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The ruling party’s flagship policy is a cause of the country’s problems, not a solution

John McDermott, our chief Africa correspondent, analyses the country’s shocking rise in anti-foreign sentiment

After a lost decade, economic prospects may be brightening

The staggering costs of Black Economic Empowerment

It has spread to five provinces in Congo and may soon reach South Sudan

Less than one-third of black South African children live with their biological fathers