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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa: ANC executive to decide my fate
FILE PHOTO: The Honourable Artillery company give a guard of honour to President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa as he arrives for a banquet at the Guildhall in London, Britain, November 23, 2022. Yui Mok/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
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South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa will not resign after receiving support from allies: spokesperson
FILE — South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa arrives at 10 Downing Street to meet Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, in London, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022. Ramaphosa is facing serious calls to step down after a parliamentary probe found he may have breached the country's anti-corruption laws related to the theft of millions of dollars at his Phala Phala game farm.(AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, File)
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South Africa’s ANC meets over ‘Farmgate’ as Cyril Ramaphosa allies mount defence
Ruling African National Congress (ANC) acting secretary general Paul Mashatile and party spokesperson Pule Mabe address the media at the Nasrec Johannesburg Expo Centre on December 2, 2022. - The political future of President Cyril Ramaphosa hung in the balance on Friday, as South Africans wondered whether he would cling to power or resign over accusations that he sought to cover up a burglary at his farm. (Photo by Guillem SARTORIO / AFP) (Photo by GUILLEM SARTORIO/AFP via Getty Images)
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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa denies violating oath of office
South African president Cyril Ramaphosa speaks at the Green Hydrogen Summit at Century City in Cape Town, South Africa, November 29, 2022. REUTERS/Esa Alexander
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South African president faces growing pressure amid hidden cash allegations and rising crime
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (C) looks on during a symbolic mass memorial service in East London on July 6, 2022, after 21 people, mostly teens, died in unclear circumstances at a township tavern last month, in an incident that shocked South Africa. (Photo by Phill Magakoe / AFP) (Photo by PHILL MAGAKOE/AFP via Getty Images)
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South Africa ends its national state of disaster as COVID-19 cases decline
A woman, wearing a mask to protect against COVID-19, walks through the busy Bara Taxi Rank in Soweto, South Africa, Tuesday, April 5, 2022. With declining cases of COVID-19, South Africa has ended its national state of disaster, the legal framework used for two years to impose restrictions to combat the pandemic (AP Photo/Thandiwe Garusa)
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South Africa’s President isolates after positive test for COVID-19
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa wears a face mask as he looks on during a visit with Ivory Coast's Prime Minister Patrick Achi at the port in Abidjan, Ivory Coast December 3, 2021. REUTERS/Luc Gnago
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South Africa mulls compulsory COVID-19 jabs for some places, activities
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South Africa’s governing party should have done more to prevent Zuma-era corruption, Ramaphosa says
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa appears on behalf of the ruling African National Congress party at the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into State Capture, in Johannesburg, South Africa, on April 28, 2021.
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Ramaphosa receives COVID-19 vaccine as South Africa launches inoculation drive
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa receives a Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa, on Feb. 17, 2021.
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South Africa’s Jacob Zuma could be jailed after no-show at corruption inquiry
General view of the Old council chamber, where South Africa's former president Jacob Zuma is summoned by the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture to attend a state corruption inquiry, in Johannesburg, South Africa, February 15, 2021. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko
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Canada rejects WHO request for immediate vaccine donations to lower-income countries
Amanda Parsons, a registered nurse on staff at the Northwood Care facility, prepares a dose of the Moderna vaccine to Halifax on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. In a bid to control COVID-19, the federal government plans to make free vaccines available to everyone who lives in Canada over the course of 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan-Pool
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South Africa’s COVID-19 variant triggers harsh restrictions
A medical staff is reflected in a mirror as she attends to a COVID-19 patient at a special ward at Arwyp Medical Centre, as South Africa is about the reach a milestone of 1 million infections, in Kempton Park, South Africa, December 25, 2020. REUTERS/Shafiek Tassiem NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES
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South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa to face no-confidence vote
FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa visits the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) treatment facilities at the NASREC Expo Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa April 24, 2020. Jerome Delay/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
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Senior ANC official Ace Magashule granted bail in graft case
African National Congress secretary-general Ace Magashule appears for a bail hearing in Bloemfontein, South Africa, on Nov. 13, 2020.
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South African police approve arrest warrant for top ANC official on corruption charges
In this file photo taken on February 13, 2018, Ace Magashule gives a press briefing on the outcome of the ANC National Executive Committee, in Johannesburg at party's headquarters.
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South Africa abandons its alcohol ban as COVID-19 daily cases decline
South Africa abandons its alcohol ban as virus cases decline
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South African leader lifts lockdown restrictions after COVID-19 infections fall
FILE PHOTO: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa visits the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) treatment facilities at the NASREC Expo Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa April 24, 2020. Jerome Delay/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
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After early praise for COVID-19 response, Ramaphosa faces outrage over corruption allegations
FILE PHOTO: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa visits the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) treatment facilities at the NASREC Expo Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa April 24, 2020. Jerome Delay/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
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Florida reported 15,299 positive COVID-19 cases, shattering the national record for a state’s single-day increase
Florida hits record case increase as U.S. grapples with coronavirus
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Test backlogs hit record levels in South Africa as global supplies are rationed
Test backlogs hit record levels in South Africa as global supplies are rationed
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Herbal remedy touted by some African governments for coronavirus, despite scientists’ warnings
In this photo taken April 24, 2020 residents are given bottles of a herbal mixture which is said to prevent and cure COVID-19 in Antanarivo, Madagascar. President Andry Rajoelina is promoting the drink but there is no scientific proof to back up his claims.
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South Africa reports its first coronavirus deaths as three-week lockdown begins
Members of the Johannesburg Metro Police Department check the documents of commuters during a police roadblock in the Johannesburg CBD, on March 27, 2020.
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G20 pledges US$5-trillion in global stimulus funding amid pandemic crisis
This photo taken and handout by the press office of Palazzo Chigi on March 26, 2020 shows Italian Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte (L) taking part in a video conference as part of an extraordinary meeting of G20 leaders, from the Chigi Palace in Rome, during the country's lockdown following the COVID-19 new coronavirus pandemic. - Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte is blocking a joint response that EU leaders are trying to put together to the coronavirus crisis, an Italian government source said on March 26. (Photo by Handout / Palazzo Chigi press office / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / PALAZZO CHIGI PRESS OFFICE" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo by HANDOUT/Palazzo Chigi press office/AFP via Getty Images)
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South Africa announces biggest COVID-19 lockdown on African continent
A man wearing a mask, walks on the street in Tembisa, east of Johannesburg, South Africa, Monday, March 23, 2020. South Africa, Africa's most industralized economy and a nation of 57 million people, will to go into a nationwide lockdown for 21 days from Thursday to fight the spread of the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
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African nations close borders, cancel flights to contain coronavirus spread
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses the nation following a special cabinet meeting on matters relating to the COVID-19 epidemic at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa on March 15, 2020.
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South Africa will fail if the country doesn’t change
Richard Poplak