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14.07.2021 / 20:25

More than 70 dead in South Africa as country falls into further unrest

South Africa on Wednesday, defying government calls to end a week of violence that has killed more than 70 people and wrecked hundreds of businesses.The unrest, the worst in South Africa for years, also disrupted hospitals struggling to cope with a third wave of COVID-19 and forced the closure of a refinery.Protests triggered by the jailing of ex-president Jacob Zuma for failing to appear at a corruption inquiry last week have widened into looting and an outpouring of general anger over the hardship and inequality that persist 27 years after the end of apartheid.Shopping malls and warehouses have been ransacked or set ablaze in several cities, mostly in Zuma’s home in KwaZulu-Natal province, and the financial and economic center

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South Africa's ex-president says he is ready for graft trial

JOHANNESBURG – Former South African president Jacob Zuma says he is ready for his trial on charges of corruption, racketeering, and money laundering.

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South Africa's president suspends party secretary-general

JOHANNESBURG – South African president Cyril Ramaphosa has intensified the country’s anti-corruption drive with the suspension of his African National Congress party’s secretary-general, who is facing corruption charges in court.

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Ramaphosa denies wrong in raising election campaign funds

JOHANNESBURG – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has claimed there was “nothing sinister” about the funding for his 2017 political campaign to become president of the ruling party, the African National Congress.

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South Africa's Ramaphosa says corruption has damaged country

JOHANNESBURG – Rampant corruption has seriously damaged South Africa's economy and people's trust in the government, President Cyril Ramaphosa testified Wednesday at a judicial inquiry into graft in the county.

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Hope that South Africa's COVID-19 corruption inspires action

CAPE TOWN – There's some hope in South Africa that this time the outrage against corruption inspires effective action.

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South African ex-president's corruption trial set for May

JOHANNESBURG – Former South African president Jacob Zuma’s corruption trial is set to begin in May, more than 16 years after he was first implicated in the graft allegations.

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South Africa's president fights own party over corruption

JOHANNESBURG – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa's anti-corruption drive is facing stiff resistance from political foes within his own party, including his predecessor, who is openly defying a ruling from the country's highest court to testify at an inquiry into state graft.

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South Africa's former president is warned to appear in court

JOHANNESBURG – A legal showdown is looming in South Africa where former president Jacob Zuma is refusing to obey court orders to testify at a judicial inquiry into corruption charges against him.

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WATCH: The Zumas Joke At Ramaphosa’s Face Mask Woes in ‘Zooming With Zuma’ Trailer

In a candid online Zoom interview released yesterday (May 4, 2020) with his son Duduzane Zuma, the former president opens up about the alleged Muammar Gaddafi millions he has been said to be stashing, state capture, the poisoning plot and the decisions the country has taken amid the Covid-19 outbreak.

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