A clutch of sub-Saharan and European leaders will attend including francophone presidents Alassane Ouattara (Côte d'Ivoire) and Denis Sassou-Nguesso (Congo-Brazzaville) but also Cyril Ramaphosa (South Africa) Muhammadu Buhari (Nigeria) and Paul Kagame (Rwanda)...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has the constitutional power to suspend a judge pending impeachment proceedings if the reputation and workings of the entire judiciary are at stake...

Some of the funds looted from state companies may be financing opposition to President Cyril Ramaphosa...

The problem is Cyril Ramaphosa...

Dropping the dissidents Fresh from winning two key battles in the African National Congress President Cyril Ramaphosa calculates he has enough backing to sack some of his harshest critics when he reshuffles and slims down the cabinet...

Zuma's involvement in succession politics would probably help his struggle with President Cyril Ramaphosa because the latter will be wary of being portrayed as attacking the Zulu community...

It was a stern test of President Cyril Ramaphosa's authority as he won a provisional majority for his position against Magashule and he berated his predecessor Jacob Zuma and his allies for their attacks on the country's judiciary...

Given President Cyril Ramaphosa's focus on gender equality Africa Confidential understands he may well nominate one of several eligible female judges...

Former President Jacob Zuma and the African National Congress Secretary-General Ace Magashule who are both facing multiple corruption charges have launched an open brazen campaign to unseat President Cyril Ramaphosa from the presidency of the party and then the state...