We hear that Pandor got broad approval from President Cyril Ramaphosa to make a statement but the exact text was not agreed before release and her call for Russia's 'immediate withdrawal' was deemed to have over-stepped the mark...
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Vol 63 No 5 |
- RUSSIA
- AFRICA
It boosts the argument of those in the ruling African National Congress who say President Cyril Ramaphosa is too close to western governments and multinational companies...
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Vol 63 No 5 |
- CONGO-KINSHASA
But after 24 February when the President hosts several African leaders including South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa for a summit he is likely to turn his attention back to local matters...
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Vol 63 No 5 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
Both trade unions and company bosses voiced frustration with President Cyril Ramaphosa's State of the Nation address earlier this month...
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Vol 63 No 4 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
The writing is on the wall for National Police Commissioner Khehla Sitole and Police Minister Bheki Cele after President Cyril Ramaphosa's State of the Nation address in which he indicated that he would soon announce leadership changes in the security agencies amid a host of other reform promises...
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa is set to be the most high–profile 'no show'...
Vol 63 No 4 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
As he was preparing his state of the nation address in Cape Town City Hall on 10 February President Cyril Ramaphosa was deluged with contradictory advice about the need for radical change as the country faces the socio-economic damage of the pandemic...
Vol 63 No 4 |
- FOOTBALL
- AFRICA
His business record as founder of African Rainbow Minerals and as brother-in-law to President Cyril Ramaphosa combined with his ownership of the Malelodi Sundowns make him a high-profile head of African football after years of dysfunction and opaque decision-making in CAF...
Corporate powerBanker and corporate power in Nigeria has its parallels in South Africa where business titan Cyril Ramaphosa won the African National Congress leadership in 2017 taking over the national presidency from Jacob Zuma in 2018...
Vol 63 No 3 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
When South African President Cyril Ramaphosa takes the podium on 10 February in Cape Town's City Hall – which will substitute for the colonial-era parliamentary buildings gutted by fire on 2 January – his state-of-the-nation address will be judged more harshly than ever (AC Vol 63 No 1 Outpouring of grief marks Archbishop Tutu's passing)...