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South African judiciary will face more attacks

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SOUTH AFRICA

As outgoing Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng’s term ended in October, Ramaphosa named four candidates to be assessed by the Judicial Services Commission (JSC) in February 2022 before…

South Africa’s judiciary faces populist threats

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SOUTH AFRICA

Zuma seeks also to avoid prosecution for alleged corruption related to a notorious late-1990s ‘arms deal’. Separately, a Judicial Conduct Tribunal has delivered a finding of gross…

South Africa: Mantashe allegations will hurt Ramaphosa

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SOUTH AFRICA

Mantashe has sought a judicial review to challenge the legal basis of any potential charges. The allegations raise a potentially serious political problem for President Cyril…

Attacks on South Africa’s constitution will increase

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SOUTH AFRICA

The constellation of political and social forces crystallised in the 1996 constitutional compromise has broken down. In part this relates to persistently high poverty, gaping…

African anti-corruption will require state-led reform

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AFRICA

Anti-corruption in Africa

Ethiopia’s shock therapy reform drive risks backlash

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ETHIOPIA

A series of far-reaching policy pronouncements by Abiy’s new government suggest a dramatic transformation is underway in Ethiopia. While implementation will be contentious and…

Ramaphosa will ward off leadership challengers

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SOUTH AFRICA

In it, she took aim at high-level judges and politicians using terms such as "mentally colonised Africans" and attacked what she called a "neo-liberal constitution" of "foreign…

Ethiopia may fail to deliver on transitional justice

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ETHIOPIA

The policy includes some changes from the justice ministry’s initial draft, most significantly the removal of a proposal for a special court to prosecute the most serious crimes…

Divided ANC undermines Ramaphosa’s capacity to govern

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SOUTH AFRICA

These challenges are interlinked, and all threaten Ramaphosa’s standing over the medium term. They also influence Ramaphosa’s ability to manage an intensely divided ANC, with…