Investing in African Energy Conference underway in Cape Town

09 october 2024 - 10:14:11
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) –The 30th edition of the Investing in African Energy Conference is underway in Cape Town.The event [...] Full text...

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New Year reprieve for South African motorists as fuel prices go down

03 january 2024 - 10:37:18
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe on Wednesday announced a reduction of fuel [...] Full text...

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South African activist in hot water over inflammatory tweet

27 june 2023 - 08:25:36
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African Communist Party (SACP) on Monday pledged to lay criminal charges against [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Ramaphosa undertakes official visit to Saudi Arabia

16 october 2022 - 14:29:09
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - President Cyril Ramaphosa left here Sunday for a state visit to Saudi Arabia at [...] Full text...

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Court bars oil giant from surveying South African waters

02 september 2022 - 12:27:42
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Eastern Cape High Court on Thursday ruled that the exploration rights granted by [...] Full text...

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South Africa warned of major power crisis

28 june 2022 - 12:18:11
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa faces a near total blackout on Tuesday night as the country’s aging [...] Full text...

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Mining summit ends in South Africa

13 may 2022 - 08:56:20
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The 2022 Mining Indaba summit wrapped up in Cape Town on Friday with delegates [...] Full text...

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High-level Guinea Bissau delegation visits South Africa

28 april 2022 - 12:21:03
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Guinea Bissau’s President Umaro Embaló on Thursday held talks with his South African counterpart [...] Full text...

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Presidents Tshisekedi, Ramaphosa address DRC political tensions

19 december 2020 - 16:36:16
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) leader, Felix Tshisekedi, arrived in South Africa [...] Full text...

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Improved Nigeria-South Africa relations catalyst for development of Africa - Buhari

04 december 2020 - 17:19:38
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday expressed optimism that improvement in relations between Nigeria and South Africa [...] Full text...

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African electricity sector reforms aim to remove barriers to private investments, cheaper energy prices

21 august 2020 - 21:18:22
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The UN Economic Commission for Africa has embarked on a process to review electricity charges [...] Full text...

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South African President Ramaphosa salutes 'dawn of a new era'

07 february 2019 - 20:01:25
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Exactly a year after toppling Jacob Zuma and sweeping into office on a ticket [...] Full text...

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African Mining Conference attracts 6,000 delegates

05 february 2019 - 12:21:00
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa is a safe venue for mining investments and the country’s documented scourge [...] Full text...

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Minerals Council executive says South Africa could create 50,000 more mining jobs

31 august 2018 - 08:42:57
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - A South Africa moderately more attractive to investors would catalyse the creation of 50,000 more [...] Full text...

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Ramaphosa slams state capture, corruption in South Africa

13 january 2018 - 16:35:57
East London, South Africa (PANA) – African National Congress (ANC) president Cyril Ramaphosa on Saturday promised tough action against those [...] Full text...

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President Zuma on the ropes following Ramaphosa's dramatic victory

19 december 2017 - 06:37:46
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Following 10 turbulent years with President Jacob Zuma as leader of the ruling African [...] Full text...

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LEAD: Ramaphosa elected as head of ruling ANC

18 december 2017 - 17:25:55
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Following a bruising campaign, tycoon and former trade unionist Cyril Ramaphosa was elected as [...] Full text...

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South African President Zuma 'concerned' about political crisis in Zimbabwe

15 november 2017 - 09:43:35
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African President Jacob Zuma, on behalf of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), [...] Full text...

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South Africa's ANC denies plot to remove Mantashe

13 november 2017 - 16:57:56
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's ruling African National Congress on Monday dismissed allegations that there were [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Zanu-PF refuses to be drawn into Mandela spat

07 september 2017 - 10:05:53
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Zimbabwe’s ruling Zanu-PF party refuses to be drawn into a scrap over comments made [...] Full text...

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South Africa: South Africa downgraded to junk status as cabinet crisis grows

03 april 2017 - 18:00:38
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – In another massive blow to embattled President Jacob Zuma, international ratings agency S&P Global [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Mandela Foundation takes aim at Zuma

01 april 2017 - 07:12:31
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Nelson Mandela Foundation has asked for Parliament to convene immediately to debate a [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Outcry over Zuma's Cabinet reshuffle continues to grow

31 march 2017 - 13:42:23
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The outcry over President Jacob Zuma’s dramatic Cabinet reshuffle continues to grow with former [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Turmoil over Zuma's cabinet reshuffle

31 march 2017 - 09:01:55
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa has been plunged into a fresh political crisis after President Jacob Zuma [...] Full text...

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South Africa: ANC secretary-general accuses party branches of "spoiling the water"

09 january 2017 - 18:30:50
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General Gwede Mantashe on Monday took aim at the women’s [...] Full text...

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South Africa: South Africa's ruling ANC gears for 105th birthday celebrations

07 january 2017 - 07:05:05
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) is gearing for Sunday’s Soweto rally to [...] Full text...

