Just a few months ago, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was considered a shoo-in for a second term as leader of South Africa’s ruling party and ultimately the country. Now the risk is mounting he could be headed the same way as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who quit last week.
Ramaphosa is facing opposition calls to resign as police investigate alleged irregularities surrounding the theft in 2020 of at least US$4 million from his game ranch.
Opponents within the ruling African National Congress (ANC) are also making the most of the scandal, and three of his allies who spoke on condition
Cape Town has threatened to scrap contracts with companies including EOH, EY and Nedbank after the firms were named in the Zondo probe into state capture.
South Africa has cut the isolation period for those infected with symptomatic Covid-19 to seven days from 10 and dropped the need for asymptomatic cases to isolate.