Vol 63 No 20 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
' ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa's plans for national renewal and economic reform were failing because the party is mired in its own corruption scandals and faction-fighting argued Zibi...
If President Cyril Ramaphosa and his favoured candidates win in December and the prosecutions of ousted President Jacob Zuma and his allies go ahead he should be able to fend off the RET's pressure ahead of the 2024 elections...
Vol 63 No 19 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
The topic of the day is who is best placed to challenge Cyril Ramaphosa for the leadership of the ANC – Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma or Zweli Mkhize...
The rise and stall of Zweli Mkhize Former Health Minister Zweli Mkhize helped lead the country through the Covid crisis and many had believed he would take over from President Cyril Ramaphosa before he was forced to resign after a corruption scandal over a communications company hired by his department at the height of the pandemic (AC Vol 61 No 8 Heroes and villains in the pandemic)...
Before Geingob, President Cyril Ramaphosa was the one to face the stonewalling King Mswati III...
Vol 63 No 18 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
Even ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa cannot be certain of victory in the party and that he will be its choice as presidential contender in the next election...
Her detractors say she is too young at 46 and some see the former banker as too close to Cyril Ramaphosa...
DISPATCHES
Several leaders including South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa and Portugal's President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa flew to Luanda for the funeral...
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Vol 63 No 16 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
In his closing address to the African National Congress's 6th policy conference in Johannesburg on 31 July President Cyril Ramaphosa said the gathering was overwhelmingly in favour of retaining the 'step-aside' rule which requires ANC members charged with corruption to step back from public office until they have been cleared...
Vol 63 No 16 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
It was a humiliation for President Cyril Ramaphosa which damaged his chances of winning a second term as president...
While the pro-Cyril Ramaphosa ‘Ankole' faction fear the prospect of losing the province and possibly the nation the pro-Zuma ‘Taliban' seem to view it with greater equanimity so long as it means their dominance of the party continues ...
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Vol 63 No 16 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
It started about as badly as it could for President Cyril Ramaphosa with the news that the Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane was investigating whether he had breached the Executive Ethics Code in his handling of a break-in at his farm in which some US$4 million was reported to have been stolen...
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Vol 63 No 15 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
President Cyril Ramaphosa vigorously defended his probity in a speech to the South African Communist Party (SACP) on 15 July insisting he would not be railroaded or intimidated while about 150 demonstrators supporting the Radical Economic Transformation (RET) faction of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) marched on its Luthuli House headquarters to demand his suspension from office...
Vol 63 No 14 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
Chief Justice Raymond Zondo's epic state capture report is proving disastrous for President Cyril Ramaphosa and the ruling African National Congress (ANC)...