John Sutter: Where does this leave South Africa given the agenda that Mr. Ramaphosa had, the hopes that people put in him as the man to clean up the party and to lead the country into a different and better future? He says it would be the ultimate sad irony if the president who came in promising to reassert the rule of law was ultimately kicked out for breaking it. We'd like to know more about you. Do us a little favor and fill out a short questionnaire at economist slash intelligence survey. The link is in the show notes.
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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