Question

After the daughter of a former president of this country worked on a telenovela with the communications company Amrobrite, the firm was hired by Bain and Company to weaken this country’s largest tax collecting agency. A 2017 scandal revealed that the British PR firm Bell Pottinger created and spread a three-word phrase via bots on this country’s internet to deflect attention from Oakbay (10[2])Investments’s state capture allegations. The largest sulfur dioxide emitter in the world is a firm in this country whose corrupt contracts were investigated by the Zondo Commission. In (10[1])this country, (-5[1])André de Ruyter (10[2])alleged criminal cartels siphon cash from (10[1])failing coal plants at the public utility, Eskom. (10[4])This country’s conspiracy about “White Monopoly (10[1])Capital” was spread by the Gupta Family. (10[9])For 10 (10[1])points, name this country where Cyril Ramaphosa (10[1])inherited (10[1])a kleptocracy run by Jacob Zuma. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: South Africa [or Republic of South Africa or RSA; or Ningizimu Afrika, Mzantsi Afrika, Suid- Afrika, Afrika Borwa, Afrika Dzonga, Afurika Tshipembe, or Sewula Afrika]
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Summary

2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y24100%0%4%111.67

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Todd MaslykMichigan AUC Berkeley B6210
Alex AkridgeIndiana AMinnesota A6210
Christopher SimsNorthwestern AToronto A9010
Aidan FeinVanderbilt AImperial A92-5
Ani PerumallaPenn State AGeorgia Tech B9510
Henry CafaroChicago CCornell B9510
Cole TimmerwilkeHarvard AUC Berkeley A10110
Charles HangWUSTL AStanford A10910
Stevie MillerMaryland AFlorida A10910
Alan WuRutgers BJohns Hopkins A10910
Vivek SasseChicago BYale A10910
Kevin FanMcGill AVirginia A11510
Frederick Rivas-GiorgiYale BClaremont A12210
Benjamin McAvoy-BickfordPenn ASouth Carolina A12210
Vedul PalavajjhalaWUSTL BIllinois A12210
Noah SheidlowerColumbia AMIT A12210
Qingyu ZhangFlorida BMinnesota B12210
Vincent DuNorth Carolina ATexas A12210
Matt JacksonChicago ACornell A12210
Chris RayOhio State AGeorgia Tech A12210
Walter ZhangBrown ADuke A12210
Conor ThompsonIowa State ARutgers A12410
Alex PijanowskiPurdue ANYU A13110
Forrest WeintraubColumbia BHouston A13210
Michael MaysImperial AVanderbilt A13910