Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa

* Anglo American Corporation has sold off its English-language papers mostly to Irish tycoon Tony O'Reilly and the rest to a consortium led by Cyril Ramaphosa who was a strong candidate to lead the ANC and might be again; * The main Afrikaans news groups Nasionale Pers and Perskor are forming an alliance and joint ventures with black partners; * The South African Broadcasting Corporation is quarrelling with the government whose control has been diluted by the creation of the Independent Broadcasting Authority and of some 80 community based radio stations...

A key component of Mbeki' s Africanism is to bring the unions into the market economy by getting them involved in deals such as New Africa Investments Limited' s takeover of Anglo American' s Johnnic which was brokered by ANC Secretary General (and former General Secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers) Cyril Ramaphosa...

His one serious rival Cyril Ramaphosa is now ensconced in the business world as chief executive of Nthato Motlana's New Africa Investments Limited...

The Anglo-American Corporation announced a deal with a consortium of black investors to dispose of its stake in Johnnic headed by the ANC's Cyril Ramaphosa (AC Vol 37 No 9) which has holdings in major businesses from media and brewing to car manufacture...

Trades union leader constitutional negotiator fisherman devout Christian and now corporate chief Cyril Ramaphosa looks like the African National Congress' Renaissance man...

Many Afrikaners disparage them for having given too much away to Cyril Ramaphosa and the ANC in the constitutional negotiations before the 1994 elections...

(Cyril Ramaphosa the ANC Secretary General and Constitutional Assembly Chairman turned down the job after the 1994 elections)...

Cyril Ramaphosa the Constitutional Assembly Chairman and ANC Secretary General wants the constitution to be completed by 10 May...

Constitutional Assembly Chairman and ANC Secretary General Cyril Ramaphosa: steering through the constitution on time will strengthen him enormously; third in ANC behind Mbeki...

Leading the doves ANC Secretary General Cyril Ramaphosa said he was ‘extremely unhappy' with the high percentage of the budget devoted to defence and intelligence...