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South Africa: ANC chief executive concedes graft is rife in South Africa's ruling party

03 january 2017 - 17:32:40
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – African National Congress (ANC) Secretary General Gwede Mantashe on Tuesday conceded that corruption within [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Ruling ANC rejects calls for Zuma to stand down

29 november 2016 - 14:36:59
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) in South [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Mbeki denies leaking Zuma's letter

08 november 2016 - 17:30:20
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The lengthy rift between former South African president Thabo Mbeki and President Jacob Zuma [...] Full text...

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South Africa: ANC supporters clash in Johannesburg

05 september 2016 - 15:15:27
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Members of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) traded blows with each other outside [...] Full text...

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South Africa: SA Ruling party addresses crisis in Zimbabwe

12 july 2016 - 15:10:23
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) on Tuesday expressed concern over the protests [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Zuma suffers another massive blow in major court ruling

29 april 2016 - 10:55:13
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – In another massive blow to President Jacob Zuma, the North Gauteng High Court on [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Zuma survives historic impeachment vote in South African parliament

05 april 2016 - 18:25:10
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The National Assembly of South Africa on Tuesday voted against removing President Jacob Zuma [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Zuma faces historic impeachment debate

04 april 2016 - 11:50:40
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The executive committee of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) is holding fresh talks [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Growing calls for Zuma to step down

24 march 2016 - 07:45:01
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The scandal over President Jacob Zuma’s relationship with the wealthy Indian Gupta family refuses [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Battered Zuma survives recall threat

21 march 2016 - 10:01:35
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Jacob Zuma has emerged battered and bruised from this weekend’s National Executive Committee [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Thousands march against racism

19 february 2016 - 10:55:27
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Thousands of supporters of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) on Friday held anti-racism [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Zuma responds to criticism from judiciary

09 july 2015 - 08:42:42
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - President Jacob Zuma has responded to a scathing attack on him and his administration [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Land redistribution, a burning issue 20 years after the collapse of Apartheid (Feature by Craig Urquhart, PANA Correspondent)

28 february 2015 - 06:29:10
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – More than 20 years after the collapse of Apartheid and the liberation of South [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Deep divisions ahead of ruling party's anniversary celebrations

06 january 2015 - 14:56:31
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday visited the townships of Cape Town as part of [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Zuma reeling as enemies circle (News Analysis by Craig Urquhart, PANA Correspondent, Johannesburg)

31 august 2014 - 08:48:36
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - The scandals that have clouded South African President Jacob Zuma’s administration for the past five [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Zuma faces crisis over home upgrade

25 august 2014 - 11:09:50
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's President Jacob Zuma is facing perhaps the biggest crisis of his presidency, [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Zuma on the ropes over Nkandla scandal

28 march 2014 - 15:34:16
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) – South African President Jacob Zuma, who has been under pressure all week, faces his party's [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Ruling party downplays calls for Zuma’s impeachment

20 march 2014 - 11:48:43
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) Thursday moved to contain the fallout from the [...] Full text...

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Nkandlagate fuels calls for Zuma’s impeachment

05 december 2013 - 07:45:11
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Calls for the impeachment of South Africa's President Jacob Zuma are growing fast, amid [...] Full text...

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ANC conference ends

21 december 2012 - 08:39:02
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) Thursday wrapped up its national conference in [...] Full text...

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Mixed reaction to Zuma’s re-election

19 december 2012 - 07:15:53
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - There has been a mixed reaction to the re-election of President Jacob Zuma as [...] Full text...

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Zuma wins overwhelmingly to retain SA ruling party leadership

18 december 2012 - 12:20:47
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - President Jacob Zuma Tuesday won an overwhelming majority of votes to retain his position [...] Full text...

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Motlanthe sets eyes on Zuma's position in South Africa

17 december 2012 - 14:56:30
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – In a dramatic development Monday at South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) elective [...] Full text...

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ANC backtracks on no-confidence debate

20 november 2012 - 12:46:28
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) appears to be backtracking on its opposition [...] Full text...

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SA's firebrand youth leader, Malema, accused of incitement

13 september 2012 - 08:14:13
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's Trade Union Solidarity has accused the country's firebrand youth leader Julius Malema [...] Full text...

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ANC backs judge over Mugabe

11 june 2012 - 10:11:09
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s criticism of a crucial ruling by the Pretoria High Court, [...] Full text...

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Zuma painting "an attack on African culture"

21 may 2012 - 10:43:14
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The outcry over a controversial painting showing South Africa's President Jacob Zuma’s exposed genitals [...] Full text...

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SA ruling party moves to heal divisions

04 april 2012 - 08:28:53
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The leaders of South Africa’s ruling African national Congress (ANC) on Tuesday slammed some [...] Full text...

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ANC pulls away in South Africa's election battle

19 may 2011 - 10:11:12
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - With just over half of the results of the 2011 local government elections counted [...] Full text...

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Sushi party embarrasses ruling party

02 february 2011 - 08:43:53
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Controversial South African businessman Kenny Kunene has vowed to stop hosting sushi parties, following [...] Full text...

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War of words over Zuma

14 may 2009 - 07:46:00
Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) has distanced itself from its youth body, [...] Full text...

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