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Why South Africa's governing alliance is doing some serious stock-taking

  • Written by: The Conversation
imageSouth African President Jacob Zuma is also head of the country's governing ANC. Leaders of the party and its alliance partners are meeting to take stock amid tough times.Reuters/Rogan Ward

For the first time since South Africa held democratic elections 21 years ago leaders of the governing African National Congress (ANC) and its alliance partners,...

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How Africa can overcome being marginalised in the global economy

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imageAsymmetries in the regulation of global trade in goods and services as well as finance have serious implications for Africa.Reuters/Toby Melville

One of the challenges facing African countries is that the global environment is rather unfriendly. This hampers their efforts to gainfully tap into global markets.

Additionally, African economies are...

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