Africa March 31, 2021 SOUTH AFRICA: Headline risk in ANC politics Emerging Markets, Politics, South Africa Anne Frühauf ( 5 mins) Despite months of stalling, the battle to remove ruling party Secretary-General Ace Magashule has inched a step closer towards... Read More...
Africa March 3, 2021 SOUTH AFRICA: Tito’s tenure Emerging Markets, Politics, South Africa Tito Anne Frühauf ( 4 mins) The 24 February budget has reinforced the importance of keeping Finance Minister Tito Mboweni in his... Read More...
Africa February 24, 2021 SOUTH AFRICA: Tito’s “no austerity” consolidation budget Emerging Markets, Politics, South Africa Anne Frühauf ( 5 mins) Finance Minister Tito Mboweni’s 24 February budget benefits from better-than-expected revenue shortfalls but aims to hold... Read More...
Africa February 18, 2021 SOUTH AFRICA: Budget preview – short-term gain, long-term pain? Emerging Markets, Politics, South Africa Anne Frühauf ( 4 mins) Ahead of the 24 February budget, South Africa’s near-term fiscal outlook has improved slightly relative to... Read More...
Africa February 10, 2021 SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: Pandemic downsides abound amid ‘vaccine apartheid’ Emerging Markets, Politics, South Africa vaccines Anne Frühauf ( 7 mins) Pandemic downsides abound amid ‘vaccine apartheid’ A second Covid-19 surge is putting to the test assumptions that the pandemic’s public... Read More...
Africa February 3, 2000 Africa Teneo Template Emerging Markets, Politics, South Africa Anne Frühauf, Malte Liewerscheidt ( < 1 mins) ... Read More...
Africa February 2, 2021 SOUTH AFRICA: First vaccine progress as second wave eases Emerging Markets, Politics, South Africa vaccines, editorial, covid-19 Anne Frühauf ( 3 mins) Late on 1 February, on the day when the first 1mn Covid-19 vaccines had arrived in the country, President Cyril... Read More...
Africa January 27, 2021 SOUTH AFRICA: Vaccine politics Emerging Markets, Politics, South Africa vaccines, editorial, covid-19 Anne Frühauf ( 6 mins) Facing a backlash over its vaccine strategy, President Cyril Ramaphosa’s administration is scrambling to reassure South... Read More...
Africa January 7, 2021 SOUTH AFRICA: Worsening Covid-19 wave, slow vaccine action Emerging Markets, Politics, South Africa covid-19 Anne Frühauf ( 5 mins) President Cyril Ramaphosa’s administration has come under heavy criticism this week for its lack of a convincing Covid-19 vaccination strategy. While... Read More...
Africa December 29, 2020 SOUTH AFRICA: Reluctant return to lockdown as Covid-19 infections surge Emerging Markets, Politics, South Africa covid-19 Anne Frühauf ( 3 mins) On 28 December, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a return from ‘Level 1’ to ‘Level 3’ lockdown restrictions, which... Read More...
