Ramaphosa, Cyril
South Africa’s Corruption Inquiry Leaves Few of the Nation’s Powerful Unscathed
JOHANNESBURG — The final findings of a three-year inquiry into deep-rooted corruption in South Africa were released Wednesday, part of a roughly 5,000-page report that heavily implicated the country’s former president, Jacob Zuma, but also found fault with how current President Cyril Ramaphosa handled allegations of misconduct. South Africa’s chief justice, Raymond Zondo, who led […]
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In South Africa’s Farmgate Scandal, a Theft and Then a Silence
WINDHOEK, Namibia — Namibian investigators were hot on the trail of the suspected burglars. After receiving a tip about a sensational heist — the theft of cash from a farm belonging to President Cyril Ramaphosa of neighboring South Africa — they had traced large money transfers that the suspects made from South African to Namibian […]
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For South Africa’s Leader, Being a Burglary Victim Spells Trouble
CAPE TOWN — The burglars cut through a wire fence around the sprawling property, crept up to a stone farmhouse, climbed through a window and rifled through the furniture until they found their bounty: a fortune in U.S. dollars, in cash, said to be in the millions. The farm’s owner was Cyril Ramaphosa, president of […]
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A Boston Consulting Firm Became a Power Broker, and Then a Pariah, in South Africa
“I am concerned that we are trading off short term access for long term issues,” Ms. Miller wrote in an internal email in 2014. She wrote that Bain was trying to recover its reputation after the presidential election in 2012, when the Republican candidate, Mitt Romney, was criticized for his work at the consulting firm. […]
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South Africa Floods: Death Toll Passes 250
JOHANNESBURG — The death toll from several days of punishing rain that drenched the city of Durban and the surrounding areas near South Africa’s east coast rose to more than 306 on Wednesday, prompting criticism from residents that the government had failed to prepare for what are now increasingly frequent storms. Although the rain in […]
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With a Simple Funeral, South Africa Bids Farewell to Desmond Tutu
CAPE TOWN — In an almost empty cathedral, with an unvarnished, rope-handled coffin placed before the altar, South Africa said farewell on Saturday to Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu with the simplicity that he had planned. Archbishop Tutu’s death last Sunday at age 90 was followed by a week of mourning, as the world remembered his […]
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