A Battle Rages Over the Legacy of Nelson Mandela
- President Ramaphosa stakes reputation on corruption crackdown
- South Africa unlikely to win investment unless graft is curbed
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A fight over graft within South Africa’s monolithic ruling party is intensifying, and its outcome could determine whether the continent’s most developed nation prospers or fails.
South Africa has labored for the past decade with a level of corruption that’s progressively slowed growth, bankrupted state companies and hollowed out institutions. As party members take to the streets to protest against graft and public outrage grows, President Cyril Ramaphosa is accelerating his anti-corruption campaign in the governing African National Congress.