Polls show that South Africans are increasingly fed up with the ANC. In all likelihood, even if Mr. Ramaphosa were to stay in office, the ANC will lose its national majority in 2024. So on one hand, the idea that the ANC could be further harroked by this scandal may not bring too many tears from a lot of South Africans. But on the other hand, things can always get worse in South Africa.
South Africa’s leader says a pile of cash stashed in a sofa represents no wrongdoing. The outcome of an investigation could be the undoing of his presidency and his party. We examine Britain’s hydrogen-economy plans as representing the tradeoffs that many countries will face. And remembering Jay Pasachoff, the world’s foremost expert on and exponent of eclipses.
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