Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa

Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa's prospects of succeeding President Jacob Zuma in 2019 – in steep decline recently – changed for the better last week with his endorsement by the Confederation of South African Trade Unions at its elective conference at Midrand...

Zikalala's victory is a blow to Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa's presidential ambitions even though the ANC's recent National General Council meetings proved lukewarm to the prospect of a Dlamini-Zuma presidency...

As South Africa's Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa and the Chairwoman of the African Union Commission Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma sang and danced on the podium alongside Zuma on 18 October it was possible for a moment to forget the eager manoeuvring to succeed him in 2017 when he is due to step down as ANC leader...

The Premier League's enemies say this allows them to control political coverage and favour Zuma while ignoring others including the Deputy President (of party and state) Cyril Ramaphosa...

Lonmin once the minerals division of Roland 'Tiny' Rowland's Lonrho later had Cyril Ramaphosa current SA Deputy President on its board and is now indelibly linked to the 2012 massacre by police at its Marikana mine (AC Vol 53 No 17 The Marikana massacre)...

Cyril Ramaphosa's campaign to succeed President Jacob Zuma suffered a massive blow when the African National Congress Women's League declared that a woman should be the party's next presidential candidate...

These power-brokers aim to have Dlamini-Zuma as President and Cyril Ramaphosa retained as Deputy President according to the leaks...

They include the ANC and state Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa and ANC General Secretary Gwede Mantashe...

One aligned to the Gauteng provincial ANC wants him to leave before his term ends and be replaced by Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa...

Few in Lesotho believe that will provide the answers they need and the opposition has not welcomed the re-appointment of South Africa's Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa as facilitator of the political process...