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Cyril Ramaphosa

A coal-fired power station in Witbank, South Africa , Monday, Oct. 11, 2021.
Energy
Scheduled blackouts roll South Africa into electricity crisis
People pass through Waterloo train station, in London, during the morning rush hour
COVID-19
Wary, weary world slams doors shut, fearing omicron variant
Four people are shown looking through a white-framed windows and wearing green medical scrubs.
Coronavirus Conversations
Discussion: Sub-Saharan Africa’s deepening coronavirus crisis
Looters outside a shopping centre alongside a burning barricade in Durban, South Africa
Violence
South Africa’s democracy is ‘standing firm’ despite civil unrest, says analyst
A couple and their child are seen on vacant land marked with tape in Olievenhoutbosch near Centurion, South Africa.
Trump wants Pompeo to study ‘killing of farmers’ in South Africa
President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers his State of the Nation address
Global Politics
South Africa’s new president says the nation will face tough decisions as it rebuilds its economy
ANC members celebrate after Cyril Ramaphosa was elected president of the ANC in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Global Politics
Young South Africans once worshipped the ANC. Now ‘the party of Mandela’ is tarnished.