' However  he was almost immediately slapped down by President Cyril Ramaphosa and  after saying he was standing his ground  later deleted the tweets...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     She is sister to Patrice Motsepe  South Africa's richest man  and Tshepo Motsepe  President Cyril Ramaphosa's wife  and is married to Jeff Radebe  a minister in successive ANC governments and was once tipped for the presidency (AC Vol 55 No 18  Dividing the spoils)...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
            Vol 61 No 17 | 
            - SOUTHERN AFRICA
	     As the effects of South Africa's recession spread through the region  there is little sign of President Cyril Ramaphosa's pan-African agenda  although he is the current chair of the African Union...
 In 2014  then President Jacob Zuma appointed his deputy Cyril Ramaphosa special envoy to Lesotho to monitor the politics  including former Prime Minister Tom Thabane's tumultuous rule...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
            Vol 61 No 16 | 
            - SOUTH AFRICA
	    Most accept that the ruling African National Congress (ANC) and President Cyril Ramaphosa started the pandemic well...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Observers from the AU  the European Union  the United States and South Africa – President Cyril Ramaphosa is chair of the AU and mediating between the parties  which also include Sudan – are watching the latest chapter unfold...
	 
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            Vol 61 No 14 | 
            - SOUTH AFRICA
	    As South Africa continues to ease its Covid-19 lockdown  President Cyril Ramaphosa  faces a country teetering on the brink of bankruptcy  a ruling party more divided than ever  and pushback against reform on three fronts...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
            Vol 61 No 13 | 
            - SOUTH AFRICA
	    Finance Minister Tito Mboweni's post-Covid-19 budget is a balancing act that offers President Cyril Ramaphosa a chance to radically restructure the country's ailing state-owned enterprises (SOE) or submit to terms imposed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in exchange for finance by 2024  economists say...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
            Vol 61 No 13 | 
            - SOUTH AFRICA
	     ExportsIn a rare appearance before Parliament and its defence committee  Jackson Mthembu  Minister in the Presidency  accompanied by Mapisa-Nqakula and her deputy Thabang Makwetla  have presented the two annual armaments export reports since President Cyril Ramaphosa was elected...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
            Vol 61 No 13 | 
            - SOUTH AFRICA
	     President Cyril Ramaphosa  who chairs the African Union  has made its voice heard about Floyd but has been silent on those who died at the hands of security forces in South Africa...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
            Vol 61 No 12 | 
            - SOUTH AFRICA
	    Before the Covid-19 pandemic struck South Africa  President Cyril Ramaphosa and his centrist supporters were locked in combat with followers of former President Jacob Zuma  African National Congress Secretary-General Ace Magashule and Deputy President David Mabuza...