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Vol 60 No 5

Published 8th March 2019


South Africa

Ramaphosa’s high-wire act

The President has assembled an impressive trio to drive his economic reform plans, while he seeks to handle the politics

A year after becoming President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa has gone a long way to transforming the political landscape and curbing corruption, but his toughest task lies ahead: persuading his trade union and communist allies to back investor-friendly economic reforms to turn around an ailing economy.

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