do battle

NGOs, economic intelligence firms and parliamentary committees opposed to the Turkish group's plans to operate three floating gas-fired power plants in South African waters are exploring all legal avenues to have its contract cancelled. And are kicking up a storm while they go about it.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 04.05.2022

South Africa
Cyril Ramaphosa strategises on the never-ending Zondo Commission of Inquiry

The delivery date of the full Zondo report has been pushed back again, this time to 15 June. In the run-up to the ANC congress, these repeated postponements are providing President Cyril Ramaphosa with several advantages in his bid for re-election.

Subscribers only Politics 03.05.2022

South African president Cyril Ramaphosa.

Inner circles | South Africa
All-powerful Constitutional Court defends its independence as political attacks intensify

Since it began to operate in 1995, the Constitutional Court, with its 11 judges, has always succeeded in playing its role of counterweight to the government, setting a rare example on the African continent in this respect.

Subscribers only Politics 29.04.2022

The front of the Constitutional Court of South Africa on Constitution Hill in central Johannesburg.

Spotlight | Sudan
Coup leader Burhan hunts for new PM in bid to consolidate power

Sudan's interim leader is telling anyone who cares to listen that, five months after the resignation of Abdalla Hamdok, he wants to appoint a new prime minister. That would allow him to consolidate power by further destabilising the already bitterly divided political class.

Subscribers only Politics 28.04.2022

The Chairman of the Sudanese Sovereign Council, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan.

South Africa
ANC rivalries in KwaZulu-Natal lead to multiple assassinations

Leaders of the African National Congress have been targeted in a wave of assassinations in KwaZulu-Natal province. They began during the local elections last November in an embittered power struggle as the party loses traction and will certainly grow in the run-up to the national conference in December.

Subscribers only Politics 28.04.2022

Saudi Arabia, Sudan, UAE
Gulf monarchies back Afwerki's efforts to mediate between the regime and the parties

The Eritrean president is playing an active mediatory role in Khartoum between Sovereignty Council chairman General al-Burhan and the parties which refuse to recognise his regime. He is getting support behind the scenes from Saudi Arabia and the UAE, which are concerned to see al-Burhan increasingly recruiting former officials of the al-Bashir regime.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 27.04.2022

In recent weeks, the chairman of the Sudanese Sovereign Base Council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has twice received delegations from Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki.

South Africa
Ramaphosa seeks to oust allegedly pro-Zuma ombudswoman

Busisiwe Mkhwebane has been accused by MPs from both the ruling ANC and the opposition Democratic Alliance of incompetence and bias, and is now facing parliamentary impeachment proceedings. She continues to make accusations against President Ramaphosa, who wants her out of office as soon as possible.

Subscribers only Politics 27.04.2022

Busisiwe Mkhwebane, the South African Public Protector.

Patrice Talon

TotalEnergies

Yoweri Museveni

Xi Jinping

Michaël Randrianirina

South Africa Planned $3m gift to Cuba lands foreign minister Naledi Pandor in hot water

South Africa Energy minister Gwede Mantashe's nuclear ambitions in limbo

South Africa Malema's Economic Freedom Fighters take aim at French African policy

Namibia TotalEnergies' huge discovery pushes up bidding on Venus

Kenya Ruto gambles on reversing Kenyatta reforms to win presidency

South Africa MPs to debate new oil bill as TotalEnergies looks anxiously on

South Africa Mkhize's uphill battle to wrest ANC presidency from Ramaphosa

The New Guard DRC, Madagascar, Congo, Botswana

DRCMatthieu Kayoka, Kabila's party diplomatic adviser

MadagascarLova Rinel, former adviser to Rajaonarimampianina, majority candidate for France's parliamentary elections

CongoLoic Mackosso, Brazzaville's ubiquitous financial adviser

BotswanaFrom London to Paris, Kaene Disepo the campaigner from Gaborone

South Africa Why no Zondo report suspects are yet facing criminal charges

South Africa Parliamentary committee chairs still in post despite damning Zondo report

The New Guard Morocco, Chad, Uganda, South Africa

MoroccoAli Seddiki, a pillar for Minister Mohcine Jazouli.

ChadFrom Paris to Abidjan, Succès Masra's grand promotional tour.

UgandaDoreen Nyanjura, Deputy Lord Mayor of Kampala follows in Kizza Besigye's footsteps.

South AfricaRonald Lamola, Ramaphosa's ambitious justice minister.

Kenya Turncoat speaker Justin Muturi champions Ruto in Kenyatta stronghold

South Africa Opponents to Karpowership floating power plants ready to do battle

South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa strategises on the never-ending Zondo Commission of Inquiry

Inner circles | South Africa All-powerful Constitutional Court defends its independence as political attacks intensify

Spotlight | Sudan Coup leader Burhan hunts for new PM in bid to consolidate power

South Africa ANC rivalries in KwaZulu-Natal lead to multiple assassinations

Saudi Arabia, Sudan, UAE Gulf monarchies back Afwerki's efforts to mediate between the regime and the parties

South Africa Ramaphosa seeks to oust allegedly pro-Zuma ombudswoman

The New Guard Kenya, South Africa, Congo, Guinea, Morocco

KenyaSolomon Kuria, the link between Kenyatta and Odinga.

South AfricaNonceba Mhlauli, President Ramaphosa's youth champion

CongoSteven Moussala, Prime Minister Anatole Makosso's Franco-Congolese sherpa

GuineaMohamed Lamine Solano, Conakry's voice in Washington.

MoroccoOmar Chraibi, the man behind Voltalia's solar victory.

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