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South Africa
State Security Agency loses out in Ramaphosa's reshuffle

In the end, the president of South Africa did not return to an autonomous Ministry of State Security. As a result, a novice in the intelligence sector with little chance of moving forward with reform now oversees the State Security Agency. [...]

Published on 13.03.2023 at 04:40 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Bheki Cele
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Mondli Gungubele
South African Police Service
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Zizi Kodwa

Inner circles | South Africa
Ramaphosa struggles with shortage of top advisers

South Africa's leader is short of economic and international affairs advisers at a time when he badly needs help with domestic emergencies such as power cuts and external crises like the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. He is also having to deal with personality clashes within his office.

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South African president Cyril Ramaphosa in Cape Town on 7 February 2023.

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Ramaphosa orders police inquiry into burglaries of his ministers

The Hawks suspect the possible complicity of a VIP protection unit in the break-ins at the residences of two ministers and political allies of the president. Fearing a campaign to undermine him, Ramaphosa has moved to overhaul this unit.

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Spotlight | South Africa, United Arab Emirates
Pretoria drags heels over Gupta brothers extradition

Atul Gupta and brother Rajesh, the alleged masterminds of state capture during Zuma's presidency who were arrested in Dubai on 2 June, are to be extradited to South Africa but Pretoria is not being very cooperative as the focus shifts to the upcoming ANC conference.

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Inner circles | South Africa
Ramaphosa consoles ANC dignitaries and disgraced Zuma supporters with prestigious embassy posts

Since he became president in 2018, Cyril Ramaphosa has little by little turned key embassy postings into consolation prizes for former Zuma ministers he wants to keep out of government. This has exasperated career diplomats, who are concerned that top diplomatic posts are going to politicians without experience on the international stage.

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South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Spotlight | Mozambique, South Africa
Pretoria nettled by the actions of military contractors in Cabo Delgado

Filipe Nyusi again called in South African paramilitaries to help curb the rising insecurity in the north of the country much to the irritation of the South African authorities, who Mozambique has also directly asked for help.

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