Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa

African National Congress Vice-President and old Mandela favourite Cyril Ramaphosa explained to the international audience that the rain pouring down on the stadium and its surrounding mine dumps was the best possible omen for the hero's departure...

Certainly the negotiating prowess of Cyril Ramaphosa and Slovo the strategic vision of Thabo Mbeki plus the political firepower and sacrifices of countless others were all critical to the defeat of apartheid and the rebuilding of the country...

Zuma team aims to make room for Cyril Ramaphosa who was elected Deputy President of the ANC in December to take Motlanthe’s place as national Deputy President...

Nzimande is held to be extremely ambitious and aspired to the ANC deputy presidency at the Mangaung party congress until Zuma judged the governing party’s former General Secretary business tycoon Cyril Ramaphosa to be a more strategic and inclusive choice (AC Vol 54 No 2 Ramaphosa's price)...

‘It’s a pity that Trevor Manuel is withdrawing just as Cyril Ramaphosa is coming in ’ said a former economic advisor...

With Manuel absent from the NEC it falls to Cyril Ramaphosa deputy head of the National Planning Commission to champion the NDP...

Cyril Ramaphosa the African National Congress’s new Deputy President is finding that the smooth path to power that was promised him may be strewn with boulders...

President Jacob Zuma is to be the face of the African National Congress in the 2014 elections and after winning them will gradually transfer power to Cyril Ramaphosa...

Another close Zuma-ally Jeff Radebe replaces Cyril Ramaphosa in the chair of the National Disciplinary Committee of Appeal...

In fact Cyril Ramaphosa won 3 018 votes and a still more convincing victory over his rivals for the post of party Deputy President